Yes mate the satellite receiver was a Bein Sport. This customer is a hotel (not all inclusive) and they have two of these boxes at the pool bar which means they make money from guests wanting to watch the live football. 
These subscriptions are not 'officially available' outside of the Middle Wast and North Africa so to get them here firstly you pay a premium and secondly there is no warranty so if the box breaks you lose your subscription which, including a replacement box, will cost you upwards of 600 euros to replace.
The viewing cards are paired to the box and they are not transferable. So in this case yes the customer was being understanding but also they have no other option as this box was subscribed for 12 months quite recently. It was a straight choice 100 euro repair or 600 euro replace. I had three scrap Bein boxes to practice on, and to get the HDMI connectors, but straight away I found I could not do the job with the kit I had and maintaining a high chance of success. Hence my quoted repair cost.
I am sure you will get some good use out of that Kada heater. Get a temperature meter and thermocouple as well if you don't already have one as the temperature dial on the Kada has no real meaning. I found it is quite easy to get the PCB to a steady 100-120C with the Kada dial at about 50% and using a thermocouple to monitor it.
Using the desolder station without the Kada I found it would not clear about 50% of the holes alone. I tried at 320C and also at 380C, at the higher temperature I could clear the holes without ground planes. This was when clearing the holes with the old HDMI connector already removed. I used hot air to actually remove the HDMI connector. This was on a practice scrap board.
In the end I used the Kada at 100-120C and the Desolder gun at 320C and it made very short work of it, the vias were so clean that when i fit the new HDMI, it would fall back out by itself when I turned the PCB upside down.
I did lift one pad on the back side of the PCB but that one had no connections on that side. However this was the first time using this kit so with a bit more practice and I suspect by turning the desolder gun down a little bit and turning the preheater up a little bit I can probably get it just right.
These subscriptions are not 'officially available' outside of the Middle Wast and North Africa so to get them here firstly you pay a premium and secondly there is no warranty so if the box breaks you lose your subscription which, including a replacement box, will cost you upwards of 600 euros to replace.
The viewing cards are paired to the box and they are not transferable. So in this case yes the customer was being understanding but also they have no other option as this box was subscribed for 12 months quite recently. It was a straight choice 100 euro repair or 600 euro replace. I had three scrap Bein boxes to practice on, and to get the HDMI connectors, but straight away I found I could not do the job with the kit I had and maintaining a high chance of success. Hence my quoted repair cost.
I am sure you will get some good use out of that Kada heater. Get a temperature meter and thermocouple as well if you don't already have one as the temperature dial on the Kada has no real meaning. I found it is quite easy to get the PCB to a steady 100-120C with the Kada dial at about 50% and using a thermocouple to monitor it.
Using the desolder station without the Kada I found it would not clear about 50% of the holes alone. I tried at 320C and also at 380C, at the higher temperature I could clear the holes without ground planes. This was when clearing the holes with the old HDMI connector already removed. I used hot air to actually remove the HDMI connector. This was on a practice scrap board.
In the end I used the Kada at 100-120C and the Desolder gun at 320C and it made very short work of it, the vias were so clean that when i fit the new HDMI, it would fall back out by itself when I turned the PCB upside down.
I did lift one pad on the back side of the PCB but that one had no connections on that side. However this was the first time using this kit so with a bit more practice and I suspect by turning the desolder gun down a little bit and turning the preheater up a little bit I can probably get it just right.
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