Aw, but you didn't read what I said, You need to solder a new battery to some other traces on the board that hook to the battery, now you will have 2 sources of power for the board, you can now safely remove the old battery and then solder in a new battery, once that is done you can unsolder the other new battery to the other traces.
thegrod wrote: > Len, > A voice of clarity! But you would need to solder in the new battery in the > old battery's spot and then unsolder the temporary battery. You said > unsolder the new battery. Typo. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Len G. Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 12:43 PM > Subject: Re: [TVRO] Bad ID > > > Has anyone read the original message and understood it? > > > > A few have and you know who you are. > > > > Its not his VCRS board that the battery died in the 4DTV IRD not his VCRS > > board. > > > > And you cannot just up and change the battery in any of those boards VC2, > > VC2+, > > VCRS, 4DTV. > > > > You go yanking out the battery in any of them you will kill them just like > > his > > 4DTV is now toast. > > > > Sure you can do it but either you have to do it while the unit is powered > > up which > > might be easy in the 4DTV bay taking the cover off, then unsolder the > > battery and > > solder in a new one and hope you don't short anything out. > > > > But try to do that with one of the VC boards! > > > > Ain't gonna happen. > > > > What you need to do with any of the 4 I mentioned is to hope yours isn't > > old > > enough to have a dead one in it and solder in a new battery to other > > points on the > > board then unsolder the old one, then unsolder another new one where the > > old one > > was, once that is done you can remove the one you soldered to other > > points. If > > any of those units looses power for a few seconds they loose there unit ID > > and > > that's it game over. > > > > > > jack peacock wrote: > > > >> Just to put a new battery in it/or was the battery > >> dead? $185 is a lot for a battery.What did they do? > >> --- Teddy Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > I had a 920 repaired in Feb this year, by ATS, > >> > $185.00 > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Guy Ogden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > To: <[email protected]> > >> > Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 5:38 AM > >> > Subject: Re: [TVRO] Bad ID > >> > > >> > > >> > Thanks. I very much appreciate your help. I just > >> > wrote ATS to see what > >> > it would cost me, so now I'm waiting to see if I am > >> > out of the BUD > >> > business for good or not. Think good thoughts for > >> > me. > >> > Guy > >> > > >> > --- spyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> > > When the onboard battery dies, the unit ID will > >> > become corrupted in > >> > > the event of power loss. > >> > > > >> > > I recently had the same thing happen to me. > >> > Unfortunately the only > >> > > options are sending it to ATS > >> > http://www.atselectronics.com/ for > >> > > servicing , or getting a new 4DTV receiver. I'm > >> > not sure of the price > >> > > for the ATS service as I took the oportunity to > >> > upgrade from a 920 to > >> > > a 922. Once the unit ID is corrupted the digital > >> > side of the receiver > >> > > is of no use, sorry to say. > >> > > > >> > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > > From: guyogden > >> > > To: [email protected] > >> > > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 6:48 AM > >> > > Subject: [TVRO] Bad ID > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > When I recently lost electrical power for 8 > >> > hours, I lost all my > >> > > settings on my General Instruments 4DTV > >> > receiver. I did a master > >> > > reset, but when I called Superstar for my guide > >> > download they said > >> > > I > >> > > had a bad ID number. Does anyone have any > >> > advice? 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