Old DTRT1000 Youview Box Freezing
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For some time now my Youview box has failed to turn on but due to also getting a Freesat box at about the same time this started, I have not bothered to investigate further. Now though, with the novelty factor of Freesat wearing off (!), I have been unsuccessfully trying to resolve.
If left alone the box sits with its orange ring of light illuminated but pressing central power button or using the remote has no effect at all. Powering off/on via rear power switch (sometimes multiple times) and then quickly trying again results in the box starting, with ring of light changing to blue and the front screen showing ‘Hello’ with a blank TV display or ’please wait’ and the HUMAX title screen, with ‘Ver A7.76’ in bottom left corner. This is then as far as it gets, just hanging here.
On booting into maintenance mode and trying the ‘Factory Reset, keep recordings’ option, it has been possible to briefly get the box to function again but with it always freezing again after a short period. Similarly, the ‘Software Reset (Recommended)’ option when last tried, functioned correctly, restarting the box and successfully retuning the channels but froze again on restarting following finding & installing a software update. Now, on powering on with the ‘Vol-‘ button, the box just refuses to move on past the first maintenance mode question screen.
With the inconsistency of the boxes actions, it is leading me more towards it possibly being a hardware error rather than any problem with a software update but just not sure.
Ran out of ideas now, please advise as to what are my options.
Comments
I agree with @redchiz, You seem to have covered all you can do with the box. Sadly due to NewGen, this has made the box slower & underpowered. Youview should have left the old pvrs alone so they could still function longer. But, it's had a good life, I would take the hard drive out & use this as a spare hard drive for either Pc backups or possible external drive for various devices you have. You could use the DTRT1000 main case as a door stop (joking!).
As for a replacement, I would recommend CEX on the High Street or purchase via their online shop, just for their warranty. You could purchase a BT2100 Youview pvr with a 24 month warranty for around £40+ pp. A faster box & hopefully for many years more reliable. John L
Oh come on @jonesh, It's the end of another week (!) At least the sun is shining outside the window, a bit cold though.
I used to use a DTR1000 and it was "slower", not saying it didn't work at all, but eventually the machine wore out. To be honest @jonesh, I couldn't compare a newer machine with the older Dtr1000 when NextGen was introduced, machine had been replaced. Sadly you can't get all the updates now on the Dtr1000. Hence why most of the regular users recommend purchasing newer models, it's false economy to purchase an older one, when hopefully in long term the newer boxes are more reliable.
The question at the moment is how long will the newer boxes last with regards software updates? As with all technology, inc. PC's they slow down due to newer software being written, not always well written, taking up too much space, that tends to put more strain on the machine's performance. Maybe due to CPU/Dram on the older machine. John L
My criterion for the speed of a machine is that when I have a string of instructions to input, it should not take so long over the first one that I lose track of what the subsequent ones are supposed to be.
I find this requirement gets steadily more difficult with age; though whether of the machine or of its operator, I could not say......😛