Humax DTR T1010 - Bad luck or did I blow it?

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Humax DTR T1010 - Bad luck or did I blow it?

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Fluxsurfer

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Seasons Greetings friends.
I hope you guys can help me and save Christmas.
New to Humax but fairly proficient with electronic repairs.
I purchased a DTR T1010 off eBay and set up ok with loft aerial and signal of around 48%
I don’t know if it’s me now or sheet bad luck but I thought it would be good to amp the signal.

I sourced a televes broad band amp and got a signal strength of around 89%
Yay I thought king of the world. All channels worked crystal

I’ve gone to turn on the box this morning and it’s DEAD. No lights , no smoke , nothing at all.
Being used to electronic repairs I’ve already done the tear down. No obvious component damage, psu working but research has lead me to find these boxes are fairly faulty. Do I change capacitors? Could the amp damaged something else. Is there any circuit mounted fuses etc.

I’ve got a bee in my bonnet to bring this back to life.

Best regards
Flux Surfer

| Fri 21 Dec 2018 9:12:37 #1 |
Faust

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That's a pretty old model now and given you got it off eBay you've no idea of how much work it's done over time.

What made you buy this antique in the first place? Hopefully you didn't pay much/anything for it?

| Fri 21 Dec 2018 12:15:46 #2 |
Fluxsurfer

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Thanks for the reply.
Too be honest I’ve been on cable before this so didn’t need Freeview.
If it’s out of the ark would it not be worth trying to save

Really need to consider if the time to fix is worth it?
Any advise on what’s a good alternative also.

| Fri 21 Dec 2018 12:29:27 #3 |
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Fluxsurfer - 1 hour ago »
Thanks for the reply.
Too be honest I’ve been on cable before this so didn’t need Freeview.
If it’s out of the ark would it not be worth trying to save
Really need to consider if the time to fix is worth it?
Any advise on what’s a good alternative also.

Find a good used HDR-FOX-T2 and add the custom firmware.

| Fri 21 Dec 2018 13:46:54 #4 |
Fluxsurfer

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Cheers for the tip I’ll check the Fox2

| Fri 21 Dec 2018 16:35:05 #5 |
Fluxsurfer

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If anyone is selling a setup would be interested too

| Fri 21 Dec 2018 16:45:48 #6 |
Trev

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eBay

| Fri 21 Dec 2018 19:31:05 #7 |
Martin Liddle

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Trev - 56 minutes ago »
eBay

Facebook Market Place is often cheaper.

| Fri 21 Dec 2018 20:27:45 #8 |
Fluxsurfer

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Had a few beers last night and woke up to to find I’ve bid and won a Fox hdr2 going to give it a go.

Any advice on firmwares to avoid or look for much appreciated

| Sat 22 Dec 2018 6:27:52 #9 |
Trev

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Hummy.tv is the definitive place to go for info on custom software for the T2.

| Sat 22 Dec 2018 9:13:08 #10 |