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Using a different Humax box?

stuartrogerson — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 17:29:37 GMT

Have the BT box and subscribe to Sports.

I have another Humax retail box if I were to use that would it pick up and allow me to see all that I have on my BT box. Or is that dumb?

Genuine question as the retail box is part of test.

Re: Using a different Humax box?

zulu17 — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 09:51:47 GMT

Hi @stuartrogerson good to see you active on the community again, I notice no one has responded so I will give my thoughts. bear in mind I don’t have a DTR2000.

Currently I believe you could use the DTR2000 as a replacement box. As you have BT as your ISP it should load a BT skin on your Retail box model.

You could also use the DTR2000 as a second (non subscription) box whilst still using your BT Tv box for your (BT subscription channels). Again as you are using BT as your ISP I would expect a BT skin to appear.
The software rollout for the DTR2000 is a different path to the Bt boxes so there could be a few differences in operation and presentation at times ( although the skin is generally due to ISP you use) and range of apps may differ (eg Prime Video).

Your recordings and schedules and any paired mobile devices will be specific to each box.

If using both boxes in same room be aware that both boxes would pick up and react to remote control presses.

Re: Using a different Humax box?

stuartrogerson — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 11:24:01 GMT

Thank you. I eventually just connected the box which then required a factory reset before the BT channels appeared and worked. I am testing new builds for YouView.

Re: Using a different Humax box?

welshgit — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 11:34:17 GMT

hello i have bt tv and also have extra box , the main box is a t4000 and the extra box is mine its a t2000 everything on the t4000 is on it and it works ok ,i also have a t2100 and for some reason now tv works on that through the epg too