Hello: this is my first post, although I've been "lurking" for years over on the AVS HTPC forums, and recently here, where I took advantage of the wonderful manufacturer/consumer interaction to improve the HDT-1 and I am now a thrilled owner of one of the HDT-1X units, thanks to Master Theseus and the crew at Sangean.
First off, I was stunned at what a sensitive and selective conventional tuner it is! It's better than the tuner section in my Denon receiver. I live in a miserable "Bermuda Triangle" of bad RF reception, and I have a Winegard PR6010 omnidirectional FM antenna mounted on a 10-ft mast on top of my 2 story house (no, I don't want to deal with a directional antenna and rotor). I have always had unlistenable reception to a favorite NPR station, KPLU-FM, because of terrain limitations. I was amazed to tune it in, first hear the usual analog static, and then hear it switch to crystal clear HD. I assumed (incorrectly) that I'd need better reception to lock onto the digital bitstream. Great job!
Now, for the problem: I left it powered on since I installed it, for at least a week, and it's been working fine. This morning I turned on the amp, and the tuner was emitting a loud noise I can best describe as the "razzberry" tongue sound. I tried changing channels, but the sound remained. It was as if the microprocessor was hung and emitting the audio equivalent of the "blue screen of death". I power-cycled it and it's fine now. I should add, that it had been tuned into a very powerful Seattle station, broadcasting in HD, KUOW-FM, and I am using the analog (RCA) output, not SPDIF. I am just curious if anybody else has encountered this symptom?
First off, I was stunned at what a sensitive and selective conventional tuner it is! It's better than the tuner section in my Denon receiver. I live in a miserable "Bermuda Triangle" of bad RF reception, and I have a Winegard PR6010 omnidirectional FM antenna mounted on a 10-ft mast on top of my 2 story house (no, I don't want to deal with a directional antenna and rotor). I have always had unlistenable reception to a favorite NPR station, KPLU-FM, because of terrain limitations. I was amazed to tune it in, first hear the usual analog static, and then hear it switch to crystal clear HD. I assumed (incorrectly) that I'd need better reception to lock onto the digital bitstream. Great job!
Now, for the problem: I left it powered on since I installed it, for at least a week, and it's been working fine. This morning I turned on the amp, and the tuner was emitting a loud noise I can best describe as the "razzberry" tongue sound. I tried changing channels, but the sound remained. It was as if the microprocessor was hung and emitting the audio equivalent of the "blue screen of death". I power-cycled it and it's fine now. I should add, that it had been tuned into a very powerful Seattle station, broadcasting in HD, KUOW-FM, and I am using the analog (RCA) output, not SPDIF. I am just curious if anybody else has encountered this symptom?
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