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Hello all, whilst this is not directly a box issue it is regarding the above machine, I recently bought a job lot of the above (DTR1010), one wanted reballing and I have the gear to do it. It now boots every time, a kind reader on here filled me in regarding the 1010 (thanks Luke)
One of the machines has a different menu and it’s demanding an internet initialise prompt, at home I have broadband but it’s on 3 and as such I don’t have access to a lan internet. Once it’s done a first time install I’m led to believe I don’t need it on the net. Will a wireless router enable me to wake this machine up, What I suppose I need is a wifi router with a sim slot on and it will output at a level for my Humax, I have had 50 years in the electronics game but I don’t know the correct name for the box I want, anyone, ta. Tony Walker
You need a 4G router.
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Yes, a 4G router (one from ebay in above post).
You’ll need one with a LAN/ethernet socket as shown above.
A reballing machine eh? Nice !
Tin/lead or lead free?
What do you use to reflow the solder?
Its the lack of such a machine that has curtailed some of my component level repairs.
I worked for LG and scrounged it when I left, they were good to me, ta for advice.
Hello Bogbody, I can’t believe how easy these 1010’s are to work, five this morning! I can’t work out how reballing has cured five on the trot. OK the ones that wouldn’t boot, even though the 5 and 12v lines are present to the drive it still doesn’t spin on start up. However, sorting the micro makes them boot straight away, my failure rate on them is currently none. I left LG because I’m tagged with dementia but I was retiring anyway. If I was 10 years younger |I’d go back. All you have to do is fit a CLEAN drive and it always works. I know it’s an old model but I like them, anyway enough elation. I’m hunting Ebay now for faulty machines, I’ve had the odd PSU fault on them, mainly high ESR caps but most is micro based, I don’t like the update that relies on a net connection to boot. Thanks to your help you put me right on that one, time to bag BT to do me a connection, cheers. Tony Walker PS Begging a circuit diagram but I’m not hopeful.
I worked for a company that made ADSL modems just when lead-free (ROSHH) came out. Getting BGA to work and be reliable without lead was a nightmare. Magic tin/silver mixes with fancy fluxes helped a lot.
Does not supprise me that the older Humax units suffer from micro/BGA problems.
Unless the micro initialises correctly and issues the correct commands the hard drive wont start.
I have one here that needs a new hard drive and unless its problems where only HDD based probably motherboard work. I did the psu capacitors but it did not completly fix it.
I suspect that by the time the motherboard is sorted and a new HDD fitted it would be hard to make a profit selling it on especially if the remote is missing/broken (as mine is!).
But, if you are fixing them for a charity, or to give them away then thats a good thing. A very good thing.
Hello, call me odd, I’m kitting the house out with them now, I’m almost retired so time is not an issue, but common sense will kick in (I hope) I’m not buying anymore. Had nearly 50 years in the trade and saw changes, from valved UHF tuners to, well today. Where did the time go……………………….
See you soon and thanks again.
I personally think a lot of the queries on this model is due to people not persevering with them, they are quite tame.
Have you considered tinkering with the Freesat HDR-1000S? These have a tendency to develop a problem that stops them accessing the hard drive. A lot of people would be VERY grateful if you could identify the faulty component or offer a repair service at a reasonable charge.
Hello Martin, would consider it but I have only a single LNB, otherwise I would, if I get a dual LNB receiver in for repair it annoys me that I cannot fully check all the features. I will have to price one up, I know they are cheap so possibly on my list. Ta
I used to run a few web sites on tv repairs but now I’m too old. I struggle with these Humaxes but they are tamable.
tv-tony – 13 mins ago »
Hello Martin, would consider it but I have only a single LNB, otherwise I would, if I get a dual LNB receiver in for repair it annoys me that I cannot fully check all the features. I will have to price one up, I know they are cheap so possibly on my list. Ta
You can run a HDR-1000S on a single feed. If setup with only a feed to tuner 1 in. It connects an internal link from tuner 1 out to tuner 2 in. Dual channel recording for many combinations is possible. The software knows what combinations are possible so will not allow impossible combinations. Even when recording two some 3rd channel viewing is possible. The channel up down buttons cycle through the available channels.
Ta Martin, went through a phase with D2mac in the 80’s, DRT600 Amstrad rings a bell, all good fun in the day, fitting motorised dishes for the other transponders, but I’ll bare in mind about the Humax Free sat boxes, how this trade has changed.
tv-tony – 1 hour ago »
Hello Martin, would consider it but I have only a single LNB, otherwise I would, if I get a dual LNB receiver in for repair it annoys me that I cannot fully check all the features. I will have to price one up, I know they are cheap so possibly on my list. Ta
As the problem with the HDR-1000S is that the boxes loses the ability to access the hard drive although the hard drive is known to work properly, having only a single LNB would not be a problem. I am sure one of the owners with a faulty box would be happy to send it to you if you were prepared to have a look and see if you could fix the problem. Are you open to me pointing people in your direction?
Sorry Martin, I parted with Sony and LG after being there for a total of nearly 50 years, but retired early due to getting a form of brain injury (encephalitis), it’s just a hobby now and I had to stop work three years ago. Some days I can’t even remove a top cover, because I don’t know how to. But thank you for the offer, I have noticed there are very few old school engineers left, but nice talking to you take care. Tony Walker
as an example, I’ve just spent half an hour looking for my laptop around the house, and I’m on the damned thing, you can’t make it up!
I am probably not expressing myself clearly. You probably have the knowledge to poke around in one of these boxes and find the fault; sadly most of us don’t. If you can identify and fix the fault, you have a number of options:
1. Just publish your findings and leave it to others to do it. User Biggles here took this approach in identifying a problem with the PVR-9200T, where the clock chip used to keep track of time in standby stopped working. Hundreds of people have used the information he put in the public domain to fix their own boxes. I think I was the person who persuaded him to start the project and supplied him with a faulty clock board.
2. Sell instructions to fix the problem for a few quid.
3. Repair boxes for people. Digirepair are currently charging £70 plus shipping to repair this fault. We can’t judge whether this is a fair price as we don’t know the nature of the fault.
I will do what I can to assist you if you do want to give it a shot. I don’t have any direct interest in this as I don’t own an HDR-1000S but I have been interested in the problem since it was first reported. From the outset it smelt like a hardware problem to me but I kept getting told it must be a software problem. I was rather satisfied when it was confirmed as a hardware problem.
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