Pace DTVA fault

My Pace DTVA has developed a fault, at about 15 months old, so out of
guarantee.

Symptoms are constant toggling between digital picture and analogue
picture on the TV at about 10 second intervals. Switching it off using
the remote causes the power light to go off (not red as it should).
Powering it down for half and hour and powering in back up had no
effect.

I suspect a power spike has killed it (my son accidentally tripped the
main breaker yesterday).

What does the panel think?



Tim

In message , Tim Hall
wrote
My Pace DTVA has developed a fault, at about 15 months old, so out of
guarantee.

Symptoms are constant toggling between digital picture and analogue
picture on the TV at about 10 second intervals. Switching it off using
the remote causes the power light to go off (not red as it should).
Powering it down for half and hour and powering in back up had no
effect.

I suspect a power spike has killed it (my son accidentally tripped the
main breaker yesterday).

What does the panel think?


With some equipment you have physically remove the power from the box in
order for it to reset (a cold boot rather than a warm boot). Is this
what you mean by powering it down for half an hour?

Cold boot = reset and start everything again
Warm boot = Reset some items but leave others that are still powered in
their original state (maybe in a 'crashed' state).

Power is often quoted as 1 to 7W consumption in standby indicating that
much of the box is still powered up including the processor that is
monitoring the remote for the 'standby off' command.

On my Setpal box pressing the back panel reset/tuning button at the same
time as applying the power will reset the box back to the factory
default state. This _WILL_ result in a loss of all the over-the-air
upgrades but if they had been corrupted in memory it may be a better
option. Does your box have something similar that you can try if all
else fails and you are about to sling the box?
--
Alan

In message , Tim Hall
wrote
My Pace DTVA has developed a fault, at about 15 months old, so out of
guarantee.

Symptoms are constant toggling between digital picture and analogue
picture on the TV at about 10 second intervals. Switching it off using
the remote causes the power light to go off (not red as it should).
Powering it down for half and hour and powering in back up had no
effect.

I suspect a power spike has killed it (my son accidentally tripped the
main breaker yesterday).

What does the panel think?


With some equipment you have physically remove the power from the box in
order for it to reset (a cold boot rather than a warm boot). Is this
what you mean by powering it down for half an hour?

Cold boot = reset and start everything again
Warm boot = Reset some items but leave others that are still powered in
their original state (maybe in a 'crashed' state).

Power is often quoted as 1 to 7W consumption in standby indicating that
much of the box is still powered up including the processor that is
monitoring the remote for the 'standby off' command.

On my Setpal box pressing the back panel reset/tuning button at the same
time as applying the power will reset the box back to the factory
default state. This _WILL_ result in a loss of all the over-the-air
upgrades but if they had been corrupted in memory it may be a better
option. Does your box have something similar that you can try if all
else fails and you are about to sling the box?
--
Alan

Alan wrote:

In message , Tim Hall
wrote

My Pace DTVA has developed a fault, at about 15 months old, so out of
guarantee.

Symptoms are constant toggling between digital picture and analogue
picture on the TV at about 10 second intervals. Switching it off using
the remote causes the power light to go off (not red as it should).
Powering it down for half and hour and powering in back up had no
effect.

I suspect a power spike has killed it (my son accidentally tripped the
main breaker yesterday).

What does the panel think?


With some equipment you have physically remove the power from the box in
order for it to reset (a cold boot rather than a warm boot). Is this
what you mean by powering it down for half an hour?

Cold boot = reset and start everything again
Warm boot = Reset some items but leave others that are still powered in
their original state (maybe in a 'crashed' state).

Power is often quoted as 1 to 7W consumption in standby indicating that
much of the box is still powered up including the processor that is
monitoring the remote for the 'standby off' command.

On my Setpal box pressing the back panel reset/tuning button at the same
time as applying the power will reset the box back to the factory
default state. This _WILL_ result in a loss of all the over-the-air
upgrades but if they had been corrupted in memory it may be a better
option. Does your box have something similar that you can try if all
else fails and you are about to sling the box?

