Re: Bye Bye Sky...

["Martyn Wendon" <martynwendon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It would be worth opening one up and taking a look at the caps on the
psu.
If any are bulging or even leaking they need replacing.

The old Thomsons had problems with the caps being from a cheap manufacturer
(which was made worse by heat).

I've had all the same / similar symptoms as yourself over the past few
years
in various Sky boxes and found that a replacement psu with uprated caps
works wonders.

I got mine from http://www.digifixltd.co.uk/, more
info at
http://www.digifixltd.co.uk/powersupplyrepair.html

Mine still aren't perfect (e.g. if I try to record 2 HD programs at once
and
watch a 3rd more often than not the recordings will be rubbish), but
they're
loads better than they were before.


Unfortunately a psu won't fix the 5h*t GUI!


Martyn


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 11:53 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Bye Bye Sky...


> They're both the origonal Thomson models, and both are installed in
"free
> space" - i.e. have plenty of room all around them for
ventilation. I don't
> know how hot they're getting, but since I've never noticed this, I
think
> that indicates that it isn't a problem... - I also don't ever seem to
> notice
> fan noise which again suggests they're running cool enough...
>
> P.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Martyn Wendon
> Sent: 10 October 2009 18:41
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Bye Bye Sky...
>
> Out of interest, what make / model Sky box have you got and how hot
does
> it
> get?
>
>
> Martyn
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: "UKHA Group" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 5:10 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Bye Bye Sky...
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