Comments on: PVR software beta for Icecrypt T2200 Freeview HD box

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:23:54 +0000

Graham:
Looks like your USB memory is formatted FAT32 which cacses that result.
Suggest formatting NTFS. If you cannot do in Windows on your pc Google & down load the HP Usb formatter– HPUSBFW, which will do both FAT & NTFS.
Ken H

By: Graham

Graham — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:29:47 +0000

I have tried a 32GB USB in my product but it says the USB device is in read mose only and wont let me record?

By: shaun

shaun — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:49:54 +0000

Bought one of these a couple of weeks ago, and a seagate 500gb HDD. Had great difficulty getting the box to recognise the firmware on my 16gb stick. Eventually managed with a 2gb stick formatted in FAT16, if anyone is having similar bother. Such a format can be forced in WIN7 using the command prompt.

Problem 2 however, is deleting stuff. My recording list shows sometimes, and doesnt show sometimes. Switching it off and on seems to fix this, but its weak. When i try to wipe a recording using the blue button i get “cannot delete this file in playing”. Any ideas guys?

Thirdly, i can programme a record using the EPG and the record button, but if i want to instant record, the record button doesnt appear to do anything, and the epg will not let me record something already playing. This is MUCH more annoying.

Any help on either of the above problems would be greatly appreciated.

By: Nigel

Nigel — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:42:03 +0000

If the TV has an HDMI port, then whether or not its built in tuners are NTSC or anything else is immaterial. But check what the TV supports as HDMI resolutions – you’ll probably need the /50 versions to be on the list, eg 1080i/50 for 50 frames per second, where a US set would normally expect 1080i/60 because they have 60Hz mains instead. I can’t off the top of my head remember if the T2200 has 60Hz output options, and mine’s not plugged in at present to check.

If the TV is happy with a 50Hz HDMI signal in any case, you’ll be fine. I don’t know how widespread that is on US kit – in the days of the VHS, while it was common for most decks over here to be able to play back US tapes, american friends tell me that it was not so common to find the reverse on their equipment.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:32:56 +0000

Slightly left of field question, but is it possible to get this box working with an NTSC TV? Not to receive channels, but to use the playback facility. If there is a way, feel free to jump in and let me know

By: ian ryder

ian ryder — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:24:04 +0000

can any one tell me how you check repeat recordings ?? I want to cancel one but cant find where

By: Liz Batten

Liz Batten — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:46:48 +0000

Thanks for really clear instructions. I downloaded the update, put it on the memory stick and uploaded to the Icecrypt T2200, but it could only see it as “read only” device. Then I re-read your formatting instructions, formatted to NTFS and it works! Excellent – thanks very much.

By: Paul Fox

Paul Fox — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:15:35 +0000

Slight issue with my box.
As of the weekend, when I turn on the external HDD, the T2200 looses the aerial signal (message pops up ‘Signal Lost’). I have no idea why this happens. I can access all the old stuff recorded on the drive fine.

Can someone shed some light on this?

By: Mr AR

Mr AR — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:50:14 +0000

Thanks for the info Nigel,
Gonna keep running with the T2200, might look at a twin tuner in future,
Am happy enough with the T2200 for a while yet though!

Regards,,

By: Nigel

Nigel — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:32:22 +0000

That’s because the box only has a single tuner. The tuner select a radio frequency, and the box can display the channels available on that frequency; with analogue TV that’s just one channel (so when you set an old VCR to record, you watch another channel using the TV’s tuner). With digital TV, a radio frequency carried a “multiplex” of channels, which is a group; there are six such groups, the main ones being the main BBC channels, the ITV/Channel 4 group, Channel 5 and TopUpTV, HD channels, and two others.

So, if you’re recording a BBC channel, your available choices will be only those other BBC channels on that multiplex; similarly, if you’re recording an HD channel, you will only be able to watch one of the other HD channels.

To change to a different one would mean that recording couldn’t take place, as the tuner would have to change radio frequency.

All PVRs have restrictions like this; in fact, many are more restrictive, and simply say you can only watch the channel that’s being recorded, even though others could be displayed, because that’s the simplest thing to explain to users, without all the technical details of multiplexes.

For the greatest flexibility, you need a twin tuner recorder – the T2200 is a capable box, but it’s still fundamentally a single tuner receiver, with recording functions as a useful extra.