Humax HDR-Fox T2 question

[Chris Hogg]

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.

[Davey]

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.

[F]

+1

And check out

as an extra to the customised firmware.

They transform the box.

[Max Demian]

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.

[Chris Hogg]

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.

[F]

I forgot to say earlier to have a look at the customised firmware's Redring package. The brightness can be altered in there.

[Bob Eager]

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

[Davey]

The redring and the display are different things.

[Bob Eager]

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

[Max Demian]

Increased significantly?

[Bob Eager]

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

[Chris Hogg]

A little searching brought up instructions and Youtube video on how to remove the filter.

or I'll give it a go.

[F]

Redring includes an option to alter the display brightness.

[Davey]

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