You are giving bad information.  The digital side has a separate 
battery.  it is not part of the VCII decoder/module.

Norman Sussman wrote:

> You can pick up a descrambler on eBay..cheap.
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Guy Ogden
> Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 4:38 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TVRO] Bad ID
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> 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:
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>> 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? (other than
>>  abandoning my BUD)
>>
>>  Guy
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