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4:48 pm
October 10, 2011
I used to use my slingbox all of the time, but I haven't used it in over a year or so. Now I hooked it back up and updated everything, now it freezes after anywhere between 10 seconds and 10 minutes. It says that it is disconnected, if I try to connect immediately I get an error. I have to wait 30 seconds or so before I can reconnect. I have been scouring the forums for a resolution and I followed a couple that had similar problems, but they did not solve mine. Just to be clear, this happens whether I'm on LAN or WIFI. It happens with the iPhone app, the slingplayer app, my slingcatcher, and directly through sling's website. I did find a temporary solution which leads me to believe that it is a very strange problem. I downloaded a very old version of slingplayer 1.1.0.153 and it worked flawlessly for about 40 minutes on several occasions, much longer than any of the other things that I have tried. That is how I am currently watching it, but I would like to have a more updated version of slingplayer and be able to watch it on my catcher and iphone. Any solutions?
2:40 pm
October 13, 2011
