Hi,
Just a suggestion for those who are having problems with freezing and/or jerky pictures and have already tried checked all their cable connections, changed images, updated evocams, etc., but have still not resolved the problem. Try removing the modem from the Dbox2 as this seems to have resolve the problemI've been having.
I've spent ages my self trying all different things on two boxes, one of which worked fine but the other was having the freeing/jerky problem on a few channels even though they both ended up with the same images.
I then decided there may have been a problem with the cable connection inside the faulty dbox but once opened there is little to see other than the silver tin box which shields all the components used to decipher the cable signal from any interference. This box had a solid connection to the main board so it seemed unlikely that the problem was there. However next to this is a small board which has the telephone modem components which is only held in place with a small screw to the back panel and connected to the main board by a 20 pin push-in connection block, which makes it very simple to remove. Knowing that this is not used I decided to remove it in case there was some sort of signal interference being generated by the modem which was somehow getting past the sheilding on the silver areial box.
Anyway the upshot is that after removing the modem board and powering up the dbox, all channels work fine and there is no freezing or jerky pictures.
Since doing this I have found (eventually) some others comments about removing the phone modem board and it appears that is is more to do with increasing the airflow, which I don't think was my problem as the freezing would only happen after the dbox had been on long enough to general a bit of internal heat, or removing the load on the power supply. This I think is more likely as when the various components draw their power from the main supply in can have the effect of dropping the voltage slightly which may have caused other components not to work as well as they could. By removing the telephone modem, there is less demand on the power supply so it is able meet the power requirements of the silver aerial box.
I hope my posting helps others who have experienced similar problems.
ZedBee
Just a suggestion for those who are having problems with freezing and/or jerky pictures and have already tried checked all their cable connections, changed images, updated evocams, etc., but have still not resolved the problem. Try removing the modem from the Dbox2 as this seems to have resolve the problemI've been having.
I've spent ages my self trying all different things on two boxes, one of which worked fine but the other was having the freeing/jerky problem on a few channels even though they both ended up with the same images.
I then decided there may have been a problem with the cable connection inside the faulty dbox but once opened there is little to see other than the silver tin box which shields all the components used to decipher the cable signal from any interference. This box had a solid connection to the main board so it seemed unlikely that the problem was there. However next to this is a small board which has the telephone modem components which is only held in place with a small screw to the back panel and connected to the main board by a 20 pin push-in connection block, which makes it very simple to remove. Knowing that this is not used I decided to remove it in case there was some sort of signal interference being generated by the modem which was somehow getting past the sheilding on the silver areial box.
Anyway the upshot is that after removing the modem board and powering up the dbox, all channels work fine and there is no freezing or jerky pictures.
Since doing this I have found (eventually) some others comments about removing the phone modem board and it appears that is is more to do with increasing the airflow, which I don't think was my problem as the freezing would only happen after the dbox had been on long enough to general a bit of internal heat, or removing the load on the power supply. This I think is more likely as when the various components draw their power from the main supply in can have the effect of dropping the voltage slightly which may have caused other components not to work as well as they could. By removing the telephone modem, there is less demand on the power supply so it is able meet the power requirements of the silver aerial box.
I hope my posting helps others who have experienced similar problems.
ZedBee
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