do the following using the front panel buttons
- press select and back, the box should take a hard restart now
- quickly press in sequence power, up, down, power
- the screen should turn blue. It will take a while to download the whole thing
Activating the USB port
- goto tv guide, press SETUP
- go down upto SYSTEM SETTINGS
- press 0611 to get to the installer menu via "SYSTEM DETAILS"
- goto "MODEM SETTINGS", toggle internal-modem to USB
Copying recorded content
Encryption
- Foxtel's contents are encrypted by NDS. Till today, it's considered unbroken.