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Rte and Humax box

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  • 27-04-2015 8:37pm
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    scottpr1
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭


    Hey Folks

    I just bought the humax hdr-1000s, is it possible to get the Irish channels on it ? My old box had a separate connector and showed the sat channels with the irish ones.

    Cheers

    Scott
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    mikom
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    Sat only, I'm afraid.


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    scottpr1
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭scottpr1


    Hey mikom

    http://www.freetv.ie/humax-hdr-1000s-freesat.html

    so it says

    "It does not contain the Irish Channels i.e. you will still need an a TV aerial to get the Irish stations"

    I have a seperate aerial and this had a separate connector which i could connect into my old box, but the humax does not seem to have the connector

    Many thanks

    Scott


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    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,665 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Plug the aerial cable directly into your TV set. This should get you all the terrestrial stations which the combi box did. Combi box is the jargon for a combined satellite and terrestrial receiver.

    If your TV set is Saorview approved you will get the terrestrial stations in the Saorview format.


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    scottpr1
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭scottpr1


    Hey Folks

    Unfortunately i am using a projector so this isn't an option, so the humax is not a combi box ? Are we saying the there is no way to view the Irish channels via the humax box ?


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    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    Well......if you want a much larger dish fitted with two lnbs and a diseqc switch.......multifeed. The old Foxsat HDR is capable, dunno about the HDR1000S


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    The Cush
    Registered Users Posts: 15,500 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    scottpr1 wrote: »
    so the humax is not a combi box ?

    That's correct, it's a Freesat satellite receiver, Saorview receiver required for the Irish channels


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    scottpr1 wrote: »
    Hey Folks

    Unfortunately i am using a projector so this isn't an option, so the humax is not a combi box ? Are we saying the there is no way to view the Irish channels via the humax box ?
    One option is to get a saorview box

    3 port HDMI switcher with remote
    http://www.buyincoins.com/item/58687.html €6.24

    If the projector has blue VGA input like a monitor then cheap n' cheerful
    http://www.buyincoins.com/item/18138.html €5.62

    use paypal delivery takes about a month

    As pointed out above saorsat on the Humax is an option too , but more work , and it gets messy if you try to record from both


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    I swindled the NSA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 150 ✭✭I swindled the NSA


    The Cush wrote: »
    That's correct, it's a Freesat satellite receiver, Saorview receiver required for the Irish channels

    With an additional dish and suitable LNB It could be used for Saorsat surely :confused:


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    The Cush
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    I swindled the NSA wrote: »
    With an additional dish and suitable LNB It could be used for Saorsat surely :confused:

    How well does a Freesat receiver work with a twin dish/LNB setup?
    The easier option with all channels would be Saorview.


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    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,542 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    Only some FreeSat boxes support diseqc and even then some need hacked firmware.


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    Stillhouette
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭Stillhouette


    I swindled the NSA wrote: »
    With an additional dish and suitable LNB It could be used for Saorsat surely :confused:

    That's not much good if the person would like TV3 and 3e.


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    Andy454
    Registered Users Posts: 312 ✭✭Andy454


    I have a Humax foxsat HDR system

    Its way better than a combi box

    You need a twin KA LNB along with the quad output ku band lnb

    Two Diseqc switches

    Set up a solid (not mesh) dish with a dual feed horn for 28.2 east and 9 east

    Some people recommend setting if for the 9 east satellite - I actually set mine to 28.2 east - If rain fade occurrs during heavy rain, I'd sooner it was rte that was affected over english tv. (i've an 80 cm solid dish and have never experienced rain fade)

    Connect one feed of the ka band and ku band lnb to one diseqc switch and connect to first input of humax foxsat satellite receiver

    Connect second feed of ka band lnb and another feed from ku band lnb to the second diseqc switch and connect to second input of foxsat satellite receiver

    reset the foxsat box to factory defaults

    Load the latest version of the custom software

    The box will automatically confirm both feeds as diseqc switches

    Do a freesat search
    Do a saorsat search

    login to the web interface via laptop and add saorsat channels to the freesat guide

    Congratulations you can now:

    record a freesat uk channel and watch an irish or other freesat uk channel
    record an Irish channel and watch another irish or other freesat uk channel
    record up to 5 channels at a time on the humax hdr 1
    Get 7 day epg on all channels (irish and uk)

    The only item is you loose TV3 and 3e as they're not on saorsat - but I'm not sure thats much of a loss against the gain of a very flexible PVR!!


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    Thurston?
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    Andy454 wrote: »
    Some people recommend setting if for the 9 east satellite - I actually set mine to 28.2 east - If rain fade occurrs during heavy rain, I'd sooner it was rte that was affected over english tv. (i've an 80 cm solid dish and have never experienced rain fade)

    Presumably you realise the dish can also be aligned to a position between 9 & 28 east, & both LNBs offset, given a suitable bracket?


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    Andy454
    Registered Users Posts: 312 ✭✭Andy454


    Yea fair point, but longevity and resistance to storm damage is what I would go for.

    I would have the dish and centre lnb aligned to 28.2 east, I usually mount a stand-off bracket attached to the arm for Rte, this way if it blows off, rusts and falls off or if a particularly heavy bird lands on it (there are some very heavy sea gulls out there) and knocks it out of alignment, there is a higher chance that at least the main feed will continue to work. I would treat RTE as a complimentary service rather than the main event!


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    enfant terrible
    Registered Users Posts: 4,551 ✭✭✭enfant terrible


    Would one of these indoor aerial's pick up Saorview ok?

    http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/1086920/Trail/searchtext%3EANTENNA.htm


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    excollier
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    Depends entirely on signal strength and quality at your location.


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    Delta Lima
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭Delta Lima


    Andy454 wrote: »
    I have a Humax foxsat HDR system

    Its way better than a combi box

    Congratulations you can now:

    record a freesat uk channel and watch an irish or other freesat uk channel
    record an Irish channel and watch another irish or other freesat uk channel
    record up to 5 channels at a time on the humax hdr 1
    Get 7 day epg on all channels (irish and uk)

    Andy, I have a similar setup to you and am using Raydon's custom firmware with a Humax Foxsat HDR. But I don't have the 7 day epg on the RTEs.

    In fact, they don't even show now and next, in 'Freesat mode' for me. Are you sure about that? I must be doing something wrong. I have to set recordings manually through the web interface for any RTE channel.

    Can anyone else confirm what Andy has said here? Thanks


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    Andy454
    Registered Users Posts: 312 ✭✭Andy454


    Yea - it took some fiddling to get the rte epg running in freesat mode
    I will have a look tonight at what I did and post instructions


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