Cable set-top box + surge protector + HDM port
#1
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: USA
Posts: 151
Upvotes: 0
Received 0 Upvotes
on
0 Posts
Cable set-top box + surge protector + HDM port
Strange sequence of events: turned off surge protector overnight; in the morning the cable set-top box had died. Verizon agreed to replace it, but of course I will lose everything I had recorded. TV HDM port was fine. I turned off some other things in the apartment in a last-ditch attempt to revive the set-top box, and then could no longer tune to the HDMI input. Verizon rep said TV was not recognizing it.
Is the problem with the surge protectors? Other suggestions? Thanks.
Is the problem with the surge protectors? Other suggestions? Thanks.
Last edited by ellenmw; 04-08-18 at 06:06 PM.
#2
When you turned the surge protector off... the Verizon box also shutoff... correct ?
When you turned the surge protector back on.... the Verizon box did not restart... correct ?
If those are both correct.... the box just failed.
When you turned the surge protector back on.... the Verizon box did not restart... correct ?
If those are both correct.... the box just failed.
#4
Then that would mean the Verizon box failed earlier... on its own.
Sounds like a natural failure.
Sounds like a natural failure.
#6
You tried to manually go to that HDMI input and couldn't or you went to that input and the TV said "HDMI source not available" ? If the Verizon box had failed the TV should say no input available.
#7
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: USA
Posts: 151
Upvotes: 0
Received 0 Upvotes
on
0 Posts
Seems to be the surge protector. According to the combined analyses of Samsung TV tech support, a local Samsung TV repair service, Verizon tech support and a physical check of the ROKU device at Best Buy, the surge protector blew out the set-top box and the ROKU cable.
#8
The exact chain of incidents wasn't clear.
The surge protector would not blow out any device. Usually if a surge protector goes bad it will either just be dead or trip a circuit breaker.
We get this problem every couple of months or so. The problem usually turns out to be a difference of grounds. It usually gets blamed on a bad cable ground. It usually turns out it was the TV that received some type of "surge". The cable TV wire, the cable box, the Roku box and the TV should all be at ground potential but something shorts and usually it's the TV.
When I troubleshoot a problem like that..... I disconnect all interconnecting cables and check from each device to ground. Something that should be at ground.... isn't.
The surge protector would not blow out any device. Usually if a surge protector goes bad it will either just be dead or trip a circuit breaker.
We get this problem every couple of months or so. The problem usually turns out to be a difference of grounds. It usually gets blamed on a bad cable ground. It usually turns out it was the TV that received some type of "surge". The cable TV wire, the cable box, the Roku box and the TV should all be at ground potential but something shorts and usually it's the TV.
When I troubleshoot a problem like that..... I disconnect all interconnecting cables and check from each device to ground. Something that should be at ground.... isn't.
#9
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: USA
Posts: 151
Upvotes: 0
Received 0 Upvotes
on
0 Posts
"I disconnect all interconnecting cables and check from each device to ground. Something that should be at ground.... isn't."
Interesting . . . This is obviously not my area of expertise (!), so two questions:
- when you say it isn't at ground, what does that mean, and how could I or someone from building staff check?
- assistant at Best Buy advised changing over both surge protectors involved. From what you say, that's not relevant - is replacing them required and/or advisable?
Thanks.
Interesting . . . This is obviously not my area of expertise (!), so two questions:
- when you say it isn't at ground, what does that mean, and how could I or someone from building staff check?
- assistant at Best Buy advised changing over both surge protectors involved. From what you say, that's not relevant - is replacing them required and/or advisable?
Thanks.
#10
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: USA
Posts: 151
Upvotes: 0
Received 0 Upvotes
on
0 Posts
"The exact chain of incidents wasn't clear."
FWIW:
1. Turned off surge protector at night.
2. Turned surge protector back on first thing in the morning.
3. A few hours later, tried to turn on cable box. Couldn't be turned on by me or by Verizon sending signal.
4. Turned off a connected surge protector and turned back on.
5. Couldn't tune to HDMI input on Samsung or Verizon remote.
FWIW:
1. Turned off surge protector at night.
2. Turned surge protector back on first thing in the morning.
3. A few hours later, tried to turn on cable box. Couldn't be turned on by me or by Verizon sending signal.
4. Turned off a connected surge protector and turned back on.
5. Couldn't tune to HDMI input on Samsung or Verizon remote.