Humax: F2-Fox T

David Lock, on January 29th, 2011
Need help resetting up my Humax Fox T in a new location. Have the same trouble as Leon Sandells Stroud 280310 get to installation wont let me enter password factory settings

Sean, on June 21st, 2010
Rubbish! Bought from John Lewis last week. Channel setup fine and picture fine but sound bug means that audio always reverts to Left/Left instead of Left&Right! On top of that, even when you switch audio to Left&Right the volume drops in and out. When you change channels, the audio setting goes bakc to Left\Left! ARRRRRRRGGGGHHHH. Returning to John Lewis and getting the Philips HD Freeview box which is the same price.

Chris Weeks, Bristol, on April 19th, 2010
Retuned the box successfully after deleting all the channels, both radio and tv, (many thanks to previous posts for this). I have had no problems with the unit over the last few years, except the occasional need to power off/on and sometimes the program info isn't complete. I'm happy with it but I have never known any other. It'll go when I finally get a PVR.

Leon Sandells, Stroud, on March 28th, 2010
I am unable to retune my Humax F2 FoxT because when I go to 'Installation' the password box appears but does not allow me to enter any zeros. No response at all. Other things work on the unit and channels are OK. Would be grateful for any ideas? So frustrating!! Thanks

huckle101, on March 25th, 2009
re Bill Geake i have a humax f2 foxt and spent the whole day trying to reconfigue the box after a change in the digital channels. Now i deleted all tv and radio stations and reinstalled all and thanks to your tip every station is as it shoud be. Thanks to you from myself and my wife. huckle101

Bill Geake, Edinburgh, on March 21st, 2009
This may come too late for many, but I got BBC radio stations back by going to the auto scan utility in radio mode, selecting all stations, deleting, then re-scanning. Worked for me, might work for you. Regrettably, EPG is awful. I don't get crashes but sometimes audio fails when changing channel - mostly when changing to CBeebies which is the default for this box in my house.

Jeff, Stalybridge, on March 2nd, 2009
This set top box is bl***y awful, remote locks up, epg info continuously disappears, even after rebooting, after sales service from both retailer and Humax is poo! No updates and, no plans to transmit any, (Humax statement) In my humble opinion you would be extremely brave or a fool to buy this box - DO NOT BUY THIS BOX!!!

John, Hindolveston, Norfolk, on February 12th, 2009
Unable to receive radio 2,3 & 4, despite 100% quality of signal. For some reason Radio 1 & 5 are OK as are many other channels. Generally unimpressed and would not buy Humax again. I have found that I agree with many of the earlier comments. EPG is poor and lacks information.

Bernard, Sheffield UK, on November 12th, 2008
just received the same excuse from Humax re the detailed information issue - one of the main reasons I bought it due to problems with other brands. I will be returning the set and buying a different brand - but which one - any advice, please...!

Hamilton White, on September 17th, 2008
Poor picture quality even compared to a £15 box from Argos

Dave, Yeovil, Somerset, on September 1st, 2008
The F2 fox T gets rave reviews, and is generally a fair piece of kit, BUT as many others have said, 1. There are memory problems with the EPG that do not allow this unit to display programme information. Humax have no fix for this and nothing planned in the near future. My last dated SW was issued Nov 2005! 2. The unit has to be scanned manually if you live near two transmitters, as it will find the least strong signal as well as the one you probably want and the channel storage is thus not optimised. Although it looks good I cannot understand why the technical press raves about it - only goes to show that you should read customer reviews (I wish I have taken notice of this site's comments)not the paid press. Its obvoisly been released for a long time with known faults - lock up, EPG storage, channel scan errors, frozen remote. How can it be that the last HUMAX SW update was THREE years ago and my other STB's update about every 6 months. Humax are polite on their phone help (3 calls so far to them at premium rates- they dont reply to emails!! ) but clearly have no solutions. I also notice that most major retailers are no longer carrying this product. DO NOT buy this - Humax should have a major recall and sort it out for all the frustrated customers.

Adam, London, on August 3rd, 2008
This box has two very common faults (if not inherent to all units), namely that it will crash every 3-5 days and need to be turned off and on again at the mains to get it working again, and also that the TV program information for all channels disappears after the box has been on for a few hours. I have been in touch with Humax and there are aware of these issues, but offer no help in resolving them. Steer well clear of this box, and if you do some further research on web forums you will see there are a great many people experiencing the same problems.

