Amstrad DRX280 - Won't Power Up

[thedino]

Hi

First post is unfortunately due to a problem with my recently purchased (2 weeks ago on eBay) Amstrad DRX280 Sky+ box. The box itself is not very old, approx 3 months old so the seller told me.

However last night when I got home the red standby list was not on at all. So I checked the leads, changed the fuse in the plug and tried the lead from the box in the bedroom - no joy!

I've been with Sky for about 8 years now and only had to replace my old Pace Sky+ box as it failed after 5 years of good service! Obviously I'm reluctant to call sky and arrange for an engineer at £65. I have emailed the seller on eBay, but I'm not expecting too much joy from him as he states no returns on his listing.

I have tried the usual full reset and forced software update tricks but as there is no power to the box at all, this does not work.

Is there any checks I can do myself? Internal fuses....etc?

Thanks
Dean

[GSMGuy]

DRX280 not coming out of standby is a common fault, could be a one off, or possibly the power supply failing.

Sky list a procedure to try first...

Sky.com - Sky Help Centre>Product Help


HTH

Mike

[thedino]

Hi Mike

Unfortunately it's not even stuck on standby. No lights on at all, no power seems to be getting to the machine.
I've tried replacing fuses, leads, different sockets....

Dean

[jasonx1]

its broke mate you need a new power supply and its not worth it to replace . sorry
if it was a red light stuck i could off helped get it working again .. sorry

[thedino]

its broke mate you need a new power supply and its not worth it to replace . sorry
if it was a red light stuck i could off helped get it working again .. sorry

Well that's rubbish!! Not happy with the eBay seller at all now... money down the drain!

[jasonx1]

sorry to hear but thats what you get from ebay . most off the time its best go for the shops on there as ebay is like a car boot you get what you think your getting

best thing is try looking at your local papers in the cassifies ads . or on advert sites on the net . then at lease you can take it back to the house