why does the light go red indicating the programme is being recorded then nothing appears in the library and under messages states that the programme has been missed or failed?

Kathy, July 2012

I do not recognise the make and model of your recorder.

You could try the same fix as with the Humax 9150T which can suffer from the same symptoms.
Here are some instructions for the another Humax http://hummy.tv/forum/threads/hdr-fox-t2-tuning-advice.472/page-2#post-5824

NS, August 2012