K-mart are selling Olin SD and HD top boxes, $39 and $79

Are Olin good enough to buy?

Thanks.

They are selling them so they must be.

My ederly neighbours purchased the HD Olin 1800(?) last Year from Coles and its still going.OK box for the money i guess,there is a couple of threads about it in the HD STB section.

That won't stop Matthew from creating a dozen or so more, though.

Hey guys my Olin SD DBBT-10 died yesterday about 2yrs old but was only used on the 2nd TV in the bedroom...
So going by that I need a new one of a different brand..

Think you mean DVBT-10. Fixed one of these recently. Power supply capacitors fail. Simple fix if you know how, otherwise, buy another one.

Similar to this one, (different remote & no RF modulated output on the OLIN), so it should be alright if it has the same parentage.

Thanks 4 the reply and yes DVBT-10. Also yes the power supply capacitors have failed as I popped the cover off last night after posting here and 2 next to the transformer are discolored and puffed up

I will replace them thankyou M'bozo.

My pleasure.

Capacitors TC53 & TC54 both 1000µF 16V. Try to replace them with low ESR, 105ºC rated devices.






EDIT: Always nice to save something from land fill

M'bozo thanks again. Where do you get your parts from?
All I could get today was 1000µF 25V 85ºC and the dude assured me the higher Voltage rating would NOT be a problem!!!

WES components in Sydney.




He is correct. The only requirement is they fit into the physical space. If they fail again, at least you know what to look for.

Top info M'bozo and If I could pester you 1 last time? What brand of caps is the best

Thanks

Sorry been away.

No idea which brand is best.

WES supply HITANO & JAMICON branded capacitors.

No probs M'bozo and the ones I got a few days back were the HITANO brand and it's working very nicely thanks

Edit..... Comment on deleted Post.

Moved house the other day and unplugged my OLIN DVBT-10A.
Plugged it in at the new place and now does not wake up from standby.

The red standby light is on but ------ nobody home.
Warranty ran out a few days ago ------ of course.

Thought the remote had gone into "Child lock" accidentally during moving. Am I deluded?
Pressed a lot of buttons without success. And "yes" the remote works - I checked the signal through a digital camera.
Hence me ending up here.

Should I start a new thread?

What gives??? Anybody.

MAY be the power supply capacitor issue, if its only just out of warranty ring Olin and they will probaly fix it. The early Hotchip(Zinwell) boxes did this,OK while powered up but once unplugged not enough juice to get them to boot due to failed PS capacitors.

Thanks DAB, I will give it shot. Sad thing is if all this takes up more time than its worth, it is a wast of time for a $45 widget. Modern tech just suxs. I hate the thought of putting this thing into landfill, although we actually got an eWaste recycler aroung the corner which is a better option. It still blows to know I got 12.2 months of use out of it.

Ive got a Olin HD box, a 2200 that is only 6 months old. last week it started resetting every 10 seconds or so, it ended up being a capacitor on the main board, cost 80 cents to replace. I couldnt take it back to k mart to repair cause i cant find the receipt, but all that said I love it its a great box and im glad its not going to land fill

Apparently the formula for the electrolyte in electrolytic capacitors was stuffed up a few years back as a result of industrial espionage! It reads like James Bond, but if it's true, it means that zillions of devices all over the world are ticking time bombs! Forget planned obselescence, this works out even better for manufacturers:

Capacitor Problem Blows Up

Early last year the LG HD STB failed so we bought an OLIN (the TV was a LG 37inch). The difference was quite disappointing, although a smaller screen by todays standards, the LG displayed beautiful HD images both on the 1080i and 720p channels, Planet Earth was staggering. 

However with the OLIN there was little difference between the SD and HD channels although nothing you could really put your finger on. I'm using the past tense here because the LG TV got power surged last week. Currently a home insurance claim in on it, but the STB escaped damage and is now on the Sony Trinitron. And it will stay there as the new TV of course will have built in tuner.

As a tuner for a good quality late model CRT set the OLIN is giving brilliant pictures, with options for centre cut, letterbox etc when displayed on a 4:3 but I wouldn't recommend it for HD use.

Ive got a couple of Hailo / Olin stbs - all made by the same company, Westwell. Overall, they have been quite reliable units giving a good quality picture. The only small issue I had with one of them was a completely white screen appearing on the TV at one stage. I powered off the unit, waited a little bit and powered it back on and no more white screen. This has never happened since. I touched this unit just before powering it back on and it felt very, very warm. With the first unit that I bought, I don't recall that one getting quite as warm when it's in operation.

BribieG: "However with the OLIN there was little difference between the SD and HD channels although nothing you could really put your finger on."

Hmmm....that is interesting. When my Hailo was first connected to my early 90s analogue 4:3 tv, I could see a slight difference between ABC1 and ABCHD. In fact, ABC1 appeared slightly sharper than ABCHD (at least to my eyes.) I must say that this difference was extremely slight - ABCHD still looked very, very good. And, I don't know if it's my imagination or not but OneHd seems to look a tiny fraction crisper than OneSD on the analogue TV. I do recall someone on this forum who commented that they connected one of these sbs to a HDTV via HDMI and were quite impressed with the quality.

Apologies in advance for being a newby to this (or any) forum.

I recently sent this email to Westwell in a (vain) attempt to get some help.
No reply as yet - only been waiting a week!
By following the threads in this and other fora, do I have one or two distinct problems?
Those problems being:
1) Hardware - power supply, or
2) Software

"I am hoping you can help me.
I have an Olin Set Top Box of the following specification:
Product: Olin DVB-T HD STB
Software Version: X1.00-20080418
Hardware version: 002
Loader Version: unidentifiable

The above information was obtained from the on-screen display.
The serial number of the unit (from the warranty card) is SUMPO0804HD201697

The unit has recently developed the following behaviour:
On occasions, the screen will freeze and along with the audio will chatter back and forth for a few seconds before shutting down, re-booting, and resuming as though nothing had happened.
The channel display on the front of the unit will display "HELLO", followed by "good", then eventually the channel number.
This can occur several times over a short period, and then not happen again for some time.
Sometimes when the display resumes, a floating "No signal" dialogue box travels around the screen.
This can be remedied by changing channel and then returning to original channel.
I recently made contact with your Customer Helpline and was advised to download from your website a firmware upgrade.
I have downloaded the .zip file (HVBT2000BV3.8aFIRMWARE) as suggested, but now am at a loss as to how to transfer it to the STB.
I have connected my laptop to the STB via RS232 cable, but am unable to transfer the data, get the laptop to recognise the STB, or find where on the STB to initiate the upload.

Any assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated."

Either way, does anybody know of a reputable/reliable repairer in Adelaide, SA?

I like my 2000b. Its a great picture and good sound but I have a problem since a lightning strike a while back, the lock light is on and I cant get into the menus to re-search the new channels. Any one know how to fix this?

Well I opened the box and found the capacitor near the power supply looks like it had a vomit. I will assume this is the prob and go from there. I have also installed a surge protector at the power point.