I've just picked up a Humax Foxsat HD, which I intended to use to replace out SKY+ box as we want to move to freesat. Our TV only has one HDMI port, so to save fiddling with cables we use an octavia HDMI switch to select devices - currently the Humax box, an Xbox 360 and a loose cable that I use to plug into various laptops and other devices as I need them.
Up to now this setup has been working perfectly (with sky+). The octavia automatically selected devices as they turn on, and also allowed the input device to be switched manually if more than one input was active at any time.
However this just doens't work with the Humax box. When I turn on the Humax, the Octavia fires up as if it has recognised there is a signal, but it does not select any input, and then turns off again. It refuses to allow me to manually select the Humax input.
If I provide another input - say from the XBox - it picks that up fine and automatically selects it. I can then manually switch to the humax input and can watch freesat. However as soon as the xbox is turned off the octavia turns off again and refuses to select the Humax.
Any idea what is going on? Is there something wrong with the Humax box?