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Date Posted: 04:14:35 02/26/02 Tue
Author: ChuckY
Subject: Re: A word of caution
In reply to: ChuckY 's message, "Re: A word of caution" on 04:07:58 02/26/02 Tue

also a not from me is that I found that instead of shorting to W502 you can use pin 17 of the tocom chip.
I have boxes I have reset 30+ times so dont think you are going to kill it soon and especialy with the diode mod it aint gonna die any time soon at all.

also wanting to know how many People have got Potters Mod Finished and installed and working



>hmmmm yes but if you put the Diode in you will never
>have to reset it again.
>
>
>
>>To get at the wire near the transformer you need to
>>remove the hot melt glue which is there for a good
>>reason - the live mains pin of the PCB mounted
>>transformer is very near and will be exposed. Not a
>>good situation to be probing around with a piece of
>>wire in poor lighting especially if you're in a hurry
>>to get the show back on.
>>This reset glitches the battery backed supply to the
>>cpu and static ram so stands as good a chance of
>>killing the box as resetting it, as I found out.
>>
>>>here are some Pics I made Up to make it easier.
>>>they also have instructions.
>>>
>>>
>>>http://asap1.hypermart.net/5508w/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I tried the Diode Mod and it kind of works.
>>>>it does stop it from disabling but it still turns
>>>>itself off every hour or 2 so its ok in some ways
>but
>>>>still a pain in the ass.
>>>>
>>>>here is how to get it setup.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>you must enable the box B4 putting in the diode.
>>>>now what you do is plug in the box and it should
>come
>>>>up with -- now press the power butting, now if the
>>box
>>>>is disabled it will quickly show up 08 (or 07) then
>>>>the box will display either o0, o3 or o4 if it
>>>>displays o5 then you are out of luck, (hopefuly the
>>>>Potter mod will work as I have 3 now that display
>o5)
>>>>now press the power button once more to turn it off
>>>>(leaving the power point turned on)
>>>>now quickly short pin 16 of the Tocom Chip to W502
>>>>(Located next to the PSU) then stop the short as
>>quick
>>>>as you can as it can damage the machine.
>>>>
>>>>now you should be able to turn the box on and watch
>>>>what ever you like. (you may not get all channels
>but
>>>>you should get atleast the basic Service)
>>>>
>>>>now you can go ahead putting the diode in. but I
>must
>>>>warne you make shure you unplug the box from the
>well
>>>>B4 doing this as I leart from that mistake as when I
>>>>earthed out pin 5 of the Tocom chip with the
>>soldering
>>>>Iron I actualy killed a box and its now virtualy
>>>>unusable unless ofcourse potters mod still will
>work.
>>>>
>>>>now everything should be ok and working for atleast
>>an
>>>>hour or 2 but when it powers down instead of being
>>>>disabled when you turn it back on it will still be
>>>>enabled.
>>>>
>>>>it would be interesting to work out how to keep them
>>>>alive and not power down.
>>>>
>>>>now the 500mhz filter, I dont think it will work as
>>>>the Data sent from the transmitter is imbedded in
>>each
>>>>channel as piggyback information. if I could find a
>>>>output and an input at line level I could work out a
>>>>way to remove this data bur I aint that got a cro to
>>>>play around with.
>>>>
>>>>anyway good luck.
>>>>
>>>>email me if you need to know anymore info

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