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  • barry wilkins
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2009
    • 172
    #1

    Akura set top box

    My digi box stopped working some months ago ,the box did not work with the handset . I put it aside to look at ,so at xmas I checked the handset with my camcorder ,it was working OK.
    Time to investigate , out puts of the power supply were
    21 V
    5.8V (6V)
    2.4V (4V)
    quick check showed 2 mF caps with high esr,s ,replacing these fixed the box
    2 negative supplies were shown on the power supply ,but there no components fitted.

    Barry Wilkins
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    • tom66
      EVs Rule
      • Apr 2011
      • 32560
      • UK
      #2
      Re: Akura set top box

      Thank you for posting this information.

      It is a shame set-top box manufacturers use poor capacitors, a lot of these boxes were given over to elderly/disabled people for the switchover (for free), and are now dying. Why there was no minimum 5 or 10 year warranty on them baffles me.
      Please do not PM me with questions! Questions via PM will not be answered. Post on the forums instead!
      For service manual, schematic, boardview (board view), datasheet, cad - use our search.

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