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    Paul Bton
    

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    Martin Liddle - 1 hour ago  » 

    Paul Bton - 2 hours ago  » 
    I have done the 3 recording test on both Aura and 4000T. There seems to be a real problem for me with the Aura on the SD channels particularly on COM6 ArqB Mux (channels 25 and 26 Yesterday etc). The signal quality is low and fluctuating

    Interesting. However on the Aura Tuner 3 appears to be receiving from a different frequency than the FVP-4000T so difficult to compare.

    Ah yes that was a bit weird, the Aura needed a retune not sure how it even got ch 22?

    | Mon 17 May 2021 15:30:33 #11 |
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    Paul Bton - 13 mins ago  » 

    Martin Liddle - 1 hour ago  » 

    Paul Bton - 2 hours ago  » 
    I have done the 3 recording test on both Aura and 4000T. There seems to be a real problem for me with the Aura on the SD channels particularly on COM6 ArqB Mux (channels 25 and 26 Yesterday etc). The signal quality is low and fluctuating

    Interesting. However on the Aura Tuner 3 appears to be receiving from a different frequency than the FVP-4000T so difficult to compare.

    Ah yes that was a bit weird, the Aura needed a retune not sure how it even got ch 22?

    At a guess, Mux COM5 from Rowridge.

    | Mon 17 May 2021 15:44:16 #12 |
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    Comparison of signal levels between a 4000T and Aura are meaningless....why

    The info I have to hand

    The 4000T does not conform to the latest DTG specification reporting a higher level then other units that do conform to the spec i.e. Aura

    | Tue 18 May 2021 10:19:22 #13 |
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    Barry - 1 hour ago  » 
    Comparison of signal levels between a 4000T and Aura are meaningless....why
    The info I have to hand
    The 4000T does not conform to the latest DTG specification reporting a higher level then other units that do conform to the spec i.e. Aura

    The confusion for me is that my aura has poor quality SD channels with pixelation but watching on the tv freeview via aura pass through has a great picture with high quality/strength. For a layperson it looks to be an issue with the aura.

    | Tue 18 May 2021 11:47:57 #14 |
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    To be clear I am not disputing some are having SD problems, just wanted to advise that comparison with 4000T is not a good idea.

    | Tue 18 May 2021 12:08:50 #15 |
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    I returned my Aura to Richersounds and got a replacement 2Tb Aura. The new one has no problem at all in the SD channels. So I urge anyone with similar fluctuating SD channel quality to replace your Humax box with a new one. The new box is still on firmware 19.14.

    | Tue 18 May 2021 15:37:39 #16 |
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    On ch 33 signal strength 96% signal quality 100% and no fluctuations

    | Tue 18 May 2021 15:39:37 #17 |
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    Barry - 4 hours ago  » 
    To be clear I am not disputing some are having SD problems, just wanted to advise that comparison with 4000T is not a good idea.

    It may not be a direct comparison but it showed me my Aura had a problem with signal quality and by checking another box on the same aerial I could see the 4000T worked fine on the SD channels. My new replacement Aura has signal strength 96% and signal quality 100% and no fluctuations on ch 33.

    | Tue 18 May 2021 17:01:31 #18 |
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    Paul Bton - 3 hours ago  » 

    Barry - 4 hours ago  » 
    To be clear I am not disputing some are having SD problems, just wanted to advise that comparison with 4000T is not a good idea.

    It may not be a direct comparison but it showed me my Aura had a problem with signal quality and by checking another box on the same aerial I could see the 4000T worked fine on the SD channels. My new replacement Aura has signal strength 96% and signal quality 100% and no fluctuations on ch 33.

    Pretty close to what I get. However viewing from HDMI on a 55" 4K TV. on SD channels
    is not to be a good experience.

    Viewing either the highest bitrste SD channels on android tablet from the Aura media server is fine. Using Bubble upnp and vlc as the media player to watch BBC-SD gets the local news without any probles

    | Tue 18 May 2021 20:48:33 #19 |
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    caryh - 2 days ago  » 
    I had a pixellation issue on Friday with Vintage Voltage recorded from Dmax.
    Recording simultaniously had been:
    Dmax - Vintage Voltage
    Channel 5 HD World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
    ITV HD Van De Valk
    Both HD recording were fine, but Vintage voltage had extensive Pixellation roughly every 30 seconds,
    This even caused the recording to keep skipping back approx 5 seconds at one point and looping over the same 5 seconds.
    I attempted to watch Vintage Voltage about 1 hour after it was recorded. To Check for an issye with Dmax itself, I stopped playback,and checked Dmax in real time, which showed no pixellation at all, and signal strength and quality over 95%.

    So glad you highlighted that break up of recording and skipping and looping problem. I got that too on the BBC 4 programme ’The violence paradox’. The looping was subtle so that I hardly noticed until I heard key phrases again. This was on a defective Aura. I will try 3 simultaneous recordings again on my new Aura

    | Wed 19 May 2021 7:14:32 #20 |

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