?? Starbox power supply ??

wejones · #1 (**permalink**) 10-25-2006, 09:25 AM

I know this sounds dumb, but I've had a Starbox for almost a year, but have seldom used it, and eventually unplugged it.
I now had a use to try it again, however I went to look for it's power supply, and I can't find it. I must have a hundred power supplys laying around here, but can't find one that seems to be labled as being Twinhan, and the actual Starbox doesn't seem to have any indication of what voltage it requires on the unit (haven't looked at specs).
Anyway, I was wondering if someone who is using a Starbox could look at their power supply, and see what it says on it, ie brand name, voltage, etc.
I've probably used it for some other device that uses the same voltage or something.
Thanks.

stevec5000 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-01-2006, 01:30 AM

I just got a Starbox II and the power supply is a normal run of the mill switching unit made by DVE. The label say it's model no. DSA-0151F-09 that puts out 9 volts DC at 2 amps. Those are fairly common and I've seen some just like it for $1.99 at Goodwill.
Did you ever get the Starbox working? Mine seems to be totally useless.

wejones · #3 (**permalink**) 12-01-2006, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by stevec5000

I just got a Starbox II and the power supply is a normal run of the mill switching unit made by DVE. The label say it's model no. DSA-0151F-09 that puts out 9 volts DC at 2 amps. Those are fairly common and I've seen some just like it for $1.99 at Goodwill.
Did you ever get the Starbox working? Mine seems to be totally useless.

THanks. A couple people sent me the specs for the power module, but one person told me that it looked like an old fashioned microphone, which helped me find the thing among a tangle of cords that I didn't know what went where.
The Starbox "works", but really lacks sensitivity, and only works on strong signals. It also isn't compatable with my favorite software (TSREADER). So it "works", and isn't "totally useless", but the fact that I haven't used mine for 11 months suggests that I think that it is pretty close to useless.

stevec5000 · #4 (**permalink**) 12-01-2006, 07:05 PM

I'm surprised you got it to work at all. The Starbox II is total piece of crap. It won't work to receive anything but will scan and finds no signal, then after a while it overheats and quits altogether. The unit and the software are both garbage.

stevec5000 · #5 (**permalink**) 12-01-2006, 07:26 PM

TSREADER works with my Broadlogic 2030 and is the only other program that I've found that works at all besides DVBViewer, too bad the version that I'd like is too expensive to ever buy it.