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| Thread ID: 106913 | 2010-01-27 23:16:00 | Electronic help | prefect (6291) | PC World Chat |
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| 852737 | 2010-01-27 23:16:00 | Blardy Satlink digital satellite receiver gone on the blink. When you turn it on the display comes up for a few seconds then goes out. Need to turn the power switch off and back on for display to come on but it goes out again Its out of warranty took cover off nothing obvious, its not worth getting it repaired at shop I just bought another one off TM a yess brand for $50. Thought I would ask for advice before throwing it in skip bin hardly been used. Thanks |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 852738 | 2010-02-04 20:40:00 | Bump | prefect (6291) | ||
| 852739 | 2010-02-04 22:24:00 | By turning the power switch off did you mean at the wall socket or on the device itself. If on the device itself try unplugging it at the wall then plugging it back in after 30 seconds. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 852740 | 2010-02-05 02:05:00 | Thanks for reply Trev tried that a few times. Tries this morning after it sat for a week disconnected still the same the display displays then goes away. I was going to throw it out in the rubbish this morning thought I would try one more time to get it fixed. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 852741 | 2010-02-05 02:30:00 | If you purchased a recognised outlet the consumer guarantee act should cover you!!!!!! | Arnie (6624) | ||
| 852742 | 2010-02-05 02:43:00 | Its over a year old, outside its warranty. Plus there is the small matter of me using it on 12vdc battery instead of its rectifier power supply. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 852743 | 2010-02-07 04:51:00 | Sounds very much like a bad capacitor(s) on the board inside, I have seen a lot of satellite receivers suffer from this (one or two capacitors leaking or with bulging tops in the power supply board) Very easy to fix if you can use a soldering iron See badcaps.net for more on this :) |
forrest44 (754) | ||
| 852744 | 2010-02-07 07:53:00 | Thanks forrest I will check it out tomorrow night. Its 12 vdc does it still have a power supply?. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 852745 | 2010-02-07 17:48:00 | Yeah a lot of these cheap chinese electronics goods use dubious quality capacitors, it's quite likely the ones in the PSU have failed some way. Might be worth it to replace all of them, but you will probably have to use Low ESR for some (if not all). General purpose ones won't last very long in application like power supply (if this is powered from SMPS) But it will be best if you post on Badcaps.net with your problems, include photos, you should get some good help and advice there ;) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 852746 | 2010-02-09 09:06:00 | There are 14 capacitors of 3 different sizes on the power supply board. None are bulging as per badcap. Think repair is rapidly going into the too hard basket. |
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