Hi guys, I ve read a few threads about a similar problem, but not sure if it really is the same. My box turns on and gives a flickering screen if it goes to channel 8, or otherwise it just goes straight to 0 and gives no picture at all. Some explain on other threads that the box turns on for a while, mine just doesnt? any ideas? cheers Al
Oh and by the way... I had a look at the circuit board and c21 looks fine,its glued against u2 though? and c27 and c8 are bonding together too? havent got the foggiest about any of this!! just trying to give as much info as possible
Hi cacti, I seperated the capacitors c21 and u2 and it was just glue, at first I thought they had blown externally, possibly still internaly though...
hi i had the same problem with my starview at first i thought it was a problem with the hardware itself but i reflashed the box first and this solved the issue hope it helps....
I tried to flash it but it fails, possibly because it doesnt stay to ON position, and goes to 0 or 8 channel?
I no you said the c21 cap looks fine but trust me thats deffo the problem just replace that cap and all will be fine i have repaired a few boxes same problem where the cap looks fine but it could be the inside of the cap thats gone tits up....
do i have defo have to switch on the box once i have removed c21? and then resolder it later? sounds odd? what about c11, should i change that too? cant wait to get this running again! cheers Garyedge
The 1st time i changed one i followed the instructions from scouser eg remove c11 reboot box and so on...But now i just unsolder the cap c21 which your replacing put the new cap on all up and running fine you will be amazed that a silly little cap can mess your box up the caps are very cheap less than 50p...Good luck let us no how you get on. Heres is the proper instructions make sure you just replace the 1 cap i had them mixed up lol. 1.Remove the cap (c21) electrolytic near the ribbon on the psu board. 2.Boot the box , it should boot to on and function correctly , the psu will hum ignore it , just let it boot to ON ,then turn it back off. 3.Replace electrolytic cap (c11) 1000 mic @10v on the psu board , resolder (c21) thats it done.
HMMM, I replaced the c21 on its own with a 1uf 63v cause thats all they had. but the box still goes to 0? any ideas? wrong capacitor? different problem? cheers ol
sorted. did exactly as sCouser explains, took out c21, then rebooted, then switched off then soldered back the c21, and then the new c11 which is a u1000 v65. thanks for your help Garyedge! Ol
