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.

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.