I am about to buy a Humax HDR 1000S to replace my Foxsat at my French house for when I go back down at the end of April, as my JVC HD recorder died at the end of last summer. I waited until a neighbour confirmed that he is still getting all the Astra 2E channels on a 120cm dish last week. As I have a 135cm dish, I should have no problems as well, although some judicious tree trimming may be needed. I was getting Ch4HD and 5 last autumn with no problems.
I will in due course, replace my single channel Invacom LNB with a twin Invacom and run new cables but this is a major exercise, as the dish is 100 meters away from the house. I am going to run a pair of new WF125 low loss cables. My original WF125 cable has been dug up a number times by the wild boars who live in the next door wood and had to be repaired so I think a new cable is in order. I will get the new cables’ conduit pipe laid deeper this time. In the meantime, I will run with a single cable.
I am aware of the limitations on recording while watching and have downloaded the band illustration. However I understand with the older HDR’s that you could not install an OTA FW update with only a single cable LNB connection. Does this still apply to the 1000S? If so I will need to get the new twin LNB and cabling organised sooner rather than later. Wilson
