You are right, they shouldn't. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len G. Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [TVRO] Bad ID
> 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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