Yes but...
Iceberg said:
So the one you just got doesn't power up?
The new one is the Buzz unit you had mentioned before??
I have a new Buzz unit in shipping right now on its way.
I bought three receivers on ebay, the first was the Fortec, arrived dead and would not function, Tron looked it over very well and confirmed my conclusions that it was electronically dead via a logic problem. The second arrived today the one in the ebay link I posted, it had a blown capacitor rattling around inside, using a borescope I could see the fuse was black and the power supply board was also burned fairly well. Either a surge from lightning strike as I have seen many across my bench when I was a tech at a TV shop or it was the result of the power supply board failing miserably. The point is, it was stated clearly in the auction it worked great and in good condition, this sort of problem does not arise in shipping.. It was dead before the guy shipped it and he obviously did not check the unit and had no way of knowing how to check it or even test it. being it had a european polug adapter on it which was not mentioned in the auction could possibly be part of the culprit.
I could replace the power suppyl but I need the voltages from the ribbon cable to the main board, usually B+12VDC and a 5 volt logic and megative 5 volt. I am curious as to the other leads coming from the supply, a schematic would greatly benefit me but the fact remains the same, I wqas sold junk twice, a little bummed and wondering if its just my bad luck I have that follows me everywhere I go.
I can buy something new at the store get home open it up and its either missing parts or broken, honestly happens enough for me to dig to the back of shelves when shopping and I NEVER EVER buy a box that could have even possibly have been opened before.
My bad luck.
I have nothing but great expectations for the new BUZZ coming. I need analog C and Ku now and one more digital to do what I want to do. News Feeds and surfing the skies. One day I would like to play with radio astronomy.