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chunkywizard

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:56 pm

MyStuff Team Joined: 13 May 2005 Posts: 9319 Location: Sindlesham, Berkshire Tx: Hannington

Nice tip dedics,

thanks!

CW

nwhitfield

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 1:09 pm

Site Admin Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 9579

Tips for the standard Toppy firmware have been added to the FAQ database in a new Top tips section, which is also available from the Help menu at the top of the forum screen.

Nigel.

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Nelviticus

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:38 pm

Regular contributor Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 78 Location: Hitchin, Herts

If you find your Toppy too noisy, try this:

Buy two squash balls from a sports shop;
Buy a cheap glass chopping board (preferably not one with pictures of carrots on it);
Cut the two squash balls in half with a craft knife (try to cut them exactly in half along the seam);
Put half a squash ball over each of the Toppy's 'feet' and sit it on the glass chopping board;
Marvel at how much quieter it is.

Regards

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Dragon Drop

Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:26 pm

Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 8 Location: Cirencester

A variation on the squash balls idea, as used by me (and other in various hi-fi forums) - less chance of slicing your pinkie open. Use this:

a. castor cups, from the local DIY shed. Normally used under the feet of sofas etc.
b. squash balls (don't cut them!) .
c. a platform (hi-fi people tend to prefer something more solid like the £12 Asda granite chopping board).

Place the squash balls into the castor cups. Place the platform on top, then the Toppy on top of that. The weight of the granite and Toppy will keep the balls in place. Works fine for me, for a CD player.

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Toppy: TF5800PVR; Firmware: 5.12.25;
Autostart TAPs: eit2mei Beta 7;MyStuff 4.5;
Other TAPs: None;

Magic Man

Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 2:22 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 206 Location: South Wales

...and get the castor cups for hard floors that have a rubber or felt backing rather than plain plastic.

chunkywizard

Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:43 pm

MyStuff Team Joined: 13 May 2005 Posts: 9319 Location: Sindlesham, Berkshire Tx: Hannington

Hey Dragon Drop,

your brackets need to be square for your sig. to display correctly,

CW

Dragon Drop

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:08 am

Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 8 Location: Cirencester

chunkywizard wrote:

Hey Dragon Drop,

your brackets need to be square for your sig. to display correctly,

CW

Thanks chunkywizard Cool

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Toppy: TF5800PVR; Firmware: 5.12.25;
Autostart TAPs: eit2mei Beta 7;MyStuff 4.5;
Other TAPs: None;

paullawrance@tiscali.co.u

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:45 am

Joined: 02 Aug 2006 Posts: 4

Can anyone tell me if the Toppy has to be left on for timer recordings to take place, or whether it can be placed on standby, like the Sky Plus box. I've looked in the manual but found no answer. Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere! Thanks.

msteggalls

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:15 am

Frequent contributor Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 721 Location: Ipswich, UK

paullawrance@tiscali.co.u wrote:

Can anyone tell me if the Toppy has to be left on for timer recordings to take place, or whether it can be placed on standby

Yes, it can be left in standby - When the timer is due it will come out of standby, record and then, assuming you haven't touch the remote, will go back into standy

Martyn

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Model: TF5800 Silver; Disk: Samsung 300gb ; Firmware: 5.13.65 Patched; Purchased: 15-Apr-2005;
Autostart TAPs: Improbox (2.5) TF5000 Display (1.53a); Description Extender (2.23); Filer (2.21RC3); Extend (1.7); stirf (1.3Cbeta); EPGnavigator (6.10); UK Auto Scheduler (0.73)
TV: Panasonic TX-L37V20B LCD; Remote: Samsung Note 10.1 running Touchsquid
Updated 26Oct14

nudger1964

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:46 pm

Joined: 09 Jul 2010 Posts: 1

my top tip is, if after 5yrs service your toppy dies on you...buy another one quick.
as you can guess, my old 5800 died, good lord how we come to take the functionality of this machine for granted...quick look on ebay finds me a 5800pvrt for 99 quid.
had a bit of problem getting it to load latest mystuff (i hadnt touched the last one for 4 years as it was just perfect) anyways, its got mystuff on there now and all is well. this is such a great machine...in no small way because of you guys having put so much effort into it.

Doct0r

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:51 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 01 Jun 2010 Posts: 353 Location: Birmingham

nudger1964 wrote:

You're better off trying to get one from Currys or PC World for sub £80. Ones from ebay are probably not new and you wouldn't have the warranty given from a new one.

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TAPs: EPG2MEI v0.96; MyStuff 6.4; Extend v1.7; MyInfo B5.5; SecCache (UK) v0.4; Font Manager 1.0d; EIT Sub (Game) v0.6;
Sig generated by MyInfo on 17/5/11?

simonc

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:37 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 5640 Location: Cheltenham

The £99 is ex display, 6 month warranty, free delivery. I'd take that rather than drive 20 miles to see if the one remaining £79 one in Gloucester has a remote!

jumbo

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:58 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 4731

simonc wrote:

The £99 is ex display, 6 month warranty, free delivery. I'd take that rather than drive 20 miles to see if the one remaining £79 one in Gloucester has a remote!

But if you're replacing an old one then you already have a remote or a nice One for All can be had for not much more!!

Doct0r

Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:51 am

Frequent contributor Joined: 01 Jun 2010 Posts: 353 Location: Birmingham

I can't say much about ebay, I bought all 4 of my PVRs from there and they all worked (until I blew one of the Humax's, my mistake though).

Also, do you think people on ebay wouldn't lie? You could also phone the store 20 miles away to save yourself a trip or e-mail Currys to ask if there are any in stock local to your postcode.

simonc

Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 1:04 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 5640 Location: Cheltenham

I'd already quizzed them, more out of interest than actual need. If they'd had one in our local store I'd probably have bought it as a spare. Nearest are one solitary ex-display unit in Gloucester and another in Oxford.

Here's a thought: these ebay ones are ex-Curry's ones with a £20 markup.

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