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Adding Sky News to Humax freesat box

  • 04-12-2010 02:08PM
    #1
    tommee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47 ✭


    Has anyone a clear explanation and description on how to add free to air channels to the Foxsat HD box?
    I was abe to add Sky News easily to a Grundig SD Freesat box as menu has option to add these channels
    :)
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  • #2
    Martin_F
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭Martin_F


    You can't - the Humax doesn't work like the Grundig boxes.

    The Humax has an FTA mode - you get to it via the Main Setup Menu.

    It can be in either Freesat mode or non Freesat mode - and it's a bit of a pain to switch too many button presses & too many seconds....

    When in Non Freesat mode - you can search for & store all FTA channels including sky news.

    AFAIK - when in non Freesat mode your Freesat recordings don't work properly. I might be wrong - they may have fixed that.


  • #3
    tommee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47 ✭tommee


    Thanks for that.
    I checked it-
    do we have to retune the box every time switching between freesat and the alternative mode?


  • #4
    fat-tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,713 ✭✭✭fat-tony


    It's not necessary to re-tune the box. If you're in non-Freesat mode and a recording is due the box will put up a reminder. You can also record in non-Freesat mode by pressing the record button, but you can't set up a timed recording. It's ideal for a Freesat box, you can export recorded stuff via USB and also import video the same way, but it is awkward to use as just a Free-To-Air (FTA) box and this is by design.


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