Still struggling to replace the switching transistor for the aerial
input feeds on my Toppy:-( Surface mount in a limited access space.


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Tim Lamb

On 26/08/2020 11:31:57, Tim Lamb wrote:
Still struggling to replace the switching transistor for the aerial
input feeds on my Toppy:-(Â* Surface mount in a limited access space.

Can you cut the legs with a small pair of cutters?

In message , Tim Lamb
writes
Still struggling to replace the switching transistor for the aerial
input feeds on my Toppy:-( Surface mount in a limited access space.

Oops. Posted before finished!

My hard drive is nearly full anyway so mostly I am just re-watching
recorded stuff.

Pressing the record button on my TV remote tells me I need to install a
usb storage device.

Any recommendations/advice?


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Tim Lamb

On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:42:38 +0100, Tim Lamb
wrote:

In message , Tim Lamb
writes
Still struggling to replace the switching transistor for the aerial
input feeds on my Toppy:-( Surface mount in a limited access space.

Oops. Posted before finished!

My hard drive is nearly full anyway so mostly I am just re-watching
recorded stuff.

Pressing the record button on my TV remote tells me I need to install a
usb storage device.

Any recommendations/advice?


We have a cheap and cheerful:

https://www.mymemory.co.uk/mymemory-...ive-black.html

It sits in an empty tissue box as the flashing LED was annoying.

Works fine and I've dumped loads of photos, music and videos on it as
well.

Note - you can only record the program you are watching - your TV
doesn't have dual tuners I assume.

You can't watch the recordings on any other TV, even an identical LG.

What we use it a lot for is pause, rewind etc. Fortunately our Toppy
is still working.


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AnthonyL

Why ever wait to finish a job before starting the next?

AnthonyL formulated the question :
Note - you can only record the program you are watching - your TV
doesn't have dual tuners I assume.

Or record when the set is otherwise off. I was a bit dissapointed by
that lack of a second tuner, I wonder if you can record from sat,
whilst watching Freeview? I never tested that possibility yet.

AnthonyL wrote:

you can only record the program you are watching

possibly you can record other programmes on the same mux as the one
you're watching.

In message , AnthonyL
writes
On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:42:38 +0100, Tim Lamb
wrote:

In message , Tim Lamb
writes
Still struggling to replace the switching transistor for the aerial
input feeds on my Toppy:-( Surface mount in a limited access space.

Oops. Posted before finished!

My hard drive is nearly full anyway so mostly I am just re-watching
recorded stuff.

Pressing the record button on my TV remote tells me I need to install a
usb storage device.

Any recommendations/advice?


We have a cheap and cheerful:

https://www.mymemory.co.uk/mymemory-...-hard-drive-bl
ack.html

It sits in an empty tissue box as the flashing LED was annoying.

:-)

Works fine and I've dumped loads of photos, music and videos on it as
well.

Note - you can only record the program you are watching - your TV
doesn't have dual tuners I assume.

I was expecting that but needing to leave the TV switched on is a
drawback.

You can't watch the recordings on any other TV, even an identical LG.

OK

What we use it a lot for is pause, rewind etc. Fortunately our Toppy
is still working.

I'm a bit nervous of getting the transistor changed as the fault
coincided with the masthead amplifier issue.



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Tim Lamb

On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:42:38 +0100, Tim Lamb
wrote:

In message , Tim Lamb
writes
Still struggling to replace the switching transistor for the aerial
input feeds on my Toppy:-( Surface mount in a limited access space.

Oops. Posted before finished!

My hard drive is nearly full anyway so mostly I am just re-watching
recorded stuff.

Sorry mate, we just haven't been out in the car since we last spoke
and certainly not that far / direction. ;-(

If there was a day that looked like it wasn't going to rain and I
bought my gear and folding table, I'd just need an extension lead in
your back garden and the Toppy for a socially distanced repair. ;-(

snip

Cheers, T i m

p.s. Is this what it looks like?:

https://tonyspage.abock.de/topfieldpics/topfieldQ14.jpg
https://tonyspage.abock.de/topfieldp...eldQ14crop.jpg

On 26/08/2020 11:42, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , Tim Lamb
writes
Still struggling to replace the switching transistor for the aerial
input feeds on my Toppy:-(Â* Surface mount in a limited access space.

Oops. Posted before finished!

