Recall on Bush DTT adaptor?

My customer bought two of those little DTT receivers that are built onto a
scart plug. All was well at first but after a week both declared 'no signal'
on BBC1 only. A retune gave 'no channels found' but in fact all channels
would then be present incl. BBC1 -- but not for long. Both units ran very
hot. On contacting John Lewis the customer was told that all these units had
been recalled "due to a software fault." JL have supplied replacement DTT
boxes with cash adjustment.

Bill

Bill Wright wrote:
My customer bought two of those little DTT receivers that are built onto a
scart plug. All was well at first but after a week both declared 'no signal'
on BBC1 only. A retune gave 'no channels found' but in fact all channels
would then be present incl. BBC1 -- but not for long. Both units ran very
hot. On contacting John Lewis the customer was told that all these units had
been recalled "due to a software fault." JL have supplied replacement DTT
boxes with cash adjustment.

Bill



I can't say that I've noticed any real issue, other than oddly, I will
get a momentary audio loss whenever one of those BBC1 adverts plays -
the blokes in the wheelchairs, etc. The unit does run warm, but I
wouldn't say hot. Now and again the unit will lock up when in standby,
so a power cycle is needed, but as the thing is in the kitchen it's not
a big issue. Those grumbles aside, everything seems fine, but now you've
got me worried! I've had my unit for well over a month now. Perhaps
there's a duff batch doing the rounds.

Any more details/info. would be most welcome.


Clem

In article , Bill Wright
wrote:
My customer bought two of those little DTT receivers that are built onto a
scart plug. All was well at first but after a week both declared 'no
signal' on BBC1 only. A retune gave 'no channels found' but in fact all
channels would then be present incl. BBC1 -- but not for long. Both units
ran very hot. On contacting John Lewis the customer was told that all
these units had been recalled "due to a software fault." JL have supplied
replacement DTT boxes with cash adjustment.

The very design of the dongles was suspect from the start. It could be done,
with only minor modifications, but it needs someone with experience of such
stuff and that probably excludes those with a licence to produce.

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