Digifusion: FVRT100

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Joy, Norwich on April 9th, 2008
I have had a FVRT100 for a few years and absolutely love it compared to VCR except like most people it regularly seems to have so many glitches. The latest is that it has wiped my library but it now shows programmes which were recorded in November 2006 and have long since been deleted! The programmes aren't actually there but the library lists them as if they are. This is the weirdest glitch so far. Anyone else experienced this?

Dave, Gateshead on March 4th, 2008
best thing i ever bought replaced power unit apart from that not apick of bother over 3yrs old now

Alan, Tewkesbury on December 6th, 2007
Had been wondering why this machine was getting so much critical comment - until the dreaded Hold appeared on mine after 2 years. Changed power supply, etc but can't get it to respond. Shame because, apart from small capacity of disk and the occasional annoyingly loud "pop" when it is switched on, it has been great up to now....

Chris, Croydon, Surrey on August 8th, 2007
Had my FVRT100 for 3 years now. Initial problems were solved by overnight software upgrades and getting Digidave power supply. Now works perfectly, an absolute dream to use. Will be getting one for my girlfriend. Will probably upgrade hard drive in mine to 120 Gb - easy to do.

Heather, Lancs on July 20th, 2007
Lasted about a year... kept crashing then blew up... good when it works then the world's most annoying thing.

Chris, Scotland on July 14th, 2007
Don't buy - even the refurbished units being sold today still have the freezing problem and eventually cannot be reset. I've had to return two units with the same problem and have now asked for a full refund.

C Jones, Warrington on April 23rd, 2007
Mine kept crashing and freezing. I keep getting the EP9 error everyday and need to power on and off before I can get started. Total waste of time and money.

Stuart A, Drongan on April 10th, 2007
Many thanks to those who contributed to this site. I have had a FVRT100 for about 14 months. From new, I got the EP9 message, and was advised that this was a software problem exacerbated if the machine was trying to compress a recording when the EPG was being broadcast (approx 3am) as the unit records on SP then takes up to 3 hours to compress the recording to LP. I was advised that this would be cured with an imminent software upgrade. As the problem persisted after the software upgrade, I was then advised that the problem was my aerial as the machine needs a signal greater than 50% and preferably more than 60%. My signal strength through a high gain aerial is 65%, but I checked out the aerial anyway. I found a faulty connecter at the aerial splitter/amplifier which when fixed made no difference to the signal strength, but cured the "freezing" that was present on our 3 other Freeview receivers. The EP9 persisted and progressed from a couple of times a month to the point where it occurred almost every day. To get rid of this and get working again the machine needed unplugging and reconnecting. Finally the machine would not restart and the hold message appeared on the display. I followed Digifusions advice of holding the two right buttons (programme down and on/off) for 15 seconds then waiting ten minutes. This worked about three times then the set died. Following advice seen on this site, I powered up using my golf trolley battery, and (touch wood) the set appears to be working again and so far no EP9.

Glen, Northumberland on April 10th, 2007
"Hold", "hold", "hold" - do you like this word? If not, don't buy one of these. This word is forever appearing on the control panel of mine. No mention at all of this in the manual. Found this site & purchased a new updated PSU, which helped for a while, but today, we are back to the old problem of a locked system, no T.V and the dreaded word "Hold" seemingly permanently on the display. The usual only way out of this is to unplug & restart the whole thing. Today, even that’s not working! It’s a shame as when it's working it is a good system and we like it, but if I never see the word "Hold" again, it will be a blessing. The machine seems to do some defragging/self maintenance in the early hours 9wakes you up if you've dozed off on the setee), and its then that it seems to occasionally confuse itself and get stuck on "Hold". All is fine when you go to bed, but when you get up in the morning, no T.V.

Austin, Stirling on March 6th, 2007
Bought mine for £80 off eBay and had it for around 2 years now. Replaced the power supply soon after purchase. Have to say that it's been reliable and heavily used. Locked up twice in the time I've had it which is much less than the Sky+ I had previously. Would buy another DigiFusion product.

A Campb, UK on February 27th, 2007
Having used this product for 12 months, I would not make another purchase from Fusion Digitech. I have had one or two small problems but the main one has been with the actual power supply. In a period of 12 months, the power supply unit has burnt out twice. Having contacted the company yet again, I was told that the unit was only guaranteed for a period of 3 months. On making a third purchase and finding it to be faulty, I returned the product to the company, who would not send out a replacement until they had received it. It did not arrive! After getting really frustrated I decided to go elsewhere. The company would not refund my money. They stated that the product was not faulty and were trying to charge me £10 for putting the part back into their system. I had no alternative but to pay postage yet again and accept a third part.

Steve, Reading on February 16th, 2007
I would like to upgrade the hard disk on my FVRT150, can anybody tell me if you need to format the new disk before installing?

Les, Cleveland on February 5th, 2007
Reliability is terrible - one broke after 15 months and a reconditioned model (£50) lasted less than 9 months - but the concept is brilliant and my wife is lost without it. Its the one video recorder she can actually operate successfully.

Martin, Plymouth on February 5th, 2007
Had an FVRT100 since Dec 2004. Had one power supply failure but now the box has ceased to work at all. The display said oHD when it died and i suspect that the hard drive has gone. Does anyone know if i can just replace the HDD??

Chris Gibbs, St Albans on February 2nd, 2007
I have had an FVTR100 for about 18 months and thought I was alone with my problems. I lost my original receipt so could not return to makers when it first started crashing, consequently I have stuck with buying a new £40 power supply and constant resets. Despite the same problems as everyone else it's a great machine - some of the time! It can easily be upgraded with a new hard drive (7200rpm ATA133 160Gb £37) and the addition of a new fan on the hard drive and an extra heat sink and fan (£7.99) on the large square processor has radically reduced the lock-up problems caused by constant overheating. It's now more reliable but needs the occasional reset - don’t really know why?

Malc, TV on January 28th, 2007
Had two of these, neither of which outlasted the warranty period. When they worked thay were ok, but the odd freeze turned to crashing then to complete lockup. Now have a Goodmans which is quicker, has simpler and better organised menus, twice the disk space and was 20% cheaper

Lazz, Nottm on January 12th, 2007
I have this unit and have had it replaced within a few months of purchase. Not a very good picture and keeps freezing and having to be re set, the replacement does the same, don’t recommend this box to anyone.

Frankie, Durham City on January 11th, 2007
Remote control buttons rubbery & sometimes unresponsive. Power supply unit failed after 9 months, symptoms are box sometimes not starting up + box freezes (the one supplied is only 2 watts) Got a 3 watt one from Maplin and all ok now. Good picture even with poor aerial signal. Overall does a good job.

Steve, Sittingbourne on January 9th, 2007
bought fvrt100 after reading reviews in whathifi magazine draded hold came up 13months after purchase contacted digifussion anything upto 18 months old they will replace with a referbished model (plenty of them around) as long as you have receipt.hope this one is more reliable. check out sonys new pvr.

Geoff Townley - Fareham on January 8th, 2007
A must for anyone serious about PVR's