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Yes the correct jumper setting is cable select and the cable sets the drive to master so having the jumper in master shouldn’t cause any problems.
Well I am very embarrassed but… I have broken my PVR, irretrievably I expect.
On the positive side, I got all the data off, it has had good use (over 5 years) and I did already want to upgrade to something with HDMI anyway – the output is going via SCART to S-video and then into an almost-HD projector, meaning that the picture is not always satisfactory.
Still, it’s a bit of a waste. I was trying lots of jumper alternatives – Master, Cable Select, putting it one way round and then another – and always switching the PVR off at its rocker switch when I did so. But I was tired, and must have lost track of the order I was doing things in, and I think I changed the jumper while the PVR was switched on. At any rate, I pressed the rocker switch, and it blew.
If only I had unplugged it at the wall, or read Damian’s last mail in time, which might have helped… oh well. Neither the PVR nor the drive (over USB) switch on now. At least I didn’t injure myself, or my (fairly new) projector.
Am tempted by the graded HDR-FOX T2/1TB-G as a replacement (I would go for 500GB, but the colleague who lent me the USB-IDE adapter says that HD files take up a lot more space).
*Sigh*.
I doubt you’d blow anything by fiddling with the jumper, I would say something else caused the failure. The jumper is just a shorting link, a bit of metal shaped to fit the pins, it doesn’t matter which way round you put it on.
With the unit unplugged; you may find a 20mmm glass cartridge fuse which could have blown or maybe the 3A fuse in your 3pin plug top. I’d be surprised if you couldn’t get it working or at least there are a couple of simple checks, mainly fuses, possibly diodes, but my guess is that you’ve already been tempted with the graded hdr-fox-t2.
I still recommend the hdr-fox-t2 along with the custom firmware; it’s simply brilliant. I’d go for the 500GB and put the difference towards an external drive or NAS if needed, that way you can archive/backup not only the hdr, but also your other pc equipment. I have a 2TB and it’s still not enough, neither would a 4TB etc. etc. I’m always having to delete stuff and this would happen on a 200GB just as easily as 2TB after a couple of months use.
Other people will recommend the later boxes, but as soon as anybody mentions the word ‘app’ or itv-player I fall asleep. The idea of catch-up is great, however the hdr-fox-t2 will give you i-player (all that I need) and other equipment such as ps3’s, pc’s, tablets, blu-ray’s (the list goes on) and even new tv’s tend to have some form of connectivity for catching-up.
Whether you go for a 500GB or 1TB is personal choice, you wouldn’t regret either as both make sense.
If you go for the 500GB you can upgrade the HDD later on if you wish or as damian says get an external drive or NAS. I have 2 NAS boxes and a collection of external drives which I back up recordings from both the 9200t and HDR-Fox-T2 to. The HDR plays the 9200t .ts files straight from the NAS boxes too.
If you’re sure the 9200 is dead, you could still put it on ebay for spares.
Thanks again for all your helpful comments. I had another look at the PVR this morning. The power lead looks oddly worn – could that have burnt out? There also seemed to be, apologies for the poor description, dried yellow gloop in various places – is that’s something that’s melted or was it there already? I don’t think that the hard drive works any more, either.
I did consider selling it on eBay but the 9200t only seems to sell for £20-£35 – and that’s if it’s working. A faulty one currently visible in Completed Listings went for £1.20 (plus £10 postage)! So I was thinking it has to go in the electricals recycling, though I could probably auction the remote on its own – someone might want that.
The “yellow gloop” is there to support various components and give a bit of mechanical rigidity.
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