Faulty Dbox ?

[jonboy]

hope someone can help with this, recvd a nokia dbox2 for my freind it was setup with nextgen 061205-2x, put my service files in and it recvd all channels , but the menu started freezing and then it switched off.
tried it for about an hour but no joy just kept switching off , ive since tried 3 different images and its always the same, the menu starts to dissapear when you try to access it , then it freezes and box switches off.
is it beyond repair? is it easy to fix ? anyone hepl please :ermm:

[steve07951]

u might have a dry joint or i have known this to happen with a poor signal i got a booster with a gain knob works a charm it has stoped freezing and jumping plus picture is a hell of a lot better
good luck
steve

[mrowley]

Before you go out and spen cash on a booster, its always worth doing a few simple checks on your line.

1. Unplug any other cable equipment connected to the feed.
2. Move your box to where the cable feed comes into the house (the white box with N*L Or TeleW**t written on it) and use the shortest cable possible.
3. boot the box up then hit RED then BLUE on your remote after the menu has gone. It should give you a screen with BER SNR SIG on a graph
BER = Low as possible (between 0 and 500 is OK)
SNR = High as possible (More Signal Less noise)
SIG = High as possible

If the SNR is too low you wont get a picture and a booster wont help too much either as you'll just boost the noise with the signal.

If the SIG is low a booster is the way to go (Bear in mind SNR) one with a dial as steve said is better as you can control and tweak it to get the best out of your setup

if BER is 26214 or Higher it usually means a faulty tuner (but i have had perfect picture with BER of 60,000+)

Hope this helps.

Mick