Viewsat Xtreme-black screen!!!! - ABA DSS

ninim2200 · August 26th, 2006

I have a viewsat Xtreme which was working fime up until 8:00 pm Eastern time, the screen went black and my box has 0000 on the front , i have no control on/off, change channel.... no menu, nothing!!!!!, the only thing working is on /off in the back of the box, any idea what happen, or what i can do to fix it!!!!!

**myxlplk009** · August 26th, 2006

have you tried reloading the bin ?

ninim2200 · August 26th, 2006

no Luck!!!! i tried factory bin even... it will load it but same result afterwards!!!

teri73 · August 26th, 2006

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Originally Posted by ninim2200

no Luck!!!! i tried factory bin even... it will load it but same result afterwards!!!

One way to see if its a clone or genuine is by looking at the serial port . if it has a notch connector jsut like the pansat 2500 .. you got the FAKE the Genuine viewsat extreme han no anchor between the RS232 port im gonna try to upload some pictures later on.. some site reported this bugs on clone viewsat.. "So buyer beware!!!"

teri73 · August 26th, 2006

some pictures of real and fake ones

The one on the left is real the one on the right is a clone.

ninim2200 · August 26th, 2006

i hope it's not clone, i got mine from official Viewsat distributor!!!!
it was working fine for a couple of weeks, then when i was changing channel.// last/ok...... it flashed and went to 0000... no picture

**carpenter1** · August 27th, 2006

If it's a clone the ON/OFF switch would be sideways not up and down.
Make sure your remote is on STB and try to turn it on manually from the front panel of the receiver.

zipper · August 27th, 2006

I`m not real familiar with the viewsat yet, but I know mine is working....watched race just fine. Wish I could help you.
Carpenter1 is real good with viewsat stuff !!!!!
Good luck bro.......
zipper

zipper · August 27th, 2006

Sorry dude,didn`t relize you were online......geeze you must type fast too...

teri73 · August 27th, 2006

more pictures of clone viewsat extreme: note on photo on opne top.. missing card reader module from inside main unit.

ninim2200 · August 27th, 2006

I checked my receiver it's not a clone!!! it's just a bad one.....

**bel71281** · August 27th, 2006

I have u tried to unplug the box and plug it back in. do u have sat signal or cant u get anything to work. try to load factory bin 3 times then current vs bin. Its worth a try!

ninim2200 · August 27th, 2006

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Originally Posted by bel71281

I have u tried to unplug the box and plug it back in. do u have sat signal or cant u get anything to work. try to load factory bin 3 times then current vs bin. Its worth a try!

i did unplug it, and i did load the factory bin twice... none worked, i will do three times and i hope it will work... thanks

**bel71281** · August 27th, 2006

can u get into the menu screen. does anything work at all besides the on/off switch?

ninim2200 · August 27th, 2006

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Originally Posted by bel71281

can u get into the menu screen. does anything work at all besides the on/off switch?

nothing works.. no menu.... nothing i cannot do anything with it

teri73 · August 27th, 2006

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Originally Posted by ninim2200

nothing works.. no menu.... nothing i cannot do anything with it

if nothing works at all as you mentioned.. I believe that you have tried everything that is to it.. Sorry cant help you on that. After all the advice that we given and still no go I believed that somehow the unit got surged. its uncommon but it happened before with my fortect ultra bad spike on the voltage line. Also LNB can fry your box if theres a short somewhere in the coax or lots of factors... If you have warranty on the box thats your last hope....