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   gfitzger
   

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   Hi,

   I bought an FVP4000T 500GB Mocha a couple of days ago after my trusty HDR FOX T2 packed in (HDMI failure, so at least I can still access the recordings over DNLA).

   This might be old news, although nothing came up in a forum search, but on my new box the position of the LED is on the underside of the unit in the centre position rather than on the right hand side of the front face. I also note that it uses a purple colour to indicate when it is recording rather than red, which seems to have been a common complaint in the past.

   This minor redesign doesn't seem to have been discussed so maybe it's quite a recent thing?

   Cheers,
   Grant

   | Fri 25 Nov 2016 11:48:41 #1 |
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   Barry
   

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   Welcome to our Forum

   Thank you for that insight. Looks like they are now using the a similar casing as freesat products:

   http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/products/product.php?gid=618&pid=3

   I find the LED next to useless in that position.

   | Fri 25 Nov 2016 13:29:25 #2 |
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   gfitzger
   

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   It does seem to be a curious design decision. Fortunately I have my Humax sitting on top of a shiny black Blu-Ray player and the reflection of the LED is clearly visible on that.

   | Fri 25 Nov 2016 13:36:46 #3 |
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   just out of interest,
   which version of software is on the machine?

   I'd always assumed the LED colour was software controlled, presumably it still glows red on standby and blue when switched on and in use?

   | Fri 25 Nov 2016 14:03:13 #4 |
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   gfitzger
   

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   Yes, that's correct.

   red = standby
   blue = switched on & not recording
   purple = recording

   I'll check the software version for you when I get home this evening.

   | Fri 25 Nov 2016 14:21:13 #5 |
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   Software version is UKTFAE 1.01.49

   | Fri 25 Nov 2016 21:59:25 #6 |
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   Barry,
   Can you throw any light on the led colours? (pardon the pun)
   If the effect was down to software changes wouldn't everyone on 1.01.49 have purple for recording?
   David.

   | Sat 26 Nov 2016 13:37:36 #7 |
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   gfitzger - 15 hours ago  » 
   Software version is UKTFAE 1.01.49

   thanks for the confirmation,
   I'd assumed the LED colour was software controlled as it has been on older models.
   Clearly it's a different design, it was just interesting to know which version of software just in case there was something in the pipeline

   | Sat 26 Nov 2016 13:57:49 #8 |
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   aciddad - 1 hour ago  » 
   Barry,
   Can you throw any light on the led colours? (pardon the pun)
   If the effect was down to software changes wouldn't everyone on 1.01.49 have purple for recording?
   David.

   Can only assume the LED in 'Mk 1' units is 2 colour only.

   | Sat 26 Nov 2016 15:19:33 #9 |
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    Barry - 2 days ago  » 

    aciddad - 1 hour ago  » 
    Barry,
    Can you throw any light on the led colours? (pardon the pun)
    If the effect was down to software changes wouldn't everyone on 1.01.49 have purple for recording?
    David.

    Can only assume the LED in 'Mk 1' units is 2 colour only.

    Usually purple is achieved by illuminating the red and the blue led's together.

    | Mon 28 Nov 2016 22:03:29 #10 |

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