Humax Foxsat HD Freesat Set Top Box

Interesting.

Question. If you do a non Freesat setup do you have the Freesat EPG?

Thanks JD

Does it forget the FTA channels if you flick between modes?

Onikage wrote: »

Does it forget the FTA channels if you flick between modes?

I presume you mean does it loose them. The answer is no. At present most of the +1 channels are not on Freesat so i have put all the +1s at top of non freesat mode and Sky News. The EPG on Freesat mode can be scrolled back an hour to see what you have just missed on e4 for example in the last hr. If you want to watch this prog you can switch over to non Freesat mode. Although i expect the +1s to appear soon on the freesat epg.

I must say it was the easiest non sky box i ever set up. Its designed to be really fool proof setup wise.

It has a big plus over sky plus for all you sound fanatics out there. It does Dolby Digital over the HDMI socket. This is something sky hd cant do. No need for optical cable if your amp can take HDMI.

This maybe a personal opinion, but i believe BBC HD looks better on Humax HD Freesat box then on Sky Hd box.

I would certainly think this box is going to be a hugh success in Ireland!! All the free channels you want, 7 day epg, No listing of channels you cant get.. All for one off payment. Between this and Irish DTT for Irish tv your laughing!!

p15574 wrote: »

Interesting, sounds good. Do you mind me asking where you got it, and if you needed to provide a UK address when you got it? Also, I presume you already had an existing dish, and you just connected to this?

I'd be interested in getting something like this, or the PVR one when it comes out, but I've no dish, and I imagine it won't retail in Ireland with the installation included like it will in the UK, so I'm trying to figure out what I'll do (Maplins or Lidl dish and attempt a self-install, I suppose).

Steve.

I bought mine from http://www.southernsatellite.co.uk/ The Humax is currently out of stock. He emailed me yesterday to say that he sold 6 in one day to people in Ireland. He is expecting 17 in on monday next. (I do not have any interest in southernsatellite, Im only a very satisified customer)
You do not need a UK address to buy. But you will need a UK postcode to setup. You can google for one of those in the uk region you want. You can change the bbc regions one setup but not the itv one, itv is stuck with postcode.
You will have to setup installation of dish yourself or get a local independant installer. See your local classified. Usually jam packed with adds for Satellite installers.

http://www.freesat.ie/index.php?page=contactus

Looking to buy a Humax box and came across this - I have no connection with them and no idea whether they provide a good service but at least the boxes seem to be coming soon.

Rats.

Well I just bought a Radio anyway...



I'll have to put it on the Santa List.

I noticed a shop in Tullamore, Co. Offaly last week selling Freesat HD boxes, they are in the shop window and they have Humax and one or two other makes too.

there!!!!!!!!!!!!!! there. there.

there is a manual!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rant over

byte wrote: »

Hmm, no component output. I presume this is for HDCP purposes?

Component and DVI is SO American
Here we have SCART, S-Video and HDMI.

givecredit wrote: »

It has a big plus over sky plus for all you sound fanatics out there. It does Dolby Digital over the HDMI socket. This is something sky hd cant do. No need for optical cable if your amp can take HDMI.

Hi givecredit,

Can you say where you got that info?

It'd be great if the Foxsat HD did do this, but according to the specs on the Foxsat HD site, although it does say, "HDMI - digital interface for perfect transmission of picture and sound", it also says, "Dolby digital audio output (S/PDIF)".

The user's manual lists this as its audio spec:

"Audio: TV-SCART, VCR-SCART, Audio L/R, S/PDIF(Digital Audio Output)"

To me, this all suggests that 5.1 is available only via the optical output.

I'm not nit-picking - sorry if I sound like it. I got excited when I read your comment, so I had to check further, but I found nothing to say it does 5.1 DD via HDMI.


Thanks,

Mark

givecredit wrote: »

No Problem. I own a foxsat HD satellite receiver and have it hooked up to my Onkyo 705 receiver via hdmi.(No other cables used) When i switch to BBC HD or ITV HD my Onkyo receiver lights up displaying Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.1 depending on whats being broadcast. So you can take it as fact the the Humax Foxsat does dolby digital via HDMI, unlike Sky Hd where i have to use Optical cable for DD sound.

That's great - there's nothing like actual experience as definitive proof.

You'd think that Humax would laud its ability for DD 5.1 via HDMI - that's a pretty big feature.

Thanks mate,

Mark

ShamrockStamps wrote: »

Hey gang, newbie here, new TV set on the the way with full hd and I'm not to techie on these things, I have a sky box in kids room with sky dish up obviously, If I change the LNB and by a freeview hd receiver for the living room and the new tv will that work or does sat dish need to be realigned etc.

Any advice appreciated

R

Should be fine afaik.

I was in London at the weekend and, while browsing in John Lewis Oxford Street, noticed they had a stack of pre-used Humax Freesat boxes that they were selling at a £25 discount.

givecredit wrote: »

No Problem. I own a foxsat HD satellite receiver and have it hooked up to my Onkyo 705 receiver via hdmi.(No other cables used) When i switch to BBC HD or ITV HD my Onkyo receiver lights up displaying Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.1 depending on whats being broadcast. So you can take it as fact the the Humax Foxsat does dolby digital via HDMI, unlike Sky Hd where i have to use Optical cable for DD sound.

do you mind me asking how you got ITV HD going ? got one of the foxsat boxes but I get "no or bad signal" when I go onto ITV, everything else is fine, changed the postcode to a UK one but still no joy. hope theres some way to get it going mainly got the box for Champions League football !

Jor wrote: »

I bought a Humax HD box on eBay UK a few months ago for a friend of mine. He is delighted with it, especiallly now that he also has a super big HDTV.
He was asking me why he cannot get CNN and Channel 5 on it as he can on his Sky box. Does anyone know if he can retune it to get those channels.
Thanks.

think he may need a ftv card for channel 5

not sure does the humax box work with the ftv card
it be nice to know???