The bbc red button service on humax listing not working

Press the STB button in order to control the Humax.

This could be too much signal thanks to the Freeview retunes going on. Your aerial is more sensitive at some frequencies, so there's more signal power higher up the frequency range. The signals for BBC and ITV are among the strongest ones broadcast. If they are now at a point on the aerial's range where they are too strong for the TV then the tuner will over-saturate. The result is the same as no signal.


Have a look online for a Variable Signal Attenuator. It's a device that can be added to a aerial signal cable just before it goes in to the tuner. The adjuster allows the signal level to be reduced. Watch the TV's signal quality and signal level displays if it has them. As signal level (power) reduces you'll actually see signal quality increase. If you go too far then quality will start to go down again. The optimum point is where quality is highest.

Try switching subtitles Off, then On again. Otherwise a factory reset will normally restore the function. Note that a factory reset will not delete recordings, but you will need to retune and re-program timers

Workaround procedure to get this to work 1. Go to BBC1. 2. Go to the Guide and select channel 200 - BBC Red Button. Press OK. 3. Exit the Guide and wait. You should see a notice about the BBC Red Button Service. Wait a few seconds. 4. Press the RED button - the display switches to BBC1 and shows the standard (Text) Red Button Index. 5. Press the BLUE button to close the Index. The display shows the BBC1 video and sound. 6. Press the RED button to get into the Red Button Menu. 7. Wait a few seconds and then select the BBC iPlayer. I gained access to the iPlayer once this way yesterday and twice so far today but when I went straight to the iPlayer from BBC1 I lost the sound. I've just shutdown and then re-started the HD500 and successfully accessed the iPlayer using the above method. Note, that if it doesn't work then just switch your box into standby, wait 15 minutes or until the Hard Disk stops and then you can switch it on again. No mains power-off or reset is required.

Found this when my Philips LCD TV lost the BBC RED button http://sparedparts.com/parts/details/philips-lcd-tv-bbc-red-button-no-longer-works

No BBC RED button

I don't have a solution but I would like to add that I am having the same problem which started quite recently (April 2011). Phone Panasonic UK support (0844 844 3852) they were very helpful. They haven't solved the issue yet but I guess the more people recording the same complaint gives them increased diagnostic information. I wonder if this is localised to a particular transmitter? My local transmitter is Bilsdale.

Time shift is a very handy thing... it works by buffering the channel you are watching, that is: it continuously records the channel as you are watching it. The time it records for varies from make to make... Humax machines record a 2 hour "buffer".

Example: If you leave your TV on say ITV and go out, you get delayed when you are out and miss your favorite show, when you come back you can effectively rewind live TV and watch your show. However this only works for the channel that the TV is left on.. if your TV is on itv and you miss a show thats on the BBC then you are out of luck. as you can only rewind what the tv has recorded (the channel you were watching last)

I hope this is the info you were after... if you want / need more info leave a comment and i'll try to help you.

There should be a channel editing part, you just need repostion the channels. It will probably have moved the BBC channels you want elswhere on the list of channels.

For the TIVO series 2: hit the TIVO button, then go to messages and settings, then to to video input, then go to change input, then pick which input your camera uses. It will ask you if you can see the picture. If you can click the answer and then hit the select button. Then hit the TIVO button again then hit watch live tv. 
The Humex should work very similar.