Today I picked up an FVP 5000T for almost nothing at a boot sale and have tested it for WiFi operation and recordings etc and everything seems to work fine.
I currently have a very old Humax box with external hard drive that works fine but only has the one channel, no Freeview Play or WiFi, so it would be a significant upgrade to use the new one.
The only problem I have is that I have a loft antenna that uses a 5 vdc masthead amplifier that is powered up by the old Humax using the "Antenna Power" option in the settings menu and it works very well, sending the 5 vdc up the coaxial cable to the amplifier in the loft.
Unfortunately, the PVR 5000T doesn't have this "Antenna Power" option, and as I don't have a 240 volt feed to the loft, it's a bit of problem working out how to get the 5dc up into the loft.
It did occur to me that I could rig up a 5vdc supply and tap that into the coax down by the Humax, but I'm not sure if that would cause a problem with the PVR as it would now be getting a 5vdc feed into the signal input connection that it wasn't generating itself, unlike the old Humax which is ... If you see what mean.
I am keen to keep the masthead option as the 1970s vintage coax is stuck in the wall cavity and loses so much signal that trying to amplify the weak signal at the TV end doesn't work well.
Any advice would be gratefully accepted. Thanks.
