Last week the audio died on one of my hvr-1600s. I'm limping along on
one at the moment, but don't plan to continue that way.
Time to start looking for a replacement? Or is there something I can do
to bring back the sound?
We had an early morning power outage. I brought the system back up, and
because everyone else was asleep, when I was checking for "red screen" I
had the sound turned off, and didn't notice any problem. My wife
noticed when she tried to watch one of her shows, and had no sound. I
rebooted and brought sound back, but only that once. Next boot, no
sound, and full power disconnection doesn't bring sound back, either.
(Full power disconnection has always brought back "red screen" to full
function.)
In another week or two I'm taking the system down to change some other
components, and at that point I'll replug both hvr-1600s, to see if that
helps at all. If it doesn't, it's time to order.
What to order?
I don't remember what model hvr-1600 I have, but a little quick
searching gives 1101, 1178, 1183, and 1199, all at slightly different
price points. The 1178 and 1199 look more like what I've got - the 1101
and 1183 seem to be missing my IR/audio mini-jacks, having what look
like a pair of RCA jacks (stereo audio?) instead. From what I can tell:
The 1101 comes with no remote, seems to have 3 antenna inputs.
The 1178 looks most like what I've got.
The 1183 has a separate USB remote, again 3 antenna inputs.
The 1199 looks like what I've got, but also has FM.
Is another hvr-1600 really the best thing to get? I'm set up for it,
and it meets my needs pretty well. At the moment I'm really only using
the analog side, and experimenting with the digital side. I'm also on
Comcast, and have no idea when they're going to do something annoying.
Incidentally, regarding the "red screen", which I've reported before:
At this point, the "red screen" appears to be something that happens at
boot time, I have no solid evidence of a properly working system that
subsequently went into "red screen" mode. Full power-off, either unplug
or the "hard" switch on the power supply in back, has always fixed it.
One possible, slight correlation... I have grub set for a 30-second
boot delay. Pressing "enter" to speed boot might aggravate "red
screen", and waiting for the full timeout may make it less likely, but
once it has hit, it takes a full power-off to recover.
Thanks,
Dale Pontius
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one at the moment, but don't plan to continue that way.
Time to start looking for a replacement? Or is there something I can do
to bring back the sound?
We had an early morning power outage. I brought the system back up, and
because everyone else was asleep, when I was checking for "red screen" I
had the sound turned off, and didn't notice any problem. My wife
noticed when she tried to watch one of her shows, and had no sound. I
rebooted and brought sound back, but only that once. Next boot, no
sound, and full power disconnection doesn't bring sound back, either.
(Full power disconnection has always brought back "red screen" to full
function.)
In another week or two I'm taking the system down to change some other
components, and at that point I'll replug both hvr-1600s, to see if that
helps at all. If it doesn't, it's time to order.
What to order?
I don't remember what model hvr-1600 I have, but a little quick
searching gives 1101, 1178, 1183, and 1199, all at slightly different
price points. The 1178 and 1199 look more like what I've got - the 1101
and 1183 seem to be missing my IR/audio mini-jacks, having what look
like a pair of RCA jacks (stereo audio?) instead. From what I can tell:
The 1101 comes with no remote, seems to have 3 antenna inputs.
The 1178 looks most like what I've got.
The 1183 has a separate USB remote, again 3 antenna inputs.
The 1199 looks like what I've got, but also has FM.
Is another hvr-1600 really the best thing to get? I'm set up for it,
and it meets my needs pretty well. At the moment I'm really only using
the analog side, and experimenting with the digital side. I'm also on
Comcast, and have no idea when they're going to do something annoying.
Incidentally, regarding the "red screen", which I've reported before:
At this point, the "red screen" appears to be something that happens at
boot time, I have no solid evidence of a properly working system that
subsequently went into "red screen" mode. Full power-off, either unplug
or the "hard" switch on the power supply in back, has always fixed it.
One possible, slight correlation... I have grub set for a 30-second
boot delay. Pressing "enter" to speed boot might aggravate "red
screen", and waiting for the full timeout may make it less likely, but
once it has hit, it takes a full power-off to recover.
Thanks,
Dale Pontius
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