teeward - 2 minutes ago »
Thanks! 
....im not sure re warranty, I think ive had It about 18mths but I cannot find the box/manual or receipt anywhere, typical 
Hmmm, disconnect the hard drive? ....and how do I do that?! (im not remotely practical or technical minded!!)
New Humax kit registered with Humax carries a 2 yr warranty. Phone them and ask if have a registered warranty. To disconnect the hard drive you have to remove the case lid which means breaking the warranty seal. The hard drive should be very obvious, most likely mounted in a carrier that is secured with 4 screws. I don't have your box but I do have two HDR-FOX-T2's.
Typical 3.5" sata hard disk.
http://www.ebuyer.com/393828-toshiba-1tb-3-5-sata-desktop-hard-drive-dt01aca100?mkwid=sERtydbN4_dc&pcrid=51508054739&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=Cj0KEQiAzZHEBRD0ivi9_pDzgYMBEiQAtvxt-Dc6zCh1LMaELqrNCTs66CbBWGR4yq8_ux_GFGgweCYaAoqV8P8HAQ
The drive enclosure should be connected to the motherboard with two obvious plug in connectors (power and data) one usually secured with a clip you press in to disconnect. Remove both. You can try booting with the lid off but keep your fingers out of the box as it has unshielded mains connections, or pop the lid back on. Fortunately replacing the hard disk in Humax pvrs is very simple. It might be possible to recover the programme content if the hard disk is what is stopping the box booting. Bit late now, you could have saved your recordings to a usb drive (I am assuming it's like a HDR-FOX-T2 in that you can copy all recordings to usb, SD ones are decrypted on copying, HD ones aren't, but as they are going to be played back on the same box that doesn't matter.
It might not be the hard disk it could be the tuner module has packed up. Other members might have changed a tuner unit and possibly could help.
| Sun 22 Jan 2017 13:32:35
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