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Digital sat receiver colour problem
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I have a Silvercrest SL65 satellite receiver, the one Lidl's sell regular, german origin I believe. When first switched on it is fine, but after a couple of minutes it will lose the red. Switching off and on will return the red but only for another couple of minutes. If the receiver is left on the red come back and stay, and that is the way it been behaving a fair while now. I used to repair tv's along while back. But I still have a fair amount of test equipment etc. What please could be this problem? I was thinking is it more like quartz crystal playing up? Help needed and appreciated thank you. David |
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Digital sat receiver colour problem
If the problem has been diagnosed to be specific to the receiver than it
must be serviced or replaced. Does the same effect happen when watching DVD or VHS on the tele? If not then the sat box is probably the culprit. "David Sewell" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a Silvercrest SL65 satellite receiver, the one Lidl's sell regular, german origin I believe. When first switched on it is fine, but after a couple of minutes it will lose the red. Switching off and on will return the red but only for another couple of minutes. If the receiver is left on the red come back and stay, and that is the way it been behaving a fair while now. I used to repair tv's along while back. But I still have a fair amount of test equipment etc. What please could be this problem? I was thinking is it more like quartz crystal playing up? Help needed and appreciated thank you. David |
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Digital sat receiver colour problem
"David Sewell" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a Silvercrest SL65 satellite receiver, the one Lidl's sell regular, german origin I believe. When first switched on it is fine, but after a couple of minutes it will lose the red. Switching off and on will return the red but only for another couple of minutes. If the receiver is left on the red come back and stay, and that is the way it been behaving a fair while now. I used to repair tv's along while back. But I still have a fair amount of test equipment etc. What please could be this problem? I was thinking is it more like quartz crystal playing up? Help needed and appreciated thank you. David There is little in a digital sat box that's serviceable. other than the power supply, even to service departments that are well equipped and supported by the manufacturers. I feel that it is unlikely to be a crystal based problem losing just one colour. Are you watching composite out, or RGB ? If RGB, then the problem might be traceable to something in the red channel, but even then, you will probably struggle without schematics, which I doubt are available for a product sold through Lidl's. If it's not a silly question, if the red eventually comes on and stays on, why keep torturing yourself turning it off ... ? Arfa |
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Digital sat receiver colour problem
"Arfa Daily" wrote in message ... "David Sewell" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a Silvercrest SL65 satellite receiver, the one Lidl's sell regular, german origin I believe. When first switched on it is fine, but after a couple of minutes it will lose the red. Switching off and on will return the red but only for another couple of minutes. If the receiver is left on the red come back and stay, and that is the way it been behaving a fair while now. I used to repair tv's along while back. But I still have a fair amount of test equipment etc. What please could be this problem? I was thinking is it more like quartz crystal playing up? Help needed and appreciated thank you. David There is little in a digital sat box that's serviceable. other than the power supply, even to service departments that are well equipped and supported by the manufacturers. I feel that it is unlikely to be a crystal based problem losing just one colour. Are you watching composite out, or RGB ? If RGB, then the problem might be traceable to something in the red channel, but even then, you will probably struggle without schematics, which I doubt are available for a product sold through Lidl's. If it's not a silly question, if the red eventually comes on and stays on, why keep torturing yourself turning it off ... ? Arfa Because it may be a long wait ( like watching paint dry, perhaps.). I had a look inside and I can see I would stand a much greater chance of diagnosis with the aid of a manual. The red disappears gradually over about 30 seconds. Switch off, switch on, always get's the red back etc. I switched over from RGB to CVBS in the menu and that works ok, crap quality picture now though. Thanks, David |
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Digital sat receiver colour problem
"David Sewell" wrote in message ... "Arfa Daily" wrote in message ... "David Sewell" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a Silvercrest SL65 satellite receiver, the one Lidl's sell regular, german origin I believe. When first switched on it is fine, but after a couple of minutes it will lose the red. Switching off and on will return the red but only for another couple of minutes. If the receiver is left on the red come back and stay, and that is the way it been behaving a fair while now. I used to repair tv's along while back. But I still have a fair amount of test equipment etc. What please could be this problem? I was thinking is it more like quartz crystal playing up? Help needed and appreciated thank you. David There is little in a digital sat box that's serviceable. other than the power supply, even to service departments that are well equipped and supported by the manufacturers. I feel that it is unlikely to be a crystal based problem losing just one colour. Are you watching composite out, or RGB ? If RGB, then the problem might be traceable to something in the red channel, but even then, you will probably struggle without schematics, which I doubt are available for a product sold through Lidl's. If it's not a silly question, if the red eventually comes on and stays on, why keep torturing yourself turning it off ... ? Arfa Because it may be a long wait ( like watching paint dry, perhaps.). I had a look inside and I can see I would stand a much greater chance of diagnosis with the aid of a manual. The red disappears gradually over about 30 seconds. Switch off, switch on, always get's the red back etc. I switched over from RGB to CVBS in the menu and that works ok, crap quality picture now though. Thanks, David That would indicate that the problem is in the red channel of the RGB drive circuitry. If the composite remains correct, then the decoding is working correctly. In the absense of a set of schematics, I think that about the only way that you might get a result, if you're lucky, is to have a pop at it with a hair dryer, and a can of freezer. Arfa |
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