Cret
Standard Member
Hi all
I've had this freesat box for something like 18 months now, and generally it has been ok, although months ago the ability to live pause and record a second channel stopped working. I had read that doing a full reset often fixes this for people but I had loads of content saved that I didn't want to lose, so hadn't tried this.
This was tolerable but annoying, but a night or two ago it developed a much worse issue.
It has suddenly begun apparently turning on & off the HDMI output repeatedly, rendering it unwatchable.
I.e. after it boots up, you see the output on the TV for perhaps 1 second out of every 3 seconds, and it just flashes on & off like this continuously.
It is running through my Sony STR-DN1050 receiver, and has been fine this was for months since I bought the amp to replace my STR-DN1030.
I have not changed anything in my setup for months, and it has been fine until now.
However, here's where it gets odd. If I output directly from Humax box to TV then it works, but via the amp (either amp running or as passthrough), the screen output continually turns on & off.
My amp is fine with all other HDMI sources, and I've swapped cables/inputs around to confirm the issue is only with the humax box, but only happens through the amp, and this setup has worked fine for months.
So I'm at a loss to understand this. Surely it can't be lack of compatibility somehow because it has been fine for ages until now. But also, the humax box works fine direct to TV, yet not through amp, so how could it suddenly begin doing this?
I'm guessing if it's stopped working through the amp then it also won't via an HDMI switch, so how would I end up being able to use it effectively still, unless I resort to *shudder* using c*mposite audio/video through the amp (assuming that actually works still)?
Really appreciate any help resolving this otherwise I'll get nagged loads about how crap it is and how it's probably my fault for influencing the decision to buy it etc.
I have now tried a factory reset but it still doesn't live pause, and all the recordings are still there, so I'm not convinced it did it properly.
Many thanks!
I've had this freesat box for something like 18 months now, and generally it has been ok, although months ago the ability to live pause and record a second channel stopped working. I had read that doing a full reset often fixes this for people but I had loads of content saved that I didn't want to lose, so hadn't tried this.
This was tolerable but annoying, but a night or two ago it developed a much worse issue.
It has suddenly begun apparently turning on & off the HDMI output repeatedly, rendering it unwatchable.
I.e. after it boots up, you see the output on the TV for perhaps 1 second out of every 3 seconds, and it just flashes on & off like this continuously.
It is running through my Sony STR-DN1050 receiver, and has been fine this was for months since I bought the amp to replace my STR-DN1030.
I have not changed anything in my setup for months, and it has been fine until now.
However, here's where it gets odd. If I output directly from Humax box to TV then it works, but via the amp (either amp running or as passthrough), the screen output continually turns on & off.
My amp is fine with all other HDMI sources, and I've swapped cables/inputs around to confirm the issue is only with the humax box, but only happens through the amp, and this setup has worked fine for months.
So I'm at a loss to understand this. Surely it can't be lack of compatibility somehow because it has been fine for ages until now. But also, the humax box works fine direct to TV, yet not through amp, so how could it suddenly begin doing this?
I'm guessing if it's stopped working through the amp then it also won't via an HDMI switch, so how would I end up being able to use it effectively still, unless I resort to *shudder* using c*mposite audio/video through the amp (assuming that actually works still)?
Really appreciate any help resolving this otherwise I'll get nagged loads about how crap it is and how it's probably my fault for influencing the decision to buy it etc.
I have now tried a factory reset but it still doesn't live pause, and all the recordings are still there, so I'm not convinced it did it properly.
Many thanks!