Re: Easiest set-top box to use

1) The biggest advantage of the Fox2 is that it is one of the very,
very few with a remote which also works the TV.
(also the Sony and Pioneer but both can be difficult to get)
There are two provisos here....you have to read the book which
gives very simple instructions as to how to set it up
for a particular make of TV, and you have to have a TV of a
recognised brand which is listed in the Humax code list.

(on this subject, if all other codes fail, try all of the Philips
codes)

2) It is not necessary to use the favourites list as you can remove
all unwanted channels from the list (including the text
ones, if you like) in the edit channels menu.

3) It is exceptionally easy to switch to radio and back to TV with one
button and again remove all unwanted radio
channels if you like. (You can just leave one of you wish)

4) They have a channel number display on the front.

5) They have large and clear on screen graphics and a very clear
guide.

I have sold dozens (if not hundreds) of these receivers to older
people and they have been reliable and well liked. I always install
them myself and always teach the owner how to work them.
They have been almost totally reliable (I think 3 failures only) and
many times I have later had comments from owners that theirs is much
better to use than their friends' box mainly due to the volume working
the actual TV rather than the common method of controling the outpul
volume of the box and conflicting with the TV volume.

Due to the large number of sales that I make to older people, I have
also come up with a few additional strategies which may be of help:

If the TV doesnt automatically go to AV when switched on and the
digibox is already on, it is best to use RF connection and tune the
first 9 channels of the TV all to the digibox.

The second trick which I regularly use is to disable some of the
buttons on the handset by carefully prising it open and putting small
pieces of tape under the button.
The only problem I really have, when teaching older people how to use
the Fox 2 handset is the use of the TV and DTV buttons at the top of
the handset (just like a universal remote).
Where this is a problem, I set the handset up to work the TV and then
disable the "TV" button. The volume buttons still work the TV but the
on/off and everything else always operate the digibox. The user then
uses the original TV remote to switch the TV on and off and the Humax
one for everything else. When I do this, I always put a note inside
the battery compartment explaining what has been done for anyone who
is confused by the lack of functions, and also to remind them to
change the batteries quickly so the codes are not lost.



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