It's been three years since freesat - the satellite equivalent of Freeview - was first announced and the first freesat-compatible receiver has finally arrived. The Humax Foxsat- HD costs £150 and gives those who don't want to be tied into a subscription a way to watch high-definition broadcasts. Is it a day for glorious celebration or just more waiting? Strengths The Foxsat- HD is surprisingly small. It's about two thirds of the size of an average DVD player. It has an all-black colour scheme, apart from the two mirrored strips that run across the top and bottom of the front channel number display. It's stylish, but not in a 'look at me! I live in Hoxton!' kind of way. The Humax boasts two Scart sockets, a HDMI port and composite output as well as phono sockets Most people will be introducing high definition into their lives for the first time, which includes the standard £80 freesat installation service. If you already have a Sky dish on your home, you can use that instead, saving you the extra expense of a new install. All you have to do is connect the satellite lead to the dish socket on the back and you're ready to rock. For hooking the box up to your telly, the Foxsat- HD sports two Scart sockets, a HDMI port, composite output as well as red, green and blue phono sockets. The latter are linked to a manual switch that lets you change between outputting a standard RGB signal and a full component signal for HD. There's also an optical output so you can connect it to a surround-sound receiver for Dolby Digital. Humax rather generously provides a HDMI cable as well as Scart and composite leads in the box. The seven-day EPG shows your channel choices, but initially loads a menu based on genre When you first start up the box, it checks for a software update and then asks you for your postcode. It uses this to work out which regional variations of the ITV and BBC.
This page contains information about the Humax Fox Sat HD set-top box – this box was released in May 2008 to receive the free-to-view satellite TV service, Freesat. On the day of Freesat’s launch, the Humax Foxsat receiver is pretty much the only set-top box available – and it’s hard-to-find! We managed to get our hands on one on the first day of launch – and our podcast boys are evaluating the Humax and Freesat. Take a listen to their early findings – Freesat audio update. The Humax Foxsat- HD Humax Foxsat- HD Review After lots of phone calls to confused retailers, and lots of hassle, the Radio and Telly team were able to get hold of the Foxsat on the day of launch, 6th May 2008. Initial impressions are that this is a very capable receiver. It’s well designed, comes from a respected name in the digital TV receiver market, and delivers a great picture. At launch, the box is available for £149.99 from Currys and Argos, although stocks in the UK were scarce. We connected our shiny new Humax to our existing Sky Digital dish, switched on, and it worked. We were prompted to perform an over-the-air software update straight off, which took only a couple of minutes and took us from v to. Then we had to set up our preferred language, and enter our postcode. The postcode is used, we assume, to confirm we’re in the UK, and to decide which regional TV service we get. After that, time for a channel scan: Scanning for channels The box correctly found all of the channels ( Freesat channel list and we were off and running Freesat EPG One of the most important aspects of any receiver these days, is the EPG, the Electronic Programme Guide. The Freesat one’s pretty good – 7 days of programming – nice and easy to navigate. You can use the four coloured keys on the remote to switch between a table or list view. There’s also: Searching: From the blue “ Find” tab, you can.
The video above gives a comprehensive overview of the Humax Freesat+ HDR-1000 S. The video covers the.
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