[mythtv-users] Ceton ETH6

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Tue Dec 15 16:13:43 UTC 2015


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Buhrmaster" <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>

> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 9:57 PM, Gary Buhrmaster
> <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> ....
>> NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE: You should check
>> your eth6 label on the bottom, but I could have
>> sworn that that device used a 12V supply.
> 
> And btw, according to a post over on the greenbutton
> forum, apparently the Ceton power bricks can "fail" and
> result in increased levels of "flakyness" which can
> go away with a higher quality replacement supply.
> As this is a common failure mode for consumer device
> power supplies I am not surprised (the SD HDHR
> and the various Hauppauge devices are notorious
> about power supply issues causing flaky with the
> usual cause being increased ripple voltages due to
> caps failing; age matters).

Sloth often works well for me; I hadn't seen these til now, but I also
haven't had time to play with the box yet.  I will double check the power
issues before firing it up; thanks for the warning.

Cheers,
-- jra
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