hd box?

pandashoe

Humax fox sat or Bush BFSAT01HD is there much difreance between them as there one hell of a pice diferance it's not for my main tv but one in my bedroom any reviews?

Tivù

Get the Humax.

The Bush ones are undergoing a Technical and PR disaster at present due to a Firmware "Upgrade" that has disabled a great many boxes.

The Humax has better build quality and robust Firmware.


Software update spikes certain Freesat set-top boxes

pandashoe

have they sent out a fix for this problem yet?

Tivù

No.

They now say the box needs to be returned to the factory.

Complete horlicks.

pandashoe

thanks for your reply so have they went back to the earler softwear? & will this afect a new box?

Vipersan

The problem with updates sent 'over the air ' ota ...is that it requires a working box to receive it ..
If the box in question has had its tuner reconfigured or disabled by a previous -faulty or destructive - firmware ..
..or indeed ..if the stb has been rendered unusable and wont come out of standby ..
..then it cannot ever receive a new firmware upgrade or downgrade via conventional ota methods ..
This is why the owners are being told they will have to return the boxes ..in order that the receivers firmware flash can be accessed and re-programmed _directly_ by connecting to the main pcb ..
Some tv's and stbs ..were designed with this in mind ...and were equipped with a control or rs232 port to make this possible..in situe with a pc and the correct software.
Some boxes however ..did not have such a feature ...and the only point of access to re-program is a jtag header on the pcb.
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