HUMAX HDCI-2000 thread

[beintot]

just received one of these humax boxes today,previously used technomate 1500ci,picture quality is excellent using a dvi to hdmi connection,i find the channel search a bit slow compared to technomate,and oddly it's showing low signal strength for some channels which were all strong signals on the technomate,but then again it found nearly all the hd channels on astra 19 and hotbird that the technomate hadn't found.

 

[jagost02]

Rato/Ervil,

Like you I am in Portugal and was wondering what the signal levels were that you were getting on the Premiere and BBC HD channels. I can't pick them up now with my Dreambox 7000 and was wondering what the sensitivity of the Hummy 2000 was like.

Regards,
Jagost02

 

[komp]

The Germans got overall better processing equipment than most countries in Europe for broadcasting.

Although you can tell they are using Tandberg encoders because when on Prem HD Sport you can clearly see the "pulsing" on stationary pictures.

When the camera is stationary look at the advertising boards say about in the middle of the TV to the left, you will notice the pulsing effect.

This is not the case on Thompson encoders. Weird.

 

[rato]

Rato/Ervil,

Like you I am in Portugal and was wondering what the signal levels were that you were getting on the Premiere and BBC HD channels. I can't pick them up now with my Dreambox 7000 and was wondering what the sensitivity of the Hummy 2000 was like.

Regards,
Jagost02

BBC HD: 10847 Vert. 22000 5/6 Astra2D
Sig. Strength 29% Sig. Quality 79%

Premiere HD Channels: 11914 Horiz. 27500 9/10 Astra1H
Sig. Strength 36% Sig. Quality: 92%

The dish & LNBs that I use are on the left of this post( My System). Hope this helps.

 

[Likvid]

How can you have such strong vertical signals on 2D down in Portugal?

 

[jagost02]

BBC HD: 10847 Vert. 22000 5/6 Astra2D
Sig. Strength 29% Sig. Quality 79%

Premiere HD Channels: 11914 Horiz. 27500 9/10 Astra1H
Sig. Strength 36% Sig. Quality: 92%

The dish & LNBs that I use are on the left of this post( My System). Hope this helps.

Rato,

Thanks for the info. Tomorrow being a day off for me I think I may drive up to Servico Tecnico and pickup the hummy.

Regards,
Jagost02

 

[Ervil]

How can you have such strong vertical signals on 2D down in Portugal?

Because we're a blessed country

My results (in Lisbon) are:

BBC HD (Astra2D) Sign. Strength 39% Sign. Quality 77%

Premiere HD Channels (Astra1H) Sign. Strength 49% Sign. Quality: 98%



Ervil

 

[jagost02]

Wow!!! Ervil nice numbers. I should be picking up my Hummy HDCI-2000 tomorrow and hopefully I too will be blessed soon....

Regards,
Jagost02

 

[rato]

Because we're a blessed country

My results (in Lisbon) are:

BBC HD (Astra2D) Sign. Strength 39% Sign. Quality 77%

Premiere HD Channels (Astra1H) Sign. Strength 49% Sign. Quality: 98%



Ervil

Hey Ervil! The size dish that are you using is 1,20m am I correct? How long are your cables(coaxial cables )? I have about 40m to the DiSEqC, then another 2 meters to the LNB.

 

[rato]

Hi

Do you know how, with this receiver, we can have access to Interactive Services, as for example with BBC ?

In the receiver's manual, we can read "Select colour keys for interactive applications", however, with the infamous "RED" button, we can only access the receiver's channel list, with the "GREEN" button we can only access the favourites, etc.

Thanks in advance for any help.


Ervil

Sorry Ervil, but the interactive services are made to work only with software in the Sky Digiboxes.

 

[Ervil]

Hey Ervil! The size dish that are you using is 1,20m am I correct? How long are your cables(coaxial cables )? I have about 40m to the DiSEqC, then another 2 meters to the LNB.

Rato

I have my Astra1 dish (about 1,00m) in my roof, and my Astra2 dish (1,20m) in my garden. My DiSEqC is in my roof too. So, from the Astra1 dish to the DiSEqC I have about 2m of cable, and from the Astra2 dish to the DiSEqC I have about 15m of cable.

