Humax DTR-T2100 500gb BT YouView Recorder Unit (Dual Tuner)

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There's also the smartphone app (we've been using the Android version) and this will allow you to connect/pair your smartphone and then browse the EPG and schedule recordings.

This is obvious if the old hard disk is broken, but if you are just upgrading your box with a larger hard drive the new drive will become ‘married’ to the box. Examples of bolt-on channels include Discovery, Gold, National Geographic, Comedy Central, Fox and others. Reading through the other comments people have retained their recordings by cloning hard drives, but this is for the same box.

During the day it will be in a state of instant-on standby so you should never have to wait for it to boot up. If still not working with normal recordings, try doing a reset - press POWER BUTTON for softreset for 8-10 secs, (NOT factory reset within menu settings, as this deletes recordings), Or there is a method to get round this for further options.

It's slow, the remote needs a hard press to make it work and the TV tuner on the TV is much superior.

The box is 237mm wide (143mm narrower than the older T1000 model shown below) and is designed to match BT’s Home Hub 4 and 5 routers. Tried maintenance mode, software repair brings it back to the loop, factory resets with keeping the recordings failed. I can access the APV App and navigate within it to a film etc, but when I try to play anything it won’t play. There is also the DTR-T2100 non retail version that would have been supplied by BT in a plain brown box, but otherwise the same, and also working with any broadband provider.

There's also Now TV Sky Movies access, but you'll need to sign up and pay for the service if you want it. I then found an old laptop HD and tested it with the SATA to USB cable before fitting it in the DVR. Right everybody at IONIC and Bloggers big thanks for diagnostics to confirm my YouView problem with unit cycling on switch on . Looking at your photos of inside the box there is a large plate on the underside – is that easy to remove? Recordings made in high-def are likely to be encrypted, standard definition recordings might be more accessible.This can be done over the mobile network, so while you are away from home you can still browse the TV schedules on the train and set recordings on your box at home without being there in person. I then took the replacement HD I found and wiped it, ran check disk and made sure it was just unallocated space before putting in back in the digi box. The YouView EPG that allows you scroll forward and backwards in time, which is one of the great selling points of the service. All working, thanks it certainly helps having people like you around that will take the time to assist others. If the power light is not coming on then this could be either the external power brick partially failing or some of the onboard power regulation circuitry.

With recent updates it is likely that the box must be connected to the internet to complete its setup. Thanks Luke, Since writing I noticed that, and it looks like a possibility, I would be giving a try but in the mean time I would like to see if anyone has had success copying files from the DTR-T2110. Although many boxes now offer catch-up and internet TV services, the way they're integrated into the EPG on YouView makes them more exciting. Considering that the latest software for the HDR-2000T still hasn't fixed its auto-tune multi-transmitter issues I wouldn't rely on Humax ever sorting out thee auto-tune issues in their Youview boxes. As you'd expect, the broadcast Freeview HD TV comes in via the aerial and then you have a choice of connections for output.Youview once a great platform is now starting to look a little outdated unless you got the pro box from BT but even then Youview has only made minor improvements. Save energy, save moneyOur power supplies all carry ENERGY STAR ® accreditation, as a result of having an efficiency above 85%. However, the YouView platform is still the same, so whether you have the new box or old one it won't make a difference to what you can watch.