<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>>> My HD-PVR bought about 3 years ago just kicked the bucket yesterday.<br>>> Symptoms were: recordings still happening but with a "static interference" <br>>> look to the recordings. (meanwhile direct viewing from stb to tv showed all <br>>> was good).<br>>><br>>> Shutdown entire mythtv setup, from stb to computer, waited 30 seconds and <br>>> restarted.<br>>> After that, HD-PVR was not recognized by computer anymore. On the HD-PVR <br>>> power led went from bright blue to dark blue and stayed there. No number of <br>>> on/off, unplug/replug operations took it out of that "mode"...<br>>><br>>> Going to buy another one tonight... Looking forward to see if new has less <br>>> "issues" (periodic freezes and recording "glitches").<br>>><br>>> What's
been the usual reliability by others here? I mean total crap out, not <br>>> the usual issues attributed to the HD-PVR.<br>>> Daniel<br>>><br>>><br>><br></div><div>>Is the HDPVR's power adapter branded "NetBit"? If so, those are known to <br></div><div>>cause instability and eventually die. I've had this happen to my HDPVR. <br></div><div>>Google "HDPVR power supply" and see the reports in the sagetv forum. If it is <br></div><div>>a NetBit adapter, contact Hauppauge support about getting a replacement adapter.<br>><br></div><div>>Another option is you can also use a adapter that is 5V, at least 2.0A and <br></div><div>>center positive pin. The most common is to use Dlink AF-1805A rated at 2.5A. <br></div><div>>You can find those on Amazon or ebay or if you have an old router, you may <br></div><div>>have a compatible adapter (just check the markings
carefully).<br>><br>>Alan</div><div><br></div><div>Spot on! a dead "NetBit"... :-/<br></div><div>I spent the entire evening yesterday researching the net and not once did I fall on anything relating to the power supply (go figure).</div><div>So I went to buy another one tonight and tried it on my Linux desktop PC first and sure enough, the F2 revision was not recognized by the kernel (2.6.32) so I figured I'd have to compile the v4l driver. THEN I fall on that power supply thread. Easy to try now that I have another power supply to use from the new hd-pvr. Plug it in to the old one and presto! it's back to life. I just saved $200 (minus $10 for a new PS).</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Daniel</div><div><span style="font-style: italic;">P.S. Sorry about breaking the thread but I get the digest version of this list (way too much traffic for single messages!). I tried to fix it as much as I could....</span></div><div><br></div><div
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