Magnovox 515 DIED

There may be a fuse inside the unit that has blown?

hi janice....

1 - unplug the machine for a good 30 to 60 minutes first... these machines take a while to actually bleed off power to all circuits... i seem to recall that some folks have had to wait up to 2 hours without power applied, in order for the machines to completely discharge.

if the above does not work, you may have to remove the cover to expose the little reset button on the main board of the machine. not too difficult to do...

in the case where power does not come on at all, just hit that button and hold it for a few seconds. holding the button pressed accelerates the discharge process ( as i have observed ).

also, you'll need to take a close look at the little fuse that's inside the unit, located at the rear left on the power supply board. this looks like a little automotive fuse. it could be blown if your machine took some sort of power surge.

rgds,
ron g

Maybe some people can post some photos for her to show what to look at?

Mine died the same way last week. I have an extended warrenty on it so I did not want to open it up.

I followed the proceedure in the stick thread and it worked.

- Unplug for 2 1/2 hours.
- Press and hold the power button on the machine.
- Plug in the power cord.

Worked like a charm. All recordings are preserved, but you will have to run the channel scan again.

-Bill

Now it might be helpful to look for the source of your problem, which is usually Tuning Interference, as described here.

Freezing after running fine for long time often comes from tuning interference caused by a change in your channel lineup, like the addition of a problematic ION channel, duplicate channels, etc., as described in the linked help file.

If you had a power outage, which might also have contributed to your problem, consider a UPS as described here?

A photo of the power supply is found in this post:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...8#post21061838

And yet another satisfied customer.

This is a heart warming story. Glad to hear she got the thing working again. I know how the "what do I do now" feeling comes over me when something goes haywire.

I'll attemp the soft reset again.

I observe a small cylinder shaped fuse simiairl to a old fashioned auto fuse is in fact a auto fuse curious what size it is?

also where is the reset button located is it a actulle button or a small hole I must press a pin into?
Thanks STB

reset sucsessfull diffenity checking into a surge protecter,
STB

The reset is on the main board and is labeled as such. It is a true button style switch.