Can anyone help with this one. I want to transfer all the settings on the remote to a Harmony. My question is, I know the tv side of the remote is IR but when I press the Android button to go into Chromecast, Amazon Prime and the other apps, am I right in thinking all of these will be bluetooth. If they are then the Aura is no use to me. I want to use one Harmony remote for everything and it does not support bluetooth.
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Humax Aura
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| Thu 12 Nov 2020 1:39:01 #205 |
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james_uk - 1 hour ago »
Hi, i have read a lot about the signal on the Aura not being strong? This seems a bit odd but is this true? Even the reviews on amazon and richer sounds are terrible and one on richer sounds mentions problems with signal.
If this is an issue can it be fixed with a firmware or will the signal always be lower than previous boxes such as my 5000T?
I'm just so shocked with how bad this box seems and i really wanted to like it and get it asap to replace my current box.I have a 5000T running in parallel with the Aura for the moment. I've had the Aura since Monday and after resolving a few issues I am impressed, I primarily wanted it for the faster, better interface, DLNA Client, and Chromecast, I don't use Netflix or NOW TV so those not being currently available isn't a problem.
The key thing to understand is that everything is now an app running under Android TV; I think my initial problems were caused by the box initially having a Sept version of the Freeview Live TV app which I installed on. It then updated to a 29 Oct version at some point which left the back EPG and some of the picks not working. My advice would be get the box running initially and ensure all apps are updated then do a Freeview Reset (effectively the same as a reset on the 5000T) which starts the install dialog again. This does leave any existing recordings intact.
The only niggles I have at the moment are:
o The Signal Test only shows Tuner 1
o You cannot change the transparency on the recordings and schedule screen, it would be nice to have none (black) so not to be distracted by the current channel in the background.On the signal query I am 15 miles from the transmitter with direct line of sight to a SLx Digidome mounted in the loft. The 5000T was overloaded with signal and kept dropping so I had to install a variable attenuator between the wall and PVR. This fixed the drops but left COM7 (-7.9db) and Local MUX (-10db) a bit unreliable. The Aura is on the same feed as the 5000T with a splitter and no attenuator; it is definitely different as all the channels seem completely stable, COM7 is running at 50% signal 100% quality (the 5000T is usually around 10% to 40% quality), the main BBC HD channels (PSB3) are 88% signal 100% quality. Either the tuners are using auto attenuation, which would make sense, or they are less sensitive. I was dreading sorting out any signal issues again after all the pain of the 5000T but I have been pleasantly surprised how easy the Aura is; just plug and play.
| Thu 12 Nov 2020 1:49:51 #206 | -
David, thanks for taking the time to reply, thats helpful to know.
davidrew - 4 hours ago »
james_uk - 1 hour ago »
Hi, i have read a lot about the signal on the Aura not being strong? This seems a bit odd but is this true? Even the reviews on amazon and richer sounds are terrible and one on richer sounds mentions problems with signal.
If this is an issue can it be fixed with a firmware or will the signal always be lower than previous boxes such as my 5000T?
I'm just so shocked with how bad this box seems and i really wanted to like it and get it asap to replace my current box.I have a 5000T running in parallel with the Aura for the moment. I've had the Aura since Monday and after resolving a few issues I am impressed, I primarily wanted it for the faster, better interface, DLNA Client, and Chromecast, I don't use Netflix or NOW TV so those not being currently available isn't a problem.
The key thing to understand is that everything is now an app running under Android TV; I think my initial problems were caused by the box initially having a Sept version of the Freeview Live TV app which I installed on. It then updated to a 29 Oct version at some point which left the back EPG and some of the picks not working. My advice would be get the box running initially and ensure all apps are updated then do a Freeview Reset (effectively the same as a reset on the 5000T) which starts the install dialog again. This does leave any existing recordings intact.
The only niggles I have at the moment are:
o The Signal Test only shows Tuner 1
o You cannot change the transparency on the recordings and schedule screen, it would be nice to have none (black) so not to be distracted by the current channel in the background.
On the signal query I am 15 miles from the transmitter with direct line of sight to a SLx Digidome mounted in the loft. The 5000T was overloaded with signal and kept dropping so I had to install a variable attenuator between the wall and PVR. This fixed the drops but left COM7 (-7.9db) and Local MUX (-10db) a bit unreliable. The Aura is on the same feed as the 5000T with a splitter and no attenuator; it is definitely different as all the channels seem completely stable, COM7 is running at 50% signal 100% quality (the 5000T is usually around 10% to 40% quality), the main BBC HD channels (PSB3) are 88% signal 100% quality. Either the tuners are using auto attenuation, which would make sense, or they are less sensitive. I was dreading sorting out any signal issues again after all the pain of the 5000T but I have been pleasantly surprised how easy the Aura is; just plug and play.| Thu 12 Nov 2020 6:47:50 #207 | -
james_uk - 10 hours ago »
Hi, i have read a lot about the signal on the Aura not being strong? This seems a bit odd but is this true? Even the reviews on amazon and richer sounds are terrible and one on richer sounds mentions problems with signal.
If this is an issue can it be fixed with a firmware or will the signal always be lower than previous boxes such as my 5000T?