Since I have the DiSEqC in my roof, and my Humax HDCI-2000 is in my living room (in the ground level and in the opposite side of the house), I have about 30m of cable (maybe more) from the DiSEqC to the receiver.


Ervil

 

[Ervil]

Sorry Ervil, but the interactive services are made to work only with software in the Sky Digiboxes.

Thanks Rato, I wasn't aware of that.

I was mislead in BBC website where, for example, you can read in the "STEP BY STEP GUIDE" from BBC:

Question: Can I get BBCi ?

Answer: Yes, as long you have digital TV. To get BBCi, you need digital TV, either through cable, satellite services or FREEVIEW.

The problem was my interpretation of the term "satellite services"

"satellite services" must mean SKY.



Ervil

 

[remlap]

All depends on what they choose to use when Freesat launches there are DVB standard for interactive content, that ever receiver be able to use.

Same goes for the EPG, they are so tied down by SKY right now.

 

[Shahid]

Decoding Faliure with Official Cards !

I have a Dragon Cam w/ latest Predator in the HDCI2000. The Freesat NDS card (skydigital) works fine. But the official Spice Platinum (Viaccess) and ART (Viaccess) cards give errors and do not decrypt the relevent channels when inserted into the Dragon Cam give a error message "Decoding Faliure" when I try to see the Subscription information of the cards.

Has anyone sucessfully watched official cards in the HDCI2000 with a Dragon/Trex 4.1 with latest Predator firmware?

Shahid.

 

[rato]

Decoding Faliure with Official Cards !

I have a Dragon Cam w/ latest Predator in the HDCI2000. The Freesat NDS card (skydigital) works fine. But the official Spice Platinum (Viaccess) and ART (Viaccess) cards give errors and do not decrypt the relevent channels when inserted into the Dragon Cam give a error message "Decoding Faliure" when I try to see the Subscription information of the cards.

Has anyone sucessfully watched official cards in the HDCI2000 with a Dragon/Trex 4.1 with latest Predator firmware?

Shahid.

Hi Shahid!

Have you tried an update of the Pred. 3.43 or a different(i.e. another origin) of the Pred. software? I had problems with my Sky card which did not open my NASN channel(and Four & Five). I tried an update(dated 11.06.06), and it's working fine now. On other official cards, I can´t confirm.

Rato

 

[Shahid]

Premiere Direct Channels - UPDATE

This is just updated news.

As you might be aware the Humax HDCI2000 does not pick up the Premiere PPV (Pay Per view) Channels when you scan the Astra 19.2.

There is fix. Just download the the Channel Editor tool from the Humax website (you need to register).
http://www.humaxdigital.com/HCSA/

Then upload the .fdf channel file which is at toecutters. Then the Premiere Directk wil be stored. Hope that makes sense.

Shahid

 

[komp]

Premiere Direct Channels - UPDATE

This is just updated news.

As you might be aware the Humax HDCI2000 does not pick up the Premiere PPV (Pay Per view) Channels when you scan the Astra 19.2.

There is fix. Just download the the Channel Editor tool from the Humax website (you need to register).
http://www.humaxdigital.com/HCSA/

Then upload the .fdf channel file which is at toecutters. Then the Premiere Directk wil be stored. Hope that makes sense.

Shahid

Is this with the Cerebro Ver1.5 card Shahid ? I have the same set up as you and am very interested in the Premiere stuff. Also is the channel editor you refer too the "formula H100" software ?

Regards

JL

 

[Shahid]

Is this with the Cerebro Ver1.5 card Shahid ? I have the same set up as you and am very interested in the Premiere stuff. Also is the channel editor you refer too the "formula H100" software ?
Regards

JL

Yes, it is the "formula H100" software.
Shahid

 

[komp]

Yes, it is the "formula H100" software.
Shahid

excellent, I will try it now then but first I dont understand the "toecutters" reference, is it a URL ?

Secondly just to confirm b4 purchase of the Cerebro card that you have Premiere, what version is your card please ?

Regards

JL

 

[jagost02]

Shahid,

Do we need to preoccupy ourselves with the version 1.1 or 1.5 issue?

Regards,
Jagost02