I have just purchased this Humax as my first PVR. I am left feeling a bit disappointed! The interface is fairly horrible but I can learn to live with that. However I am struggling to understand how standby works. The remote has a very prominent On/Off or Standby button, however if the machine is placed in standby, the scheduled recordings are wiped and the EPG is lost. I had expected...

........ how a missile guidance system works ? If so, an expert (?) will tell you on the below link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22890258/USAF%20Missle%20Guidance.wav ~~ Dingo ;~))

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18123992 That reminded me of the Prestel service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestel. I worked for Post Office/BT and used it for a time in the late 70's. -- My Kindle/Mobile links page | Kindle | http://goo.gl/ySe0d Use these for low bandwidth | Mobile | http://KindLink.tk/

Re-crossed to uk.tech.digital-tv , huge depth of experience on this important bit the In article , writes OK multiswitch is the way to go. What Brand? (I will go for a 5x16 - and makes all 8 outlets twin-sat)

You guys have been kind enough to advise me in the thread "Best length of wire?", and the issues of SRDs interfering with each other (ooo-er) has come to light. An obvious need has come to mind: I need a simple device that will indicate the presence of transmissions at 433.92MHz. Thus I can see how noisy or quiet my RF environment is. I might spend ages fiddling with the aerials,...

I was working on a 55VAC line-powered TV system the other day and I could feel the power through dry fingers. I got the impression 55V could be quite nasty with wet hands and a good earth. It was interesting to feel this attenuated mains. The individual cycles can be felt quite clearly. It made me wonder if the feeling of touch has less persistence than vision. Of course the ears would turn...

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Does anyone have any info on the use of the word in the context of radar and RF generally? Bill

We've got 3 Freeview boxes in the house, of which one (Thomson DTI 1000) cannot pick up Channel 28 (E4). They are all connected to the same TV aerial, via a signal booster kit. With the Thomson I have tried a full re-tune, an 'add' re-tune, and a Manual Tune of Channel 28. but it simply can't find it. If I use the 'next channel' button repeatedly it skips from Channel 27 to 29 (the latter...

Sundays, itv1HD "Vera" is set to series record on my Humax Foxsat HDR. This week's was pulled for some reason, and "Lewis" put out in it's slot. Lo & behold on playing "Vera" back it was this "Lewis". That suggests that either itv are being sloppy, or they've decided that it's the slot that gets the same number not the programme. Haven't read the ETSI or whatever on series record, but I was...

In today's Daily mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2145566/4G-mobile-signal-hit-TV-reception-UK-warns-culture-minister.html Don't think it's anything which hasn't been mentioned here before, but is what is stated in the second paragraph accurate: "Culture Minister Ed Vaizey said an estimated 945,000 households which use signal amplifiers to boost their television reception could...

Colleagues, I'm trying to increase the range of my wireless doorbell (which isn't being used as a doorbell, but that's another story). The aerial is a 175mm length of wire soldered to the circuit board. The operating frequency is 433MHz. I reckon the wavelength will therefore be 692mm.

http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_i_switch I'm getting ... "Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, and

On 14/05/2012 19:22, Steve Terry wrote: Gary wrote: OK now I want to do a backup. I have copies of the drives on my machine. but I want to do a backup of the C drive. I have just looked at the help file for W7 and it says it won't backup the system files or program files. ( I might have read that wrong) . do I need software to do a full backup? or have I got it wrong. If I ...

I have just been watching 'seeds of death' vintage 1965. It was a good story but so hard to watch. Awful grainy picture. Slow pace and not so special effects. I wonder if they would be able to be re edit to get over most of that,. The original is obviously on film but I assume it was a cine tele recording as there is obvious video content plus hairs scratches etc.

No signal on 198kHz. Bill

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http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_24551.htm?WT.mc_id=2012-05-11-13-44 HD do they mean Hard Drive or High Definition? Regards David

My freeview (no DVB-T2, internet or MPEG4) TV has picked up various German channels that I'd expect to only be on 19.2E satellite N24/ProSiebel/ZDF/Tele5/KabelEins that sort of thing, they all show "no signal" if I tune them Are these channels being made available on one of the streaming services for internet connected TVs, or did my TV briefly pick up a German mux during its overnight...

Amazon.co.uk is having a Comedy sale, and a Boxed Set of the Python films can be had for a few quid. The Life of Brian alone is less than three pounds. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bestsellers-Film-TV-Comedy/zgbs/dvd/501866/ref=pe_194161_29926721_pe_epc_fl#1 Many other films, too. I have no connection, just passing on info. --

By which I mean, are there actually text characters sent, or is the screen that is displayed sent like a static piece of video? The reason I ask this is that there are now quite a few boxes and tvs that talk and these can talk the progrm guide and to some extent the program details etc, but not it appears pages of teletext. Brian -- Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc:...

When doing Video recorder repairs. Customer. ' It can't be anything serious it just happened.' or Customer 'It can't be anything serious, it been happening for weeks'. or 'My heads have gone. it has chewed a tape!' or 'It wont rewind, it must be the heads'. TV repairs

Just wondering. My w7 32 bit has got really slow over the last few weeks . Anybody else having this problem?

I have Virgin cable for TV so my dish for Freesat has largely become redundant. I was wondering if there was any point in pointing my dish at any other satellites. I liked channels like ARTY and similar in the old days. Are there good services free to air and with English language content around on the other sats.