There *is* a software reset option, Tim. Have you tried that? I used
that recently to get over a reception problem.

Good luck.

Dave K
--
A Watcher scoffs at gravity.

Alan wrote:

In message , Tim Hall
wrote

My Pace DTVA has developed a fault, at about 15 months old, so out of
guarantee.

Symptoms are constant toggling between digital picture and analogue
picture on the TV at about 10 second intervals. Switching it off using
the remote causes the power light to go off (not red as it should).
Powering it down for half and hour and powering in back up had no
effect.

I suspect a power spike has killed it (my son accidentally tripped the
main breaker yesterday).

What does the panel think?


With some equipment you have physically remove the power from the box in
order for it to reset (a cold boot rather than a warm boot). Is this
what you mean by powering it down for half an hour?

Cold boot = reset and start everything again
Warm boot = Reset some items but leave others that are still powered in
their original state (maybe in a 'crashed' state).

Power is often quoted as 1 to 7W consumption in standby indicating that
much of the box is still powered up including the processor that is
monitoring the remote for the 'standby off' command.

On my Setpal box pressing the back panel reset/tuning button at the same
time as applying the power will reset the box back to the factory
default state. This _WILL_ result in a loss of all the over-the-air
upgrades but if they had been corrupted in memory it may be a better
option. Does your box have something similar that you can try if all
else fails and you are about to sling the box?

There *is* a software reset option, Tim. Have you tried that? I used
that recently to get over a reception problem.

Good luck.

Dave K
--
A Watcher scoffs at gravity.

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:35:49 +0000, Dave K
wrote:

Alan wrote:

I wrote about a Pace problem

With some equipment you have physically remove the power from the box in
order for it to reset (a cold boot rather than a warm boot). Is this
what you mean by powering it down for half an hour?

Yes, pulled the plug from the wall. Does it take any "keep alive"
power via the scart lead? I only ask because I then tried removing
_all_ cables overnight and reconnecting in the morning. This seems to
have fixed it, but I'll keep an eye on it.


Cold boot = reset and start everything again
Warm boot = Reset some items but leave others that are still powered in
their original state (maybe in a 'crashed' state).

Power is often quoted as 1 to 7W consumption in standby indicating that
much of the box is still powered up including the processor that is
monitoring the remote for the 'standby off' command.

On my Setpal box pressing the back panel reset/tuning button at the same
time as applying the power will reset the box back to the factory
default state. This _WILL_ result in a loss of all the over-the-air
upgrades but if they had been corrupted in memory it may be a better
option. Does your box have something similar that you can try if all
else fails and you are about to sling the box?

There *is* a software reset option, Tim. Have you tried that? I used
that recently to get over a reception problem.

I may well do if it misbehaves again. Trouble is the on/off cycles
were too quick to allow me to access the menu.

Tim

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:35:49 +0000, Dave K
wrote:

Alan wrote:

I wrote about a Pace problem

With some equipment you have physically remove the power from the box in
order for it to reset (a cold boot rather than a warm boot). Is this
what you mean by powering it down for half an hour?

Yes, pulled the plug from the wall. Does it take any "keep alive"
power via the scart lead? I only ask because I then tried removing
_all_ cables overnight and reconnecting in the morning. This seems to
have fixed it, but I'll keep an eye on it.


Cold boot = reset and start everything again
Warm boot = Reset some items but leave others that are still powered in
their original state (maybe in a 'crashed' state).

Power is often quoted as 1 to 7W consumption in standby indicating that
much of the box is still powered up including the processor that is
monitoring the remote for the 'standby off' command.

On my Setpal box pressing the back panel reset/tuning button at the same
time as applying the power will reset the box back to the factory
default state. This _WILL_ result in a loss of all the over-the-air
upgrades but if they had been corrupted in memory it may be a better
option. Does your box have something similar that you can try if all
else fails and you are about to sling the box?

There *is* a software reset option, Tim. Have you tried that? I used
that recently to get over a reception problem.

I may well do if it misbehaves again. Trouble is the on/off cycles
were too quick to allow me to access the menu.

Tim