Starview - Help Please

got an original staview box, updated software month or so, no problems.

last night box has gone funny, turn power on and off, just shows 0 on the front screen and tv shows just a blank grey screen. Any answers would be appreciated.

thanks

tedbay

 

of course sorry had one to many up the celts

 

Sorry to butt in but the b0x does NOT need to be jtagged

Here is the solution

Display 0

Its a hardware fault.

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 @16v on the psu board , resolder (c21)
thats it done.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/725/svcapfixpnggv2.png

You can get caps from Maplins

 

Hi Celt I havent had a chance to revise the original post I supplied Martin with, I have asked him to change it slighty to 1000mic @ 16V. 10V was too low and have recommended changing the rating a while back. I have even used 25v to good affect

 

Thanks for the heads up Scouser

Edited and renoted lol

Hope your not working too hard

 

Just a little bit of late Hope you are well

 

Just like to thank you for you assistance.

Followed your instructions and diagram, box is now working fine.

Thanks a million best 50p spent at maplins.

cheers tedbay

 

Good news and good work

 

Hi guys.... have got SV box (genuine) with 0 on front lcd screen..so gonna foillow this set of threads...but a question....when it says to remove c21....i assume you remove it carefully so as to re-use it...??
And when c21 is removed..i asuume the original c11 cap is still in place while i boot up...?
And then turn off again,until i see that it has booted up ...??
Then once it has booted up..and been turned off..is this the point at which i replace c11 with the new cap at c11..of similar values....(1000mic @16v)...??
And also now replace the origanal c21 back in place too....??
Would just like to make sure i have read this thread properly before doing this procedure...
Thanks for reading this.... Billyie

 

Well done Ted

Yes Billy , you are correct and it should work for you as it did for Ted

 

Hi Celt71 ..Thanks for ya reply ....was wondering if there is any other info about this capacitor i need to buy ( 1000mic @16v)...As i live in Ireland..it isnt feasable to purchase from Maplins..post is to expensive...even on this little item.. but have an outlet in Ireland.,...but they have atleast 16 caps with 1000mic @16v...so was hoping for more info about the exact capacitor to fit here...???
Maybe there is some writing printed on the cap itself..any one have any idea ....??
Or am i safe once the cap is rated 1000mic @16v...even though there are about 16 of this type to choose from ..? And varying in price..
Would appreciate ya help....Bilyie

 

Billy AFAIK , you can get these from either Maplins or Peats or even fleabay for about 50c .

Have a look in the SV at the (c11) for size and once you get the nearest size and its 1000uf mic/16v it should do the trick for you.

It should look something like this or this

 

With reference to the cap please use any with a voltge over 16volts the voltage does not effect the working wiyh the exception that it will work up to that voltage the only trouble is the higher the voltage the bigger they are you can use either new or used caps as long as you know they are ok not leaking or dome tops

 

Hi Guys and Girls

can anyone tell me please if the starview box still works in Dublin as i have moved house and now have sky so cannot test it. i have installed cryptstar v 1.4 on it

 

answered on another thread.

 

Hello folks

Since I find this site a godsend for helpful information, I thought I would share with you my good news story in case it helps others. After I installed the new software on my (clone) SV box, it just kept rebooting over and over. I looked up all your good advice, and noted the suggestion that perhaps the C11 capacitor needed replacing - I got some 16V ones at Maplin, and my brother helped me do the removal and replacement and soldering as per your guidance. Now the SV box is back to full working order ! I am delighted. Thanks a lot for sharing this information.

Carmel

 

Good news and thanks for letting us know

 

thankx 4 the help everyone, i willk test it out, but i'm scared i'm not the mnost gifted diy person i know, i'm thinkin of gettin sum1 to do it for me, will let u guys know once i have done it
thank you once again

 

i bought a starview 3 box super off the net got it 2day opened it and done the installation but when i went to try turn the emu on i cudnt get into the secret menu i typed in the 1570 at the normal menu and nothin happened. i was wonderin if anybody could help me with this. cheers

 

you wont get into the EMU until your box has been flashed, if its only a new box it came with FTA chamnnels only, all the info you need is here: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/663923