I have just retuned my Bush box. I retune/update it every 6 months or so for non-Freesat channels (it's a pain to do it more often as there is no automatic scan available, and all parameters have to be entered manually). I seemed to get everything which I should have, but not the Movies4Men and similar channels on 11681V. But I have got Sony Movies and Sony Movies +1 - neither of which I...

Have you all drowned under the force of this drought? Brian -- Brian Gaff - Note:- In order to reduce spam, any email without 'Brian Gaff' in the display name may be lost. Blind user, so no pictures please!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11023364/photo.JPG Bill

My PVR is brilliant So was one of mine, why DO they make blue LEDs so bright, a bit of black insulating tape fixed it though. -- Bill ( A different one )

"Bill Wright" wrote in message ... Long shot this, but has anyone heard any news items about Eurax, a skin cream? It doesn't seem to be available and I'm wondering why. It's very odd. My chemist says he can't get supplies. Normally it's a best seller. Boots list it on their website 30g. £2.66 & 100g. 7.10 Jon

I tried to set up a recording on my Humax box. I received an on-screen message that the same programme was available on HD and did I want to record the HD version. I was impressed!

Why 'f' connectors? What about a, b, c, d, e connectors? Bill

These two park keepers were having a chat. "Have you noticed how the swans come up behind me all the time and attack me? I counted yesterday and it happened 16 times!" "Yes, they do it to me as well. I don't think it happens to me that often though. Tell you what, I'll count up tomorrow." So he did, and reported back."They only went for me nine times today; how about you?" "Same as yesterday:...

Sound problems on two different machines with two different distros highlighted how little I know about the way sound signals move through the Linux software maze. All the sound requirements worked fine on both machines until a week or two ago and then bits stopped. On my desktop: TV Card - OK

Last night (Sunday) local London news on BBC1 after the 10 o'clock national one. Audio levels wildly mismatched. Watched it in the workshop where there is a PPM. Presenter was peaking on average PPM3 - all inserts 6+. And it sounded just like that. Is there no one actually controlling sound levels in the studio? Everything just pre-set? I'd expect a trainee on day one to manage better than...

Do the blokes at the BBC not understand about getting the picture right? Nuts in May is on and the picture is stretched a bit and everybody looks fat. The Morris Minor looks too wide from the back and too long from the side. Bill

The post on Laura Tobin's dress sparked this thought... Is VB still a problem in the days of fully electronic cameras and displays? I can't say I've noticed it for ages, but do occasionally see some irritating moire effects from houndstooth or tweed jackets in studios, whereas studio personnel used to be clued up about such things.

I noticed this morning that parts of Laura Tobin's dress were the same colour as the weather map. I thought that clothes had to be a different colour to prevent the graphics appearing on the presenter. Does this not apply any longer, or am I misunderstanding what colour needs to be avoided? Is it a colour other than blue?

Was there a Channel E, AKA ch51, on St Valentine's Day 1967? http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11023364/Teleng%201.jpg Bill PS: what a load of hassle just to lift one channel 16dB!

Hi all, I have been doing the first fix cables from the loft to the various rooms around the house with Ct100 and cat6 ethernet. The downstairs rooms have cables entering the top of the metal back boxes. Now the upstairs rooms have cables entering the metal back boxes from the bottom. This is because I took the cables down an internal stud partition wall, then under the upstairs floorboards...

http://www.flickeralley.biz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=100&Itemid=43 http://www.flickeralley.biz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=99&Itemid=43 If I but these US releases will it play here on a UK Sony machine, I know normal movies will not. Regards David

Got the aerial now for the canteen Works well but one sucker is a bit reluctant to stick. It releases. Any suggestions how to make suckers stick to windows. Spit is curently being used but is there a better 'sealent' Any help apreaciated. this is the aerial http://www.aerialshack.com/mobile-wideband-aerial-caravan-lorry-boat-p-487.html

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11023364/submarine.jpg Bill

Our old CRT television has taken a a turn for the worse. Blues have turned a brown colour and people's faces are bright blue. I'm guessing nothing can easily or inexpensively be done? If so, would anyone have any suggestions for a current good buy for a flat screen tv say with about a 40 inch screen?

Both these groups have had discussions about nuclear power, wind power, and the dangers and uselessness of them. I came across this: http://bos.sagepub.com/content/68/3/13.full.pdf+html It suggests that the linear no threshold model is indeed wrong. But much to my surprise, it seems low doses are _less_ safe pro rata than higher ones. So if a given dose give you a 1:100 chance of...

Tonight I noticed that Channel 4 SD was delayed compared to Channel 4 HD. I always assumed it was HD that would be delayed because of additional processing.

I have an oldish netgem box and a newish goodmans smart talk here. Using a home made aerial layed near the window sill roughly facing Crystal Pallace, the Netgem has no problem getting all the channels, but the Goodmans struggles and drops out a lot. I'd have thought all the ttuner heads on these things would be much the same, but it seems not. Brian --

I used to be 'in the trade' and so have a signal strength meter. It had sound which was useful for deciding which channel you had. also keeping up with ' neighbours' (shows when I was using it). With DSO can these meters still detect the carriers or are they useless now? Gary

Today on BBC1 I got the "Retune 9th May" popup, however I receive from Waltham, are they sending the notification out to all transmitters?

After the first re-tune at the start of April, a friend told me that he lost the BBC channels. I thought that he must be wrong! I found my old one, hooked it up, started it up and did an 'Add Channel', only to find that he was right!!! When analogue was switched off from Crystal Palace for good, rescanning brought up the message that no signals could be found!

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