If they didn't know what I meant they should be doing it
thegrod wrote: > I was not trying to nit pick, sorry, but if someone followed your excellent > advice literally they would lose their VCII. I knew what you meant though. > Just trying to save someone following literally from a potential problem. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Len G. Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 2:02 PM > Subject: Re: [TVRO] Bad ID > > > Ok so in the spot the word unsolder should be solder > > > > > > thegrod wrote: > > > >> Read yours again..."unsolder another new one where the > >> >> > old one was" > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Len G. Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 1:48 PM > >> Subject: Re: [TVRO] Bad ID > >> > >> > 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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