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[Jimbob]

You used to be able to get PSU repair kits for sat boxes which I imagine would be a hell of a lot cheaper than a replacement.
How good is your soldering?

aye, about £15 gets a no solder one....IF thats the issue, would appear you normally get symptoms, not just a power loss.

Wonder how that works?
Last one I did was replacement caps, couple of resistors and the chopper chip.
Was many moons ago though.

new psu, unplug, unscrew, swap.

[Marks DTM Calib]

You used to be able to get PSU repair kits for sat boxes which I imagine would be a hell of a lot cheaper than a replacement.
How good is your soldering?

aye, about £15 gets a no solder one....IF thats the issue, would appear you normally get symptoms, not just a power loss.

Wonder how that works?
Last one I did was replacement caps, couple of resistors and the chopper chip.
Was many moons ago though.

Generaly the best option as they often  are upgraded components and hence more reliable.

However, my first apprach would be to phone up and say you want to cancel your subscription because the box has gone bang you dont have the funds to pay the repair charge. Normaly, this results in a new box winging its way to you at zero cost.

[Marks DTM Calib]

You used to be able to get PSU repair kits for sat boxes which I imagine would be a hell of a lot cheaper than a replacement.
How good is your soldering?

aye, about £15 gets a no solder one....IF thats the issue, would appear you normally get symptoms, not just a power loss.

Wonder how that works?
Last one I did was replacement caps, couple of resistors and the chopper chip.
Was many moons ago though.

new psu, unplug, unscrew, swap.

Yeh and given how much they are I suspect they are no better or even worse quality then the originals sadly

[tunnie]

how long have you had your subscription? Ring them up and ask to speak to customer retentions, tell them your box went bang, and your going to Virgin as they will give you a free + box, and you want a free box and half price subscription for a year, otherwise bye bye!

[Jimbob]

how long have you had your subscription? Ring them up and ask to speak to customer retentions, tell them your box went bang, and your going to Virgin as they will give you a free + box, and you want a free box and half price subscription for a year, otherwise bye bye!

That would be a clever trick round here....

I will play the game before I order anything new 

[tunnie]

how long have you had your subscription? Ring them up and ask to speak to customer retentions, tell them your box went bang, and your going to Virgin as they will give you a free + box, and you want a free box and half price subscription for a year, otherwise bye bye!

That would be a clever trick round here....

I will play the game before I order anything new 

Call their bluff, do you have internet with Sky? Say your going Vigin for internet and freeview TV unless you get the above.

Push for half price subscription in addition to a replacement box 

[feeutfo]

Ah yes, good shout, threaten to leave, it's amazing what they can do when they want to.

[Jimbob]

I cant get virgin here....and do not want their broadband, useless to me.

Ill see what they have to offer....but unless its a free hd box (without hd channels) then im not really interested.

[feeutfo]

I cant get virgin here....and do not want their broadband, useless to me.

Ill see what they have to offer....but unless its a free hd box (without hd channels) then im not really interested.

Nout to loose JB.

[Mr Skrunts]

Yup, standard WS CRT telly.

No HD cabability
a sky+ box from sky would be a refurb at £60
or new hd box free if you upgrade for 10 a month, or £100 otherwise

we dont watch that much, pay under £25 a month now, and could live without it.

Freesat looking appealing at the mo.

Want at least twin tuner PVR functionality, channel selection freeview or sat would be adequate, we have other freeview tellys if there was some overlap we wanted.

or risk £15 on a repair kit. Knowing my luck I would be adding £15 to the final cost of a new solution 

Thought you nuked the CRT a couple of months ago, and then got a flat screen.

[Martin_1962]

Iplayer is ethernet

Not tried media playing

[Jimbob]

Yup, standard WS CRT telly.

No HD cabability
a sky+ box from sky would be a refurb at £60
or new hd box free if you upgrade for 10 a month, or £100 otherwise

we dont watch that much, pay under £25 a month now, and could live without it.

Freesat looking appealing at the mo.

Want at least twin tuner PVR functionality, channel selection freeview or sat would be adequate, we have other freeview tellys if there was some overlap we wanted.

or risk £15 on a repair kit. Knowing my luck I would be adding £15 to the final cost of a new solution 

Thought you nuked the CRT a couple of months ago, and then got a flat screen.

Nuked the old crt...

got a Sony 32" widescreen of freecycle to put us on 

VERY happy with it, especially for the price of £0.00

[Radar]

You used to be able to get PSU repair kits for sat boxes which I imagine would be a hell of a lot cheaper than a replacement.
How good is your soldering?

aye, about £15 gets a no solder one....IF thats the issue, would appear you normally get symptoms, not just a power loss.

Wonder how that works?
Last one I did was replacement caps, couple of resistors and the chopper chip.
Was many moons ago though.

Generaly the best option as they often  are upgraded components and hence more reliable.

However, my first apprach would be to phone up and say you want to cancel your subscription because the box has gone bang you dont have the funds to pay the repair charge. Normaly, this results in a new box winging its way to you at zero cost.

I did something similar for my parents and it took a lot of persuading but eventually the succumbed and sent someone to fit a new box. Even if you don't get any joy the first time around try another time and you'll probably get lucky.

[Elite Pete]

I cant get virgin here....and do not want their broadband, useless to me.

Ill see what they have to offer....but unless its a free hd box (without hd channels) then im not really interested.

Tell them Tunnie sent you

[Jimbob]

Getting closer to the Humax...

found a utility to convert other video files into something the Humax thinks it has recorded, which will be VERY handy