Humax & Diseq switching

Reyman

Any of you who have bought the Humax Foxsat STB recently may have realised it's not so easy to activate the diseq switching and tune into a few different satellites.

I managed to sort this out after several days of effort, in case anyone is interested.
Essentially there's a hidden advanced menu (not mentioned in the user manual) that you can only access as below:

Multi-Satellite Setup - DiSEqC Switches, Motorised systems
To access the Advanced Menu (hidden) for multi satellite:
- Go to Menu> SETUP press ok.
- Press RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE; GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE sequentially and slowly.
- 2 options appear:
Antenna Setting
Manual Tune
- In Antenna Setting select your Antenna Type (Fixed, SCD, Motor*, SMATV)
- Setup as required and then use Manual Tune to search for the channels on each satellite separately and save.

When you use the Humax then on non Freesat mode you will automatically have access to all the satellites you tune in via your diseq

byte

Thanks for that, good to know.

Roinn

Reyman wrote: »

Any of you who have bought the Humax Foxsat STB recently may have realised it's not so easy to activate the diseq switching and tune into a few different satellites.

I managed to sort this out after several days of effort, in case anyone is interested.
Essentially there's a hidden advanced menu (not mentioned in the user manual) that you can only access as below:

Multi-Satellite Setup - DiSEqC Switches, Motorised systems
To access the Advanced Menu (hidden) for multi satellite:
- Go to Menu> SETUP press ok.
- Press RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE; GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE sequentially and slowly.
- 2 options appear:
Antenna Setting
Manual Tune
- In Antenna Setting select your Antenna Type (Fixed, SCD, Motor*, SMATV)
- Setup as required and then use Manual Tune to search for the channels on each satellite separately and save.

When you use the Humax then on non Freesat mode you will automatically have access to all the satellites you tune in via your diseq

Thank you,
It's probably the same with the 'Humax Foxsat HD Freesat Set Top Box'

Fat_Fingers

Thanks , very good info!

Reyman

My pleasure, thanks!

It took me quite a while to put together that fix so I wanted to write it down before I forgot it !

byte

Reyman wrote: »

My pleasure, thanks!

It took me quite a while to put together that fix so I wanted to write it down before I forgot it !

I've copied your post onto the FAQ Sticky thread also for convenience.