My hard drive is nearly full anyway so mostly I am just re-watching
recorded stuff.

Pressing the record button on my TV remote tells me I need to install a
usb storage device.

Any recommendations/advice?


Any memory stick will allow you to record/replay. A HDD is needed if you
want to record/pause the current program.

We have a 64Gb memory stick. It fills up but if we haven't watched it by
then it gets deleted.

Tim Lamb expressed precisely :
I was expecting that but needing to leave the TV switched on is a drawback.

The LG only needs to be on standby, at the appropriate time it will
switch just the tuner on and record the program - or at least my LG
does.

How come the thread is called storage device but the message is about a
topfield box.
Brian

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Still struggling to replace the switching transistor for the aerial input
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On 26/08/2020 13:52, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , AnthonyL
writes
On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:42:38 +0100, Tim Lamb
wrote:

In message , Tim Lamb
writes
Still struggling to replace the switching transistor for the aerial
input feeds on my Toppy:-(Â* Surface mount in a limited access space.

Oops. Posted before finished!

My hard drive is nearly full anyway so mostly I am just re-watching
recorded stuff.

Pressing the record button on my TV remote tells me I need to install a
usb storage device.

Any recommendations/advice?


We have a cheap and cheerful:

https://www.mymemory.co.uk/mymemory-...-hard-drive-bl
ack.html

It sits in an empty tissue box as the flashing LED was annoying.

:-)

Also beware if you use a spinning rust HDD on a TV in a bedroom - they
have a habit of waking up at various times and that will spin up the HDD
for a few mins and then shutdown, which can be loud enough to be
distracting in a quiet room.



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In message , Harry Bloomfield
writes
Tim Lamb expressed precisely :
I was expecting that but needing to leave the TV switched on is a drawback.

The LG only needs to be on standby, at the appropriate time it will
switch just the tuner on and record the program - or at least my LG
does.

Ah. OK

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Tim Lamb

In message , John
Rumm writes
On 26/08/2020 13:52, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , AnthonyL
writes
On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:42:38 +0100, Tim Lamb
wrote:

In message , Tim Lamb
writes
Still struggling to replace the switching transistor for the aerial
input feeds on my Toppy:-(* Surface mount in a limited access space.

Oops. Posted before finished!

My hard drive is nearly full anyway so mostly I am just re-watching
recorded stuff.

Pressing the record button on my TV remote tells me I need to install a
usb storage device.

Any recommendations/advice?


We have a cheap and cheerful:

https://www.mymemory.co.uk/mymemory-...-hard-drive-bl
ack.html

It sits in an empty tissue box as the flashing LED was annoying.

:-)

Also beware if you use a spinning rust HDD on a TV in a bedroom - they
have a habit of waking up at various times and that will spin up the
HDD for a few mins and then shutdown, which can be loud enough to be
distracting in a quiet room.

Can't say I've noticed that with my desk top. Mind, my hearing is not
100%.

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Tim Lamb

In message , T i m
writes
On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:42:38 +0100, Tim Lamb
wrote:

In message , Tim Lamb
writes
Still struggling to replace the switching transistor for the aerial
input feeds on my Toppy:-( Surface mount in a limited access space.

Oops. Posted before finished!

My hard drive is nearly full anyway so mostly I am just re-watching
recorded stuff.

Sorry mate, we just haven't been out in the car since we last spoke
and certainly not that far / direction. ;-(

If there was a day that looked like it wasn't going to rain and I
bought my gear and folding table, I'd just need an extension lead in
your back garden and the Toppy for a socially distanced repair. ;-(

snip

Cheers, T i m

p.s. Is this what it looks like?:

https://tonyspage.abock.de/topfieldpics/topfieldQ14.jpg
https://tonyspage.abock.de/topfieldp...eldQ14crop.jpg

This wasn't a complaint! My only experience of delicate outdoor
soldering was on top of a London high rise office block. The window
cleaner's platform hoist had lost an a/c switch. The pre-thermostatic
soldering iron kept cooling off in the breeze:-(

Q14 is the kiddy. I also bought some 2N4404 as they come with legs but,
even sharpened to a point, my tackle is too clumsy.

You could be as distant as you like in the old garage:-)

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Tim Lamb

In message , "Brian Gaff (Sofa)"
writes
How come the thread is called storage device but the message is about a
topfield box.

You need the second attempt for the rest of the story.

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Tim Lamb