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Just to keep everyone up to date - I manged to fix the problem. It was in the power supply after all. I replaced three 1000uF capacitors and it all sprang into life. The ones I changed were close to a heatsink which had probably aged them due to the local heating effect. Thanks for everyone...

Thanks very much Llew for measuring those voltages. Unfortunately it looks like they must have changed the Power Supply, as on mine it's a 12 pin connector referenced as J72 on the PSM which connects to J73 on the main board. The manufacturer is HTS, which is Houston Tracker Systems. I found...

Hi LLew, It's very kind of you to offer help in this way. I've spent the day trying to figure what's going on, and not got to the bottom of it. Connector J4 pin 16 from the main board to the display board carries the power up signal to microcontroller U25 (ST90R50C6-H) pin 71. I can see that...

Thanks for the quick response! Well, to be honest it's been unused in the loft for several months and I just got it down to use it recently. It was ok at first, then it failed. I have taken the cover off and had a good look, but there's nothing obvious. It's a shame, as I was just thinking...

I've been using my LT-8700 as a positioner for my 1.2m dish, and feeding the signal into my Manhattan Skyline 3000. All has been well for years until today. The red power light shows on the LT-8700 front panel, but neither the front panel on/off switch nor the remote control on/off have any...