The channel is scrambled or not available, Humax Recorder

[John Brown]

Are you talking satellite or terrestrial?
The signal strength is a poor indicator, only really useful for initial positioning of aerial or dish.
If you have 100% quality, then I doubt the problem is reception.

 

[John Brown]

If it's FreeView (terrestrial) we're talking about, then are you retuning the Humax, rather than the TV? Sorry if that's a stupid question, but you need to be using the TV as a monitor.
Once again, sorry if that's obvious.

 

[devonwoody]

Thanks, its terrestrial. I shall most probably bite the bullet and buy a new one Humax when I feel confident that transmission changes have finished in our area. We have had three sessions over the past 6 weeks.

 

[Woody2Shoes]

Hi -
I hope I'm not stating the bleedin obvious but the quality of the recording (and any subsequent playback of it) is dependent on the quality of the signal from the aerial at the time of recording. If there have been recent changes to the transmitter setup, it's well worth getting someone who knows what they're doing to check the alignment of your aerial and to do a full automatic retune. All channels can and should be at 80/90 plus % - ideally 100% - on the signal quality scale or you're asking for trouble IME. I agree that automatic tuning ought to pick up all available channels in each of the available muxes.

https://www.freeview.co.uk/tvchanges/upcoming-changes
http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/operations/a ... ge_checker
https://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/televis ... ultiplexes
https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/multiplexes

The decoding algorithms that Humax uses have error recovery built-in, but when the signal is so poor that error recovery is not possible the software/hardware effectively crashes and can become unstable - this happens if you try and play back a poor quality recording as well as looking at live broadcasts - hence the value of choosing a 'factory reset' once you are sure you've got clean signal for all muxes.

Buying a new Hummy would seem unecessary on the evidence available. Cheers, W2S

 

[ColeyS1]

I can get channel 87 now- that makes me happy ! Lol

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[devonwoody]

I have surrendered, a local tv engineer is coming up, he says because of transmitter upgrades in the area signals are questionable where they are coming from. Appears there is a transmitter around 100 yds away (on a telephone mast?) and it might be picking up that one and might even need the arial position changed.
£30plus £15 if arial also.

 

[user 45571]

Hello,
I see that this is a very old thread although my Humax unit from Australia has exhibited the same very issue as reported here. I get the dreaded "This channel is unavailable or scrambled" response. Considering how old this issue now is, did anybody get down and solve it or has everybody simply moved on. I have read all feeds on the net and come up zero. Any word would be fantastic as I can throw it away otherwise and move on.
Thanks.

 

[pgrbff]

I havehad the same problem. I can't tell you why it is happening but disconnecting from the power has got rid of the problem. I have also been able to replace the hard drive in mine when it failed completely.

 

[user 45571]

I have had the same problem. I can't tell you why it is happening but disconnecting from the power has got rid of the problem. I have also been able to replace the hard drive in mine when it failed completely.

I have tried it all unfortunately to no avail. Tried a different HDMI cable, taken out the hard drive completely deleting all partitions and then reformatting it, also ran chkdisc , no issues or errors found. Then formatting it again in the unit. I have reset the system, again zero. I have tried to re-install the firmware via USB as recommended by Humax, the unit refuses to engage this process. I am at my wits end, I just want to throw it away. Apparently this issue has been around for many years and Humax has never bothered to fix it. Is there any apps available for the TV that allows a weeks worth of TV to be 'remembered'?

 

[Amplidyne]

If it's a fox t2, then install the custom firmware that decodes the recordings as it make them.
I don't know if this will cure your problem, but the custom firmware does lots of other useful stuff as well.

Just another thought, make sure that the cooling fan / vents aren't furred up. Easy to check. Unplug first obviously, and check it's all discharged before delving inside.

 

[user 45571]

No, it's not the FoxT2. It's an Australian variant: HDR-7500T. At this stage I'll try anything, where is this custom firmware to be found?

 

[selectortone]

You could try https://hummy.tv/forum/ . They are very knowledgeable on custom firmware for Humax boxes. They helped me out when I had a problem with mine.

 

[user 45571]

You could try https://hummy.tv/forum/ . They are very knowledgeable on custom firmware for Humax boxes. They helped me out when I had a problem with mine.

Thanks.

 

[user 45571]

No the software won't take, as I have previously posted, my unit refuses to accept any firmware upgrade.

 

[Geoff_S]

My Humax no longer plays BBC iPlayer. Apparently, that is correct, iPlayer is no longer supported.