Amstrad DRX400 problem

[tiko789]

Hi all, new here, be gentle with me
I have been given an Amstrad DRX400 which has been unused for some time. When I connect it to a (definately) working connection it comes up with a message "no satellite signal is being recieved". Im told this might be an easily fixable problem & NOT a fault...Any ideas? Thanx

 

[rolfw]

First of all check the connections, make sure they are made properly.

http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellite/694091-post14.html

You say it is a working connection, how do you know?

 

[tiko789]

Hi rolfw, I have a Panasonic receiver working on the connection at the moment. When I swap receivers (yes Im turning box off at the mains before disconnect/connect) & connect the Amstrad thats when I get the message "No Satellite signal"

 

[satelliteman]

Yes, you may have a fault with the power supply that causes the no sat signal message or could be a connection fault as described.

 

[DishDick]

Typical causes of this fault are - failure of one or more capacitors in the PSU or faulty tuner unit ( often caused by people doing up the f connector too tight and snapping the inner core in the tuner unit (as connector on box turns round).

 

[gunn1e]

The DRX400 are famous for this fault, rare to find a working one these days.

 

[Zorba]

What if its on very old software? Have you tried upgrading it ?

 

[trigger]

Very unlikely but.........
Check that that the default freq has not been changed. Seen it a few times where people change it when trying to add channels.

Press
Services
4
01 Select
2

Should be default to 11778. Use the red button to reset defaults and save.