Chris Woodman, on June 5th, 2008
I have had the box for several years. It performs very well - good signal and does all it says it should, WITH ONE EXCEPTION. It does not have enough memory and is therefore unable to show "now and next information" unless it has recently been powered-off and powered-on again. Why Humax have not issued a new version of the software which takes the pointless games out of the memory beats me. I am going to have to bin it and get one that works.

Geoff, Felpham Sussex, on April 6th, 2008
I've experienced everything that has been written about in this column - plus it doesn't do radio 1, 2, 3 or 4. I can live with an irregular description facility, the way it freezes from time to time, but not its refusal to provide a full range of radio stations. It has so much going for it - but with so many silly little faults, I would never again buy anything made by Humax.

Mel, Newcastle upon Tyne, on February 11th, 2008
I bought a Humax F2-FOX T on 20th December 2008 after reading good reports on the web and also one that is recommended for FAST updating of teletext pages on ITV and it also has a TV modulator built in which I wanted, BUT this is sadly let by firmware or hardware in particular losing the Detailed Information after accessing the EPG also with the EPG you can go back 24 hrs which seems a little silly. I have re-installed using the Factory Defaults but the problem comes back and you may have to do this every time you want to access the Detailed Information. I live in the Newcastle upon Tyne area and receive my TV signals from the Fenham Transmitter which is less than TWO miles away with clear line of sight using a NEW outdoor aerial so I would expect a good signal but sadly NO with the signal strength being only 60% or less and on some channels NO signal strength at all unlike my other two ASDA Cheap Digiview boxes which show 100% signal strength on ALL channels. I have emailed Humax about these problems as have so many others since 2005 expecting an OTA or some sort of update but this seems not likely happen, ( SEE HUMAX REPLY BELOW ) which is a pity because I like this freeview box i.e. style, channel numbers, digital clock, 20 timer settings TV modulator and is well built, So until Humax sorts the software / hardware out and also gets rid of those FOUR stupid games ( that would save some memory ) I can NOT recommend this box, I would also recommend that anyone who still owns one of these boxes keeps Demanding from Humax to put the problems right they would have a first class freeview box.

Peter Taylor, Rochester, on January 31st, 2008
I bought a Humax F2-FOX T on 14 December 2007. The picture quality using a high quality SCART lead was excellent. However it failed to meet the targets in the Manual, in particular losing the Detailed Information after accessing the EPG. Six times I re-installed using the Factory Defaults and the problem comes back after limited use. In my opinion the product is not either of merchantable or marketable quality. I have contacted Humax by telephone and they accept there is a svere memory problem, which has not yet been resolved by either firmware or software

Dave, Kent, on December 11th, 2007
Another box, another disappointment. I bought this box because it was supposed to have good weak signal performance. All the BBC channels work fine but ITV, CH4, CH5 etc suffer from loud clicks and pixellation etc. Although this is less often than with other boxes, it then results in the sound being out of sync with the picture from then onwards. If you've recorded the programme you can't temporarily re-tune to restore the sync. This was the last attempt to get freeview to work, and I'll now have to spend yet more money on sky or virgin equipment. I have already spent £150 on a wideband high gain aerial. I mainly blame ofcom for cramming in too many channels at the expense of a more robust signal.

Rakesh, Warwickshire, on December 2nd, 2007
Just looked up this STB to see if anyone else was having the same problems I'm having and it seems I'm not the only one with missing program info and locking issues. Will be returning it next week and replacing it with another. So far tried a small Bush receiver that connects directly to the scart socket. This stopped working after about 12 months. Then tried a Logik box which I returned after 3 days of problems. Though I'd try the Humax as it cost a little more and had an optical out port but the hassle of no program descriptions is a hugely annoying problem. Not sure what to try next

ChrisH, Leics, on November 30th, 2007
Good old Eric (Kent)! Had this box about 3 years with only the loss of info as the apparently common problem. A few months ago I discovered that the hand set was frequently locking up, requiring a 'reboot', usually at an annoyingly inconvenient time. Just tried the reverse-batteries trick and Bingo!. Unlocked! Thanks again Eric.