[mythtv-users] PC TV 290e DVB-T/T2 USB SD/HD tuner - a caution

[Mike Perkins]

On 19/03/13 11:22, John Pilkington wrote:
> I've had one of these for more than a year, and it works well  I took it away at
> the weekend and retuned using the procedure I described here:
>
> http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/10217#comment:15
>
> Yesterday, on return, no scan of any sort would lock.  Today I found that the
> centre contact of the coax input socket was still attached to the connecting
> cable that I had used while 'away'.   It just pushes into place.  When I
> replaced it all worked well - much better than when it had no input.
>
I have one of these and recently it too failed to obtain a lock. I assumed it 
was some variation in the scan parameters had changed but I have never been able 
to fix it.

After seeing this I checked mine and it is visually okay. However, the tiny 
socket inside the end of the dongle feels lose. I suspect a broken connection 
from socket to board and I'm going to have to saw it open to check.

This is poor design. Considering the size of the connector, then the adapter and 
finally a fat stiff UHF/sat cable I'm not surprised something had broken. What 
were they thinking of?

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Mike Perkins