Re: Humax HDR-Fox T2 question

Davey

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Aug 15, 2018, 6:04:04 AM8/15/18

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On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 09:47:37 +0100
Chris Hogg <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

> I have recently acquired one of these, and note that on the front LHS
> of the box is a window described as 'status display' in the product
> overview in the manual, p.5. This display is in red, and is extremely
> dim, only just visible in a darkened room, and certainly not visible
> in daylight. Is there any way of setting it to a higher brightness?
> I've looked through the manual but don't immediately see a reference
> to it. Plenty on the TV screen display, but nothing about the status
> display AFAICS. Likewise the on-screen menus and settings.
>

Somewhere in here you should find the answer, I think.

I strongly recommend installing the Customised Firmware, it makes the
unit so much more flexible.

https://hummy.tv/forum/forums/hdr-fox-t2-freeview-recorder.13/

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F

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Aug 15, 2018, 9:24:21 AM8/15/18

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And check out https://wiki.hummy.tv/wiki/Remote_Scheduling_Portal as an
extra to the customised firmware.

They transform the box.

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Max Demian

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Aug 15, 2018, 3:15:32 PM8/15/18

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On 15/08/2018 09:47, Chris Hogg wrote:
> I have recently acquired one of these, and note that on the front LHS
> of the box is a window described as 'status display' in the product
> overview in the manual, p.5. This display is in red, and is extremely
> dim, only just visible in a darkened room, and certainly not visible
> in daylight. Is there any way of setting it to a higher brightness?

Unfortunately not. A pity as it is a proper dot matrix display rather
than 7 segment or starburst. It's also a pity that the programme name is
shown in a rather odd combination of truncation and scrolling.

I've heard that the display is, in fact, a white VFD behind an orange
filter. Some people remove the filter, but, then, it might be rather too
bright.

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F

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Aug 16, 2018, 4:02:08 PM8/16/18

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On 15/08/2018 21:52, Chris Hogg wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 20:15:27 +0100, Max Demian
> <max_d...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>I've heard that the display is, in fact, a white VFD behind an orange
>>filter. Some people remove the filter, but, then, it might be rather too
>>bright.
>

> Ah, that's useful to know. If the filter can be removed, I could
> perhaps replace it with a less dense one if having no filter is too
> bright. I'm sure I could rustle up a bit of coloured plastic film from
> somewhere. Thanks.
>
I forgot to say earlier to have a look at the customised firmware's
Redring package. The brightness can be altered in there.

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Bob Eager

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Aug 16, 2018, 4:54:35 PM8/16/18

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Unfortunately, even if set at 100% brightness in thew redring package,
it's still too dim!

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Davey

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Aug 16, 2018, 7:27:53 PM8/16/18

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On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 21:02:06 +0100

The redring and the display are different things.

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Bob Eager

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Aug 17, 2018, 4:37:43 AM8/17/18

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True, but the redring package allows the display brightness to be altered
too.

Max Demian

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Aug 17, 2018, 5:59:25 AM8/17/18

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On 17/08/2018 09:37, Bob Eager wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:27:51 +0100, Davey wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 21:02:06 +0100 F <news@nowhere> wrote:
>>
>>> On 15/08/2018 21:52, Chris Hogg wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 20:15:27 +0100, Max Demian
>>>> <max_d...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I've heard that the display is, in fact, a white VFD behind an orange
>>>>> filter. Some people remove the filter, but, then, it might be rather
>>>>> too bright.
>>>>
>>>> Ah, that's useful to know. If the filter can be removed, I could
>>>> perhaps replace it with a less dense one if having no filter is too
>>>> bright. I'm sure I could rustle up a bit of coloured plastic film
>>>> from somewhere. Thanks.
>>>>
>>> I forgot to say earlier to have a look at the customised firmware's
>>> Redring package. The brightness can be altered in there.
>>>
>>>
>> The redring and the display are different things.
>
> True, but the redring package allows the display brightness to be altered
> too.

Increased significantly?

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Bob Eager

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Aug 17, 2018, 7:21:51 AM8/17/18

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As I said in an earlier post, not enough for me!

F

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Aug 17, 2018, 8:31:41 AM8/17/18

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Redring includes an option to alter the display brightness.

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Davey

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Aug 17, 2018, 9:20:08 AM8/17/18

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On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:31:39 +0100

True. But it doesn't seem to do anything useful.

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