Cheers for reply.
I used another psu and same problem so dont think power supply.i contacted supplier but they didnt seem much knterested saying tuner wasnt easy fix but didnt offer to look
Or repair service
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I would agree it would be difficult to repair a tuner but replacing one should not be that difficult providing a good soldering iron is used. In your position I would have another word with them and ask if they have a damaged or broken board and maybe they could send the tuner section. This should be easy to remove from the damaged board and fit into your Spiderbox.
A fine soldering iron tip will be needed preferably a soldering station with temperature control and care with the fine tracks as they will lift otherwise.

i've got a solder station with desoldering sucker built in and adjustable temp so will mail .
I know all too well about lifting tracks doing so on my xbox .
thanks for advice i will send mail to supplier asking question
cheers chronoman

Be careful with the solder sucker as I find it's all to easy to lift fine tracks using them, my approach is to use a de-solder whick to remove most of the solder, allow the joint to cool then reheat the joint and wiggle the component which normally comes out easy that way. Or even if the component will allow to cut it off on one side of the board then heat the joint from the other side when the solder has melted quickly grip the component leg with small needle nosed pliers and pull it out you can then remove any remaining solder.
A way to remove solder from a through hole plated board (the most delicate part) is to sharpen a pencil, heat the joint and put the pencil point into the hole the removes the solder.

Thanks for input jimi.
have sent them a mail and hopefully they will reply back positively .
cheers chronoman

If it is the tuner they take a lot of soldering to remove and replace providing yuo can even source a spare tuner..Plug and play tuners are much better in this respect easy to replace if they fail. manufacturers probably prefer fixed tuners to keep production costs down as they an get soldered to the board by robot..rather than having to be assebled by hand if theyre plug and play.

Originally Posted by chronoman

Thanks for input jimi.
have sent them a mail and hopefully they will reply back positively .
cheers chronoman

Hi chrono

Looks likei have exactly the same symptoms on my hd9000 And was wondering if you got a solution to the problem? Unfortunately my soldering abilities have not been used for 20 years but did the problem turn out to be the power supply or the tuner?

Cheers

justv scrapped as never found cause.wasnt power though

What a shame, I dont like to see any item scrapped but sometimes thats all that can be done. Sorry you didn't get it working as the information would have been valuable to others with the same problem. Just a couple of weeks ago I fixed a Spiderbox 7000 for a friend, it was showing the LNBF error and the recovery tool does nothing to cure this fault as it requires a part replacement (transistor TIP42C just in front of the tuner). When this part fails it's normally quite visible as the transistor tab often shows a blue patch through excessive heating or even in a bad case the collector (middle leg) missing altogether.
If any member has the fault LNBF displayed then switch off the Spiderbox remove the LNB lead and switch the receiver on again, if LNBF still shows in the display then first change the TIP42C.
If anyone needs a TIP42C PM me I have a few.