After discussion with Arqiva (who manage the UK’s broadcast infrastructure), we implemented improved behaviour on our latest T3-R model. This behaviour has now replaced the Automatic Service Update on the T2-R: The ASU algorithm has been improved so that existing services that are available from multiple transmitters are only replaced when their signal falls below a threshold. When your T2•R is turned on, the LED on the front is blue. The correct input on your TV is not selected

Freeview Play is different from the standard Freeview service by adding the benefits of an internet connection for on demand services. The EPG or Electronic Programme Guide allows you to access live telly and programmes that have aired in the past seven days. Also, you’ll be able to watch any missed shows on the service’s TV catch up apps – BBC iPlayer, ITVX, All 4, My5, and UKTV Play are all available on the Freeview Play platform. Record, pause and rewind over 85 TV channels: the T3•R 500GB records up to 300 hours and the T3•R 1TB a massive 600 hours The specification here is basic but well implemented, and Manhattan's new styling is a nice improvement on its boxy designs of old. And the T2-R nicely whets the appetite for the company's incoming T3-R, which adds streaming bells and whistles.Record 2 programmes at once. Need to record more? The T2-R will suggest alternative broadcasts to make it work Connect by Ethernet to your home network and enjoy a great range of channels featuring free and premium online content. You’ll always be entertained with 70 TV channels, 15 HD channels and 25+ radio stations from Freeview. Simply connect to your rooftop aerial (indoor aerials are unreliable and not recommended)

The neatness, clarity and responsiveness of the T2-R’s everyday user interface is worth praising. It’s driven by a decent handset that can also operate many TVs. When retune events were signalled by the broadcasters you could be prompted to retune more frequently than necessary. You did not set the T2-R’s volume to max before programming your Manhattan remote to control your TV. To fix this:Our learning remote has a spacious, clean layout and sleek, rounded shape that sits perfectly in your hand. And because it can control your TV’s volume, power and input selection, you won’t need another remote.