[pvrusb2] WinTV USB2/Tv-Viewer question

[Lorne Shantz]

Hmmm... so you think it is drawing more power to pull the signal from the vcr machine? It is rock solid (it seems) when capturing TV signal, or watching tv. I have another brick around here somewhere. Will see if I can dig one up that is big enough for the job. 




________________________________
 From: Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>
To: Communications nexus for pvrusb2 driver <pvrusb2 at isely.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [pvrusb2] WinTV USB2/Tv-Viewer question
 

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Lorne Shantz <lorne_shantz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hey guys, I finally had to give up on my old WinTV USZ2 device. I bought one on Ebay

My WAG with random lockups is that the power brick/wall wart
is "flaky" (I have replaced a number of the those that came
with the original Hauppauge devices I have owned over the
years; and since yours came from eBay, the device probably was
used, and those (cheap) power supplies that are included have
an effective limited lifetime (often temp related, but also due
to "bad caps")).  And while (if you have the equipment), you
could verify if it is the brick, it is probably easier to just swap
in another brick of the same type/voltage/plug and see if that
solves the problems.

In addition, Hauppauge devices (along with their power supplies)
tend to be a bit temperature sensitive.  Keep them cool.

Gary
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