My Vu Duo has died

[catseye]

My vu duo receiver which has to be 3/4 years old has died on me

When switching on from rear all I get is sound of HDD starting up & red dot in top left hand corner of front display

Any ideas what might be wrong & any guesses as to whether its worth fixing & possible costs involved ?

Regards

[LeeGW]

See the attached image mate.

Parts required: RUBYCON - 16ML220MEFC8X7.5 - CAPACITOR, 220UF, 16V

The easiest way to replace it is to snip the top of the legs from the old CAP and solder the legs of the new CAP to the old legs of the old CAP.

HTH.

[echelon]

I did the above for a forum member on here some time ago, worked perfectly again afterwards and is a fairly simple job doing it the way mentioned above as you do not have to remove the motherboard

he bought the parts, I fitted it for free, job done , simples

[catseye]

Thanks Guys much appreciated

[dog-man]

I had the same problem about a year ago and the fix works fine.

[catseye]

Just to say part arrived today -soldering isnt my best subject tbh!

Are pleased to report all is now working fine

Thanks Guys

[chris-k]

same thing happend to my box.....now waiting for caps orderd on a known internet selling sight...

[dog-man]

same thing happend to my box.....now waiting for caps orderd on a known internet selling sight...

Caps?

usually, it is just the one cap affected.

[chris-k]

yeahh youre right...but greedy as i am i bought 10 pieces.....

[digicon]

sometimes its the Cap mentioned but also the Regulators can go as well C801,805,806 , and also C848 causes tuner issues too

[chris-k]

cap arrived today..
solderings been done and box been working since a couple of hours now.....:respect-044:

[rikjaard-real]

for more serious faults is there a known repair shop - My HDMI output doesn't work after power surge ?

Thanks

glad you sorted it chris-k:respect-040:

[Mickha]

You could check for a local television, DVD, repair shop, in the area, most should have circuit board testers.
Have you tried a different HDMI cable, and port, or even different television, just on the off chance that the problem is with your television, and not the VU+?
At least a local repair shop should be able to tell you what part is damaged and needs replacing.
Can you claim for any power surge repairs on your house insurance?

[rikjaard-real]

Thanks mickna -

already tried the obvious stuff you mentioned so i search a repair shop !

Anyone Know a good repair shop i will appreciate advice.

Cheers