help, wont come off of standby

[johnsco77]

bought a eurovox black 08 last week got it home plugged it in and it worked great went away for a couple of days came back and its stuck on standby and wont do anything. can anyone help please, was told there was a power cut for a 10 minutes while i was away. please please please

[lucky13]

Its possible that it's a blown capacitor but before you try fixing it yourself - if you've only bought it, then contact the supplier.

[gadgetfiend]

unusual for a max v to have a blown capacitor so yeah id return it to seller m8.

[FLANBAY]

Is their power on your box i.e. the red standby light is displayed but nothing else and you cannot get it to out of standby ? If this is the case rather than return to seller which will cost you, you could try to JTAG your box. Dead easy, loads of guides on this forum. My friends box had exact same problem, he bought a JTAG from seller Tailor made Circuits on Ebay and now works a treat.

[dolphin]

Power surges (normally happen after power cuts) erase the chip and the box usually needs to be Jtagged afterwards.

Looks like this happened to you m8

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[HONCHO]

Check to see if the 2008 model you have is a clone m8 very easy to do this what does it say in the middle on the front of the box maxv or sat reciver if its the later its a clone so return it bk to where you got it from if not jtag ot bk to life if you need files and stuff to do this ie jtag video tutorials ect ect pm or i can do it for you

[lucky13]

You cannot distinguish a cloned MaxV just by the words on the front panel of the box. The first generation maxV's have the words 'Digital Satellite Receiver' in the middle of the front panel and the second generation maxV's have 'MaxV' in the middle of the panel and both of these are genuine boxes

The only way to decide whether or not a box the box is genuine or clone is by looking inside. All you need to identify a clone is in a document here trying to update (4th post down)

[johnsco77]

ok so i checked out the other forums and it does have similar comparisons to a clone but there are also parts of it that look very much like the genuine box so now im lost i have loaded up some pics to see what u all think and let me know thanks alot

[johnsco77]

ok just to add another little point i have just powered it up with the lid off and the power board has a buzzing/hissing noise coming from it is this normal?

[lucky13]

Sorry m8 but that there be a clone and the buzzing/hissing noise definitely ain't right.

However - although it is hard to tell from the photo's cos looking down at the box and it might just be the reflection - one of the caps does look to be bulging at the top. If it is then that might be your prob.