Foxsat HDR/500 has stopped taking remote control

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Foxsat HDR/500 has stopped taking remote control

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Michael55

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... commands.
Good morning everyone.
This is my first post.
I collected the above from the Post Office yesterday (Ebay purchase), plugged it in, was surprised it worked perfectly with no need to even do a satellite Search.
I recorded something in the afternoon as a test - Perfect.
But later in the evening, it stopped taking commands from the remote, it is stuck on ITV1. I have rebooted, unplugged, turned off, bu no joy. Still stuck on ITV1. Can anyone help?
Thanks.

| Sun 27 Nov 2016 8:50:56 #1 |
Barry

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Welcome to our Forum

Have you tired new batteries in remote?

Does it respond to buttons on front of unit behind flap?

If all else fails you could try a remote recode see FAQ

| Sun 27 Nov 2016 10:19:30 #2 |
Michael55

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Thanks Barry
Yes batteries are fine, remote flashes red when I press buttons.
I had looked at the remote recode option, but it scared me a bit #technophobe.
I'll try the buttons behind flap, it opened yesterday by accident when I took recorder out of the box, but coukdn't open it again last night
Cheers.

| Sun 27 Nov 2016 11:38:32 #3 |
dino

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Make sure it is the 'PVR' LED which flashes red when you press the buttons on the remote control. If not, press the PVR button itself, then try.

| Sun 27 Nov 2016 15:15:42 #4 |
Michael55

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That was it Dino. Many thanks.
It was the 'TV' that was flashing when I pressed the buttons. I pressed 'PVR' ... all ok again :D.
I wonder how it got into that frozen' state last night. Must have been something I did without realising.

| Sun 27 Nov 2016 16:17:55 #5 |
dino

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You're welcome.

It is easily done. The remote control has four modes. It controls the Humax, but you can program it to control a TV, a DVD player and an Audio device.

If you use it as a multi-role controller, you switch it between modes using the 4 white buttons and it indicates what role it is in by lighting the appropriate white button when you press a normal button.

At some point you have pressed white 'TV' button - so it will have been sending signals for a TV. Pressing white 'PVR' switches it back to controlling the Humax.

| Mon 28 Nov 2016 19:30:50 #6 |
Michael55

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Cheers.
I have downloaded the manual PDF now.

| Wed 30 Nov 2016 13:19:27 #7 |