Unofficial Vestel PVR Information (UK)

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Vestel T835
Freeview+ Vestel T835 based PVRs first surfaced in November 2009 (Argos models appeared in January 2010), and are substantially different to all previous models. The box/chassis is much smaller, largely thanks to an external PSU and slim SATA hard drive. The downside is that connectivity is reduced somewhat with only a single SCART socket. Unlike previous models, the tuners are built into the main PCB and as such there is just a single RF in/out socket on the back, so no need for the loopthrough cable which the old models required. Also, there is no RS232 socket, but software updates can instead be carried out via the SCART socket. The software used has the same interface as previous models with full Freeview+ support.
Available Models
  • Bush B250DTRCA, BD320DTRCA & B500DTRCA (Argos)
  • Ferguson F20500DTR (Comet)
  • Hitachi 320HDR10 (Comet)
  • Hitachi HDR165, HDR255, HDR325 & HDR505 (Argos)
  • Luxor DVR840 (Asda)
  • Technika T835 250Gb, 320Gb & 500Gb (Tesco)

Known Software Builds
VersionBuild dateRelease TypeNotes
0.102009-10-?? ??:??:??Factory
1.62009-12-?? ??:??:??Factory / OAD / RS232
1.92009-12-?? ??:??:??Factory / RS232
2.22009-12-29 ??:??:??Factory
2.52010-??-?? ??:??:??Factory
2.62010-??-?? ??:??:??Factory
3.42010-08-?? ??:??:??OADFixes failures to record due to not waking up from low power standby and will no longer record repeats if you choose to delete the original recording before the repeat is aired

Over-air Software Update TimeMakeModelsVersionStatus
30-08-2010 01:00am to 30-08-2010 09:00amHITACHIHDR165 / HDR255 / HDR325 / HDR505v3.4New
03-09-2010 10:00am to 06-09-2010 09:00amHITACHIHDR165 / HDR255 / HDR325 / HDR505v3.4Repeat
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