Recent content by Newcoppiceman

That's an option - and one I've used before, albeit it's a bit difficult to manage in day-to-day use. For now, think I'll stick with the in-service/repaired one and just continue to monitor as I take steps to return it to its pre-CF state in a few months' time. The issues we have are...

Well done for tackling and not being frit.

As per plan, I pulled the WiFi dongle from the PVR on 1 May to remove it from the network. A less-common problem (than the one reported in the original post, but which has occurred only since installing CF) recurred yesterday evening: The system starts ok but after a minute or two, picture...

Nah, buggering around is how you learn things! The PVR is still serviceable and without introducing potentially more variables (and moving media around) it makes far more sense to wind back (in stages) to pre-November 2023, ie before I installed CF, up to which point the PVR had behaved itself...

Good arguments re the fan package. Our PVR has been in service for 12+ years, still with its original fan and HDD (but with a replacement 4u7, of course). I have a couple of working spare units in case I need to raid for parts. However, an academic argument for me if I end up removing CF...

Not sure if this is typical but here's what our PVR does. The range is 48C to 55C so I'm not sure there's a problem to solve. Having the fan on permanently runs the risk of its premature failure - but if that significantly reduces the temperature of the HDD (and inside the box generally) that...

I will check. Perhaps the free flow of air into our PVR's underside, thanks to my MDF wizardry, means the fan has an easier life. We use the +2m/-15s skips for that but would have investigated better options (and probably other things) were it not for the crashes.

Network working fine with other devices. The PVR, with its WiFi dongle, is immediately below the BT Smart Hub, which is in a bedside cabinet in the room above. Might try this for a month or two as we're not desperate to ditch CF. I'm sure I have previously, but will review. Neigh - sorry...

No. I manually reinstalled the transportx package, but had to do something else first before I could do this (maybe remove all packages). Interestingly, recent crashes haven't disabled the package.

For info, crash.log for March and April: 101 Humax crashed at Fri Apr 19 11:56:52 UTC 2024 - Uptime: 33 100 Humax crashed at Thu Apr 11 13:26:22 UTC 2024 - Uptime: 44 99 Humax crashed at Wed Apr 10 17:25:22 UTC 2024 - Uptime: 33 98 Humax crashed at Sun Apr 7 17:10:13 UTC 2024 -...

Back in November 2023 I installed CF 1.03.12 - 3.13 on our HDR-FOX T2. In practice, I've not made much use of it, although the ability to single-step frames with the transportx package has been a very useful feature. Prior to this, and after almost ten years on 1.03.12, the only issue we'd...

There's a risk of damage to the board with cutting, in particular you may lift tracks - which is really bad news. Provided the soldering iron is intended for electronics work and is 25W min (say 50W max) you would be better desoldering. Some skill is required, but you say you've had some...

If you've never wielded a soldering iron yourself, your best bet is probably a community repair shop or similar.

My old S-VHS machine's remote had a jog/shuttle wheel and transportx goes some way to duplicating its functionality. Using it I determined the panning shot (see original post) lasts 145 frames, all different except: 12=13; 37=38; 62=63; 87=88; 112=113; 137=138. So that confirms original 24fps...

Sorry - I took your post #18 at face value without realising I had to decrypt first. (I managed to find the download option ok.) Thanks for all the steers on finding info - and for that TLA (a new one on me)! Your patience is appreciated and, no, I didn't do something else - just did as I was...