Freeview without SCART

On 16 Jun, 10:19, "Paul D.Smith" wrote:
If you get a direct replacement off eBay, check that the "dead" one doesn't
still work with the new PSU. Another thought is I wonder if it suffers from
"dead capacitors"? If you Google for "badcaps" you will find that routers
and PC motherboards suffered from a batch of poorly made capacitors. If the
same brnad is in the Sagem, perhaps they've died.

Paul DS.

"Simon" wrote in message

...

Hi there,
I had an old Sagem Freeview box that was connected via the aerial
input to an old TV that didn't have a SCART input. The box seemed to
brick itself last week, so I tried to get another one. I tried a
couple of cheap ones from Asda (another SAGEM and ONN), but they only
gave an output via SCART. Are there still any boxes out there that
will feed a signal in through the aerial?

Thanks

Simon

Paul - I think the PSU on the old one was ok. The unit would power up
and show me the menu screen, but it would refuse to recognise any
incoming signals

....snip...
Paul - I think the PSU on the old one was ok. The unit would power up
and show me the menu screen, but it would refuse to recognise any
incoming signals

Are you getting analogue passthrough OK (to rule out the aerial input being
dodgy)?

Failing that, I'd open it up and resolder any matt solder joints in case
they've dried out. Anything around a transformer or power transistor is
often a good bet.

Paul DS.