Its been rumoured on hummy forums for ages, but its finally happened. BBC iPlayer is available on the Humax Foxsat HD and HDR!
The BBC are running a beta trial of iPlayer on freesat, and have chosen Humax machines to be the test platform of choice. If you’re lucky enough to have one of these PVRs (I swapped my 5 yr old Sky+ box/subscription for one a few months back) then all you need to do is plug your Humax Freesat HD or HDR box into your broadband router with a network cable. (There is a network port known as an ‘Ethernet’ port at the back of the unit). Then, when viewing any BBC channel simply hit the red button, then type in the number 5483, and you’re in!
You may get a number not found message, but this can be ignored.
Once you’re in you get a somewhat cut down version of iPlayer compared to the website, and the image quality isn’t perfect, but watching the Incredibles last night in High Quality was great, no difference to watching a normal channel over freesat. This beats hooking up a PC or PS3 any day – good work BBC!
For further official instructions / troubleshooting see the link below:
bbciplayerbetatrial09.freesat.co.uk