I'm just so shocked with how bad this box seems and i really wanted to like it and get it asap to replace my current box.I've had my Aura a couple of days now. There is definitely an issue with occasional pixellation and actual "drop outs" even thought the signal strength is 93%. It's very annoying tbh. A few other niggles are that on 'auto' resolution it outputs 4k signal which , to me, makes 1080p content look worse - colours are washed out and the image is softer. I think this is because the upscaling on my samsung tv does a better job than the humax. If I switch the output to 1080p there is an improvement, but you lose the ability to watch actual 4k videos unless you switch back and forth. For some reason it can take an age to wake up when I switch HDMI inputs, which is especially annoying when a programme is about to start and you're staring at a blank screen for what seems like forever. It doesn't seem to turn the TV on like my old youview box did either. I tried to watch some content from the Prime Video app, but the playback seemed stuttery, so I used the Prime app on my TV which was better. I'm considering sending it back as I'm extremely disappointed.
| Thu 12 Nov 2020 10:08:50 #208 | -
james_uk - 11 hours ago »
Hi, i have read a lot about the signal on the Aura not being strong? This seems a bit odd but is this true? Even the reviews on amazon and richer sounds are terrible and one on richer sounds mentions problems with signal.
If this is an issue can it be fixed with a firmware or will the signal always be lower than previous boxes such as my 5000T?
I'm just so shocked with how bad this box seems and i really wanted to like it and get it asap to replace my current box.Mine is 46% strength but that's irrelevant. It's quality that matters and mine is 100%. It's from a relay 30 mls away and using a loft mounted log periodic
| Thu 12 Nov 2020 10:15:58 #209 | -
james_uk - 12 hours ago »
Hi, i have read a lot about the signal on the Aura not being strong? This seems a bit odd but is this true? Even the reviews on amazon and richer sounds are terrible and one on richer sounds mentions problems with signal.
If this is an issue can it be fixed with a firmware or will the signal always be lower than previous boxes such as my 5000T?
I'm just so shocked with how bad this box seems and i really wanted to like it and get it asap to replace my current box.I've go 100% signal and 100% quality - same as the TV
| Thu 12 Nov 2020 11:05:38 #210 | -
I bought mine from Humax Direct and have asked to return it.
The support rep was interested in the issues I had and copied down the one and a half pages of A4 that I had accumulated over a couple of hours.
I suggested that this product is not yet fit for release (pity but it is probably a few months away really) but he said the decision was made to put it out there for feedback. I'm sorry, but I not one to pay £250 to be a beta- (more like alpha-) tester.
P.S. If you have low volume issues, the device has it's own volume levels like any Chromecast device. Either cast to it and use you phone to adjust the volume up (the initial setting is 50%) or unbind remote volume from the TV and use the volume rocker to increase the device volume to 100%.
| Thu 12 Nov 2020 11:16:08 #211 | -
Does it also have a dlna server?
| Thu 12 Nov 2020 13:02:37 #212 | -
Here is a comparison of signal and quality between the 5000T and Aura.
My Set-up as follows:
Transmitter: Oxford, 15 miles away with direct line of sight.
Aerial: Powered SLx Omni-Directional DigiDome in loft.
Distribution: Labgear Distribution Amplifier (also powers aerial). The Aura and 5000T are on the same feed with a Labgear FBS402 splitter. Due to excessive signal on the 5000T overloading the tuners a variable attenuator is between the splitter and the 5000T.When I first had the 5000T, after leaving Freesat, and discovered the attenuation issue I produced a table to help fine tune the signal levels. I've updated all the figures today in the attached. The non-attenuated signal strength comparison indicates the Aura is around 3 to 20% less depending on mux.
Channel 55 is a bit of an anomaly but this has always caused issues and I'm not sure if its being picked up from another transmitter.It would be useful to find out how Humax have changed the tuners, just less sensitive, attenuation built in, or somthing else?
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| Thu 12 Nov 2020 13:46:11 #213 | -
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davidrew - 46 mins ago »
Here is a comparison of signal and quality between the 5000T and Aura.
My Set-up as follows:
Transmitter: Oxford, 15 miles away with direct line of sight.
Aerial: Powered SLx Omni-Directional DigiDome in loft.
Distribution: Labgear Distribution Amplifier (also powers aerial). The Aura and 5000T are on the same feed with a Labgear FBS402 splitter. Due to excessive signal on the 5000T overloading the tuners a variable attenuator is between the splitter and the 5000T.
When I first had the 5000T, after leaving Freesat, and discovered the attenuation issue I produced a table to help fine tune the signal levels. I've updated all the figures today in the attached. The non-attenuated signal strength comparison indicates the Aura is around 3 to 20% less depending on mux.
Channel 55 is a bit of an anomaly but this has always caused issues and I'm not sure if its being picked up from another transmitter.
It would be useful to find out how Humax have changed the tuners, just less sensitive, attenuation built in, or somthing else?You are assuming that 100% signal strength on the Aura is equivalent to 100% on 5000T, but there is no standard definition of what 100% signal strength means.
| Thu 12 Nov 2020 14:36:57 #214 |
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