The BBC have announced that they are withdrawing support for BBC iPlayer V2 in September: see here. As this is the version installed on the HD-FOX T2, this device will lose BBC iPlayer. This could be fixed by Humax releasing a 1.03.xx software version for the HD-FOX but I have read nothing to indicate that such a software update is planned.
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Loss of BBC iPlayer
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| Sun 10 Aug 2014 10:17:02 #1 |
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Screenshot from iPlayer on a HD-FOX today:
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| Sun 10 Aug 2014 15:37:50 #2 | -
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Very disappointed with Humax for not upgrading their firmware for the FOX HD T2 unit to enable to run the latest version of the BBC iplayer app. I purchased my unit around 4 years ago , so really did not expect it to be obsolete so soon. One the main reasons I picked this unit was because of the HD output and the fact it had the BBC iplayer.
The Portal did not work for 4 months last year and when it did return it did not support iplayer.
Whats going on Humax , why don't they just upgrade their firmware to correct this issue . Or is it they have had you money and no longer care about their customers ?.| Wed 14 Jan 2015 16:18:35 #5 | -
Welcome to our Forum
Have you missed the sticky post at top of our Forum?
| Wed 14 Jan 2015 16:59:55 #6 | -
Humax have just issued new firmware upgrade on 14/01/2015 to enable BBC I player to work on Fox HD T2 unit. I have just uploaded it on to unit and it works . Well done Humax , shame it took so long. However very happy to have i player back.
| Thu 15 Jan 2015 21:31:16 #7 | -
If you had read the sticky post at the top of forum you would have been aware of this before you made comments at post #5
As some of our members have already commented, Humax should be applauded for updating a unit that has been out of production for a number of years.
| Thu 15 Jan 2015 23:25:13 #8 | -
Barry - 26 minutes ago »
Humax should be applauded for updating a unit that has been out of production for a number of years.That is an understatement.
Humax should be applauded for not only updating a unit that has been out of production for a number of years but also for addressing an issue for some users that is not Humax's responsibility and never has been.Humax manufactured a freeview HD receiver, the HD-FOX T2, that could also access BBC iPlayer V2. That the BBC ceased iPlayer V2 cannot be attributed to Humax.
As far as I am aware Humax have never stated that the HD-FOX T2 is 'future proof' or that the HD-FOX T2 will have access to BBC iPlayer regardless of how the BBC choose to supply it. If a retailer sold it otherwise that is between the buyer and the retailer and nothing to do with Humax.
| Fri 16 Jan 2015 1:18:43 #9 | -
I had pretty much mothballed my HD-FOX units. Now they have a bit of life in them again. Things have moved on and most TVs now have Freeview HD and iPlayer. However, the HD-FOX is really useful as an upgrade to a bedroom TV, for example, and is a superb DLNA client for the HDR-FOX and the HDR-1800T/-2000T. My sister has a Samsung 'smart' blu-ray player of a similar age to the HD-FOX. It also lost iPlayer last year and I don't think that Samung are likely to release an update.
| Fri 16 Jan 2015 4:02:49 #10 |
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