What do you do when the Hardrive is full?

Although the Humax Foxsat HDR has a whopping 320mb of memory it is quite easy to fill all the memory with all you favorite films and shows.  If you want to still keep these programs and still record more TV you can save programmes to your PC or external hardrive.

To transfer files (TV Programmes etc), you connect a USB storage device such as a memory stick or a portable hardrive to the back of the Humax Foxsat HDR via the USB slot.

It is the Humax Foxsat HDR file manager that allows you to transfer files from the 320 gb Hardrive to the external USB device.  You can then connect the external USB device to your PC and watch the programmes on your PC.  Alternatively you could even save files (TV programmes) onto an external hardrive and watch them from there on your Humax Foxsat HDR.

If your PC won’t play the Humax Foxsat HDR recorded programmes you could try another media player such as VideoLan.  This media player is free to download from www.vedeolan.org.

To buy and compare prices of the Humax Foxsat HDR see your main website.

Humax Foxsat HDR on the Web

• From Sky to Humax Foxsat HDR in 11 days:  A Story about Andrew:  Quote from www.skyuser.co.uk:  “after 5 days without any tv I decided to look into other alternatives and bought a Humax Foxsat-HDR for £250 from Argos and on day 11 decided to cancel all of my SKY tv subs and save £67.50 per month.  On day 11 phoned SKY cancellations and after the retentions dept gave me the run around going through all of the various packages and options for about 15 minutes they agreed to cancel my SKY tv subs but I would have to give the obligatory 31 day's notice.  I have canceled everything SKY and will now save £83.42 per month.” .......I’m really glad your happy with your Humax Foxsat HDR.

• Where to point the Satellite for receiving Freesat on your Humax Foxsat HDR:  Point the dish at the Astra2A/B/D & the Eurobird1 satellites.  These are in the same direction, 28.2E & 28.5E respectively. For full use of the Humax Foxsat HDR, i.e record, pause and rewind TV you'll need two cables from the LNB, which means a twin "universal" LNB - but you might wish to fit a quad (4-port) LNB for "future proofing".  You might already have this if you’ve had Sky Plus.  Otherwise ask your engineer to fit it.

• I Player using Humax Foxsat HDR:  The BBC have began a message board where recent problems with the integration of the I Player and the Humax Foxsat HDR are recorded.  The iPlayer on the Humax Foxsat HDR is currently being trialled.  For full up to date information click here.

Comment (14^th January 2010): This BBC iPlayer BETA version for the Humax HDR is truely fantastic. The help suggestion to link back to the iPlayer web site was very useful as I didn't realise you had to punch in the secret code to start the programme! Once I did that it worked immediately. Now I don't have to squint at a computer screen to watch programmes. Well Done BBC and Humax!

• Terrabyte version of the Humax Foxsat HD-HDR:  There are companies that have adapted the Humax Foxsat HDR to have increased memory.  However please make sure that when you purchase your Humax Foxsat HDR you have a full warrantee with any adaptations that have been made to the product.  All Humax Foxsat HDR’s that have been sold by Humax currently only have a 320 GB memory.  The additional memory is also attracting a higher price (£400).

• Humax Foxsat HRR Padding:  Padding is the term for the overlap recording at the end of recording.  This can cause a conflict.  But I’ve noticed with my Humax Foxsat HDR it will just cut off the last few minutes of the overlap and record the new programmes from the start.  So far this hasn’t caused too many problems.

Watch, record & pause BBCHD with the Humax Foxsat HDR

HD: High Definition TV from BBC HD

The Humax Foxsat HDR is the first PVR for the BBC & ITV's Freesat Service. With the Humax Foxsat HDR you can pause, rewind and record High Definition Television for free. Watch all four BBC HD video's to see what you need to watch HDTV. The first video is about the BBC's High definition channel. The second Video is about what equipment you need for HDTV, the third is about HDTV Service Providers and the fourth is about BBC HD and surround sound.