HI Guys,
I would like to update the Tuner issues I had with my
H7S.
The solution above lasted just two more days then after switching the Box OFF and then ON again next Day the Signal and Tuners were gone
again. Nothing I did brought the Signal back. Only thing left to do was to send it back and ask for a refund.
The Dealer was really annoyed and said he sells hundreds of these and never had an issue with them. After a bit of Mail correspondence he
gave me a Refund BUT not the 4x postage Returns. So again I was at a loss with another £16,40.
Finally I decided to get the Octagon SF8008 4K and an Amiko Viper Combo 4K (the Amiko has the same Tuners DVD-S2X and a C/T2) and these
work without any problems whatsoever. They both run off the same Sat system and there are NO problems. Signal and Tuners OK
The fix I experienced with the Post above and NOT screwing in too tightly was cleared up by a friend of mine who is an Engineer in Germany.
He told me that what may have been happening, was the PSU failing or defect or just totally screwed and every time it was getting the LNB power
burst it was NOT capable of handling the extra Load.!
The fact that it was in loose was somehow causing this to work with all the combinations of LNB - 22Khz at 0.5v, the Polarization V&H 14v-18v
DC Voltage, also, last but NOT least the LNB requires 125mA if its older then a little more otherwise it will NOT work correctly.
ALL these factors play a role.
The Sat engineer who came and inspected my Set-Up cost me £187 and found absolutely NOTHING wrong or out of place that really got up my nose.!!
So maybe the problem with these Zgemma Boxes IS really a PSU issue. Unfortunately I only spoke to him after I got rid of the
H7S and so I could
NOT check this theory out.
I am still really pi**ed off that I could NOT fix these issues because the HDD in Box installation is really something I like and now I have two other
Boxes with half the Storage Amiko 256GB and SF8008 200GB and both on SDXC. NOT the same as HDD inside.!
Don't get me wrong the new Boxes are great Super Fast and Stable they both run like Trains.!!!
I read here on another thread just recently that more guys have problems with Tuners on ALL Zgemma Models even the H9 Series.
OK I hope his explanation Helps anyone having the same problems, please change the PSU for another and Test. Before you chuck in the bin.!
Good Luck
Cheers
AJP