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Bargain Alert: New Ferguson HD DTT/Sat Combo Box - €63 before postage
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Lol, I may have a solution, though I wouldn't recommend it for everyone.
I am going to get a right angle USB adapter, like this;
http://cgi.ebay.ie/Usb-male-left-angled-right-angle-mini-5-pin-cable-/230650307114?pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhoneAccesories_MobilePhoneDataCables_JN&hash=item35b3d4622a (it's in China but cheapest I could find)
Note: the white segment on the picture is the right way around on the A side.
So angled A side should point up. Btw, that's USB A to MINI B for external 2.5" drive.
I believe they recommend a powered drive as better, but it's working OK for me.
Ahem, as a final step I was going to take a small notch out of the flap with a junior hacksaw.
Don't blame me if you void your warranty by doing that though.
Not recommended, I have one of those right angle adaptors, and it's still way to big to allow the flap to close - go with STBs one instead (if you don't mind opening the case)0 -
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There is one 'feature' of this box that I find very very annoying.
I cannot play internet radio unless there is a USB drive connected.
I can understand that lists of stations are downloaded and can be edited and saved to the USB drive.
So my USB flash stick is in use on the PC ..... and so I cannot play an internet radio station
I wonder if this could be highlighted with Ferguson ... on that topic the manual says (reasonably) that an internet connection is needed and a USB is needed to save the details ...... but no mention of a failure to play a radio station in the absence of a USB drive.
It is a serious drawback for some of us .... who use a removable drive and actually remove it except when required.
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I have noticed when my flash stick is plugged in that it appears to be continually accessed by the Ariva, even though nothing on the USB drive is in use .....
Has anyone else noticed this?
I would be somewhat concerned about the undue wear on any drive plugged in and continually accessed like this.
..... maybe it only happens on my box?
Would be good to know, so thanks for any feedback
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Have you timeshift enable (ie you can pause, rewind the program you are currently viewing). If this feature is enabled on your box them the current program data is buffered on the USB device.
I don't know much about how the internet radio works. I only enable that feature myself Monday. There is a possiblity that the software also needs to buffer the radio data to avoid uninterrupted listening. If so this would be done on the USB device as well (this is only speculation by me though)
I use my ferguson box largely a video recorded. I still haven't persauded to wife to give up sky+. For me incorrect naming of the recorded programs is now the most annoying issue. This should be a simple fix. I also have seen recently that if I have set up a timer for a satellite program and I disconnect the satellite link for a period of time then the timer event is removed I need to verify this though.Johnboy1951 wrote: »There is one 'feature' of this box that I find very very annoying.
I cannot play internet radio unless there is a USB drive connected.
I can understand that lists of stations are downloaded and can be edited and saved to the USB drive.
So my USB flash stick is in use on the PC ..... and so I cannot play an internet radio station
I wonder if this could be highlighted with Ferguson ... on that topic the manual says (reasonably) that an internet connection is needed and a USB is needed to save the details ...... but no mention of a failure to play a radio station in the absence of a USB drive.
It is a serious drawback for some of us .... who use a removable drive and actually remove it except when required.
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I have noticed when my flash stick is plugged in that it appears to be continually accessed by the Ariva, even though nothing on the USB drive is in use .....
Has anyone else noticed this?
I would be somewhat concerned about the undue wear on any drive plugged in and continually accessed like this.
..... maybe it only happens on my box?
Would be good to know, so thanks for any feedback0 -
Have you timeshift enable (ie you can pause, rewind the program you are currently viewing). If this feature is enabled on your box them the current program data is buffered on the USB device.
I don't know much about how the internet radio works. I only enable that feature myself Monday. There is a possiblity that the software also needs to buffer the radio data to avoid uninterrupted listening. If so this would be done on the USB device as well (this is only speculation by me though)
I use my ferguson box largely a video recorded. I still haven't persauded to wife to give up sky+. For me incorrect naming of the recorded programs is now the most annoying issue. This should be a simple fix. I also have seen recently that if I have set up a timer for a satellite program and I disconnect the satellite link for a period of time then the timer event is removed I need to verify this though.
Thanks for that idea about the timeshift ..... I will check it tomorrow time permitting. I have no idea how it is set.
I suppose the same thing could affect radio stations .... but that would seem very odd to me ... buffering of radio should be done in whatever memory is allocated ..... USB flash sticks could very quickly get worn out if there is that much writing going on ...
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Have you timeshift enable (ie you can pause, rewind the program you are currently viewing). If this feature is enabled on your box them the current program data is buffered on the USB device.
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Got to this today.
Came away confused
... not an unusual state for me I guess 
The manual tells me about the first option under DVR Config ... to disable Timeshift altogether .... and says
"Another option allows you to switch on or off the buffering of data ...."
Presumably this is the second option in the list, called
"Timeshift to Record"
Setting this to OFF does not stop the buffering .... or at least has not so far ...
Maybe I am attempting to edit the wrong setting?
Can someone else check this please?
EDIT:
I did not make it clear I think ..... turning off the first option stops the buffering completely. Leaving it on, and turning off the second option - supposed to be turning off buffering I think - does not stop the buffering.
Bearing in mind that I am using a flash drive, and that this option apparently creates a file on the drive of a particular size, and continuously writes to this file, it would appear that this would mean a small section of the flash drive is being continuously written to while it is plugged in.
If that is the case, the drive could be destroyed. Flash drives have a limited number of writes before being damaged ....0 -
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