Converter Box Not Turning On

Turn off the television and unplug your converter box.

Converter box not turning on. The scan is part of your dtv converter box s menu system. Hicustomer i could not locate that specific model number but i did some similar ge models and unlike many other digital converter boxes that have a ac power adapter brick power cube this has the ac power going directly to the unit. Since you have no power at all it is most likely a power supply failure internal in the unit. You can easily reset it within a few minutes with these simple steps.

You guys it s the remote that the problem. Last summer i replaced an old homeworx digital convterter box because suddenly the unit wouldn t turn on anymore. 1996 sunrise i am trouble with the power converter box is hot and it makes a clicking sound and it never shuts off unless i turn the bedroom curcuit breaker off. No name crappy one and it merely won t send ir emissions cause it ain t running anymore cause the battery is not making contact inside battery bay.

You must run a channel scan after connecting the dtv converter box otherwise the converter box will not display any local channels. Red standby light was on but there was no response to pushing the power button on the front of the unit or anything on the remote. If it is very tight gently loosen it with pliers. Occasionally your digital converter box will stop working correctly because of a power outage weather or a power surge.

Do not turn on the device at this point. Can you tell me why the coverter box is getting hot and making noise. By bugken august 10th 2016 2 20 am. If the reading on the thermostat is not accurate this could again prevent the power converter fan from turning on.

Changing order of turning on devices. Here you should first turn on the tv and then turn on the cable box. If the power converter fan is no longer working or isn t blowing cool air check the thermal sensor. Plug the converter box into a wall outlet.

The outlets in the bedroom always work but the rest of the outlets in the rv work when they feel like it. An interesting finding which we came across was where the order of turning on the devices mattered a lot whether the cable box responded properly to the remote or not. Hw180stb not turning on for the second time. Configure the dtv converter box.

Use your remote control to access the menu and perform the scan. Step 1 unplug. These are warranted for 1 year so i do not recommend opening it. This tells the fan when to kick on and it may be faulty.

Using the power cord that came with the box attach one end of the plug to the port on the box while placing the plug firmly into a wall outlet.