Humax Foxsat 500GB released

The Humax Foxsat HDR is now available with a 500Gb hardrive instead of 320gb. This means you can record even more of your favorite TV Shows. Only a select few retailers are able to stock the product, Amazon being one of them. The 500gb Humax Foxsat HDR retails at around £300. Amazon do seem to have some for as low as £269.

Remember that if you already have a 320gb hardrive you can still save additional programmes to an external hardrive or storage device. This is done through the media settings.

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 Resolution

Some people seem to be experiencing some problems with the resolution.  If you need to change the resolution of the screen you can do so by pressing the V-Format button while watching a program.  This will show the current resolution.

Each time you press the V-FORMAT button, the resolution changes in the following sequence:
576i; 576p; 720p; 1080i; Original.

Used & new Humax FOXSAT-HDR Freesat+ 320GB HD Digital TV Twin Tuner HD Recorder are available from £200 from Amazon.

Humax Foxsat HDR with IPlayer

For the Iplayer facility to work on your Humax Foxsat HDR you will need an internet connection.  This will be the usual Cat 5 cable that is connected to your reouter.

The Humax Foxsat HDR doesn't currently have the Wii Fi facility but if your technically minded you could configure a spare router as a client bridge or wireless bridge.  However proceed with caution and do not expect this method to work unless you know what your doing.

Ordinarily the Humax Foxsat HDR will pick up Iplayer once the internet cable is connected to the back of the Humax Foxsat HDR.  All Humax Foxsat HDR's sold in the UK since November 2008 will have a Cat 5 cable connection at the back.  You will not need to purchase a newer model.

Only a few of us have the Iplayer facility at the moment.  This is because Humax are testing the software.  Full roll out is expected shortly.

Why not visit our main website to get the best price Humax Foxsat HDR - some are even as low as £200.