Follow up to the last email I sent to Humax and their very short and simple reply:
If these steps do not resolve the problem that indicates an internal fault with the memory and the box will need to be replaced. Unfortunately that model has been discontinued and we no longer carry spare parts for it. I'm sorry for any inconvenience caused.
twofords - 1 week ago »
Follow up to the last email I sent to Humax and their very short and simple reply:
If these steps do not resolve the problem that indicates an internal fault with the memory and the box will need to be replaced. Unfortunately that model has been discontinued and we no longer carry spare parts for it. I'm sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Thank you so much for your excellent posts twofords!
I have been having the exact same problems as yourself and your excellent post string has enabled me to short-cut all my planned fault finding steps!
I did suspect from the onset of the faults that it could be "terminal".
A bit inconvenient I suppose but I don't remember it being too expansive to buy in the first instance.
I do think it a little suspicious that I have noted a number of similar failures in these model STBs all around the same time but what can you do?
Onwards and upwards!
I have been researching a replacement Humax box (HD of course) at a reasonable price in a well known and convenient high street store.
The 9150T will have to be consigned to the recycle bin!
Thank you again!
Great time saving post!
Cheers!
Steve.
Your very welcome Steve and I'm glad it was helpful for you.
What pains we have to go through in order to resolve an issue like this which just started one day out of the blue!!
Can't really complain though as I had 5 years use with very little trouble. I'll still carry on using it as a backup because it still works and records ok manually as long as you don't want any scheduled recordings.
Mike
Hi Mike.
How strange!
I have had mine just over five (problem free) years (I think)!
Anywho's it is always nice to meet a kindred spirit!
Thank you again for the invaluable info and good luck with your next purchase!
Cheers
Steve.
Hi Steve,
Very coincidental isn't it 5 years, almost as though it's timed out!! 
Anyway, nothing we can do to change matters which is a shame as the Humax was a very good simple to use box.
Thanks for your comments once again and good luck in whatever you decide to do as well.
Mike
Hello, I just found this forum post searching for help on exactly the same issue, which by apparent coincidence also started in July. I've tried to follow the gist of them but broadly from what I can tell, there's no hope?
Hi Skarley - yes very strange that it started around the same time as mine. Almost like an end of life component wouldn't you say!!
Unfortunately, there is no hope at all but I still use mine for manual recordings in the spare room which is quite useful. For the main room it was just a matter of resiting a Virgin Tivo box which as a matter of interest is much better for recordings because it has more flexibility than the Humax.
Regards
Mike
What can I say?
Mike has summed up the situation completely!
I would add that if you don't turn the box off it all stays
working perfectly!
That's how I am continuing to use mine until I decide to get a Tivo box.
The difference in power draw from standby to on 24/7 adds up
to about £15 per year so I think I can live with that for a while.
And of course we had a power outage last week which caused
the box to reset. DOH! (first one in a very long time).
Sorry it is not better news!
Cheers
Steve.
This is all a bit suspicious.
Why should the 'end of life' issues all seem to be the same?
I've had my Freeview PVR-300T just under 3 years, and the same problem has started just this week. (18 Sep 2015)
. . . .
Recording schedule empties overnight.
(not every night strangely enough, maybe 5 out of 7 nights).
The AV sets itself from 16:9 to 4:3.
Volume shoots up high.
Software update setting changes from Disable back to Enable.
. . . .
I've followed all the suggestions on this thread, it's still failing.
I even set the update time to 5pm so I could set the box into standby and watch what happens,
but it didn't change at that point.
Can anyone tell me how Humax actually perform a software update?
I was not aware that this could be done over a standard TV aerial, and It's not as if the box is connected to a phone line.
Hi Sophie.
I strongly suspect the problems you are experiencing are similar
to those both myself and others are experiencing.
As such there is very little (nothing) that can be done easily.
I also strongly suspect this is NOT a hardware problem
but a BUG that is in the SOFTWARE!
Most manufacturers can update the software or their devices
HDD, TV, etc. by piggy-backing the new software / update over
the TV signal that the device is receiving.
It's all done by digital signal and no net connection is required.
Possibly a good computer repair shop could do something with it
if it is as I suspect a software problem.
Sorry it's not better news.
Steve.
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