cheminot Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I have just bought a Humax HD freesat box. I have connected it to my dish which my old skybox was on, to the TV via an hdmi cable and to the DVD recorder via a scart cable.I switched it on and it is displaying 'inst' on the front which I assume means it is going through its automatic installation program, however, it has been like this for 3 hours now.Is this normal?cheminot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 No.I don't have a Humax, but generally - dish or no dish - you should see a menu asking for your post code and other basic settings, before it proceeds to a signal test and eventual scan.Is anything at all displayed on the TV? Have you instructed the TV to "look" at the HDMi source (it isn't automatic in many cases).Check by disconnecting the HDMi cable and using a Scart cable to connect the Humax to the TV in the same way the sky box was connected and see if anything is displayed then....Will proceed from there, maybe tim is around (who I know DOES have a Humax) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 (Please note, I'm not Tim [:)])As Martin says, the Humax asks for a UK postcode at the start of the installation.Ours installed without a hitch in a few minutes, so I too would suggest starting again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheminot Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 Many thanks for your replies.I have sorted it out now. I changed the TV connection from hdmi to scart and it all works now. I dont understand why it wont work on hdmi though, it is supposed to be the best way of connecting for HDTV.cheminot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 [quote user="cheminot"]Many thanks for your replies.I have sorted it out now. I changed the TV connection from hdmi to scart and it all works now. I dont understand why it wont work on hdmi though, it is supposed to be the best way of connecting for HDTV.cheminot[/quote]As Martin suggests, could it be that, as you have not used it before, the HDMI connection is not enabled on your TV? A quick look at the TV settings or manual should answer that [:)]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheminot Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 The hdmi connection was and is enabled on my TV I used it for the DVD recorder but it doesn't make any difference. Thats what puzzles me.cheminot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheminot Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 New problem! No sound on the DVD recorder whether recording or playing back. The instruction book is no help at all.Has anyone any ideas how to fix this please?cheminot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Do you have 1 or 2 HDMi connections on the tv? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Try this: Which connection wizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Do have a look at Clair's suggestion, but generally no sound when using Scarts is down to the plugs having worked loose. Without using unreasonable force, make sure they're fully home.At least as a start.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheminot Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 My thanks again to everyone for their help. Particularly Clair, whose suggested website provided the answer to my problem. In effect I had to change over the TV scart connections and now everything is working fine.cheminot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Result! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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