Problem: Box won't start up.. Any ideas?

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Problem: Box won't start up.. Any ideas?

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Bondy

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Hi all.. newbie with an unexpected problem...

Got back home yesterday to find my box on standby. When I tried to switch it on it just goes straight to constant Spinning-wheel-waiting-rectangle-thing on the front LED display with green standby light.

Did switch off and unplug for over 12 hours. Still does the same thing..

Anyone have any ideas...??

B.

| Wed 12 Oct 2011 18:23:55 #1 |
grahamlthompson

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Sounds like bulging capacitors in the power supply. A simple repair for anyone that can use a soldering iron.

| Wed 12 Oct 2011 18:42:40 #2 |
Biggles

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http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showpost.php?p=53069683&postcount=193

| Wed 12 Oct 2011 19:16:26 #3 |
grahamlthompson

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It's a known problem with early Foxsat HD's just like Thomson Sky boxes. There's a ton of postings about this

http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews191679.html

http://www.avforums.com/forums/freesat/1418775-humax-foxsat-hd-wont-switch-off.html

http://notonyourtelly.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2524

C12 or C13 are apparently the main suspects.

| Wed 12 Oct 2011 20:44:23 #4 |
Bondy

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Thanks Graham...

I'll brush off my soldering iron and apply some 20 year old GCSE Electronics technique..

Then onto my TiVo, which stopped booting up last week.... *groan*

B

| Thu 13 Oct 2011 8:08:38 #5 |
grahamlthompson

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Let us know how you get on. I expect my Foxsat-HD (on loan to a friend) to eventually need the fix. It's one from the very first production release (Mid 2008)

| Thu 13 Oct 2011 8:39:32 #6 |
Bondy

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Sorted, many thanks...

Quick trip to Maplin to find a replacement 2200uF capacitor. (No 10V, so went for the next largest, 35V which just about fit in the space.) 10 minutes of waiting for the soldering iron to heat up, and it was sorted.

Repair bill = 84p!

Can't believe all our boxes are failing after only 2 years of use! (My OnDigital box, bought in Plymouth before DTT was even transmitted there, is still going strong!)

| Fri 14 Oct 2011 18:51:24 #7 |
grahamlthompson

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Bondy - 2 hours ago »
Sorted, many thanks...
Quick trip to Maplin to find a replacement 2200uF capacitor. (No 10V, so went for the next largest, 35V which just about fit in the space.) 10 minutes of waiting for the soldering iron to heat up, and it was sorted.
Repair bill = 84p!
Can't believe all our boxes are failing after only 2 years of use! (My OnDigital box, bought in Plymouth before DTT was even transmitted there, is still going strong!)

You may find the replacement may fail eventually as electrolytics tend to vary there values if not run close the rated voltage. But who cares 84p two years later

| Fri 14 Oct 2011 21:46:09 #8 |
Bondy

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Well... I can replace it when the other usual suspect dies.

P.S. Bizarrely the box is more responsive, quicker through menus, etc., now I've changed that capacitor.

| Sat 15 Oct 2011 11:52:03 #9 |
Ratae

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Hello anyone, I have the Humax Foxsat HD box start up problem too, it’s currently about 10minutes.
I have ordered the capacitors and am sufficiently confident I can replace them.

My query/problem is that I have the box running a motorised dish via the hidden menus. What I don’t know is what the box will remember after it’s plugged back in, what satellite do I leave the dish pointing at, and does it make any difference.

Any info on re-installastion would be gratefully received.

Regards
Ratae

| Wed 8 Oct 2014 16:48:31 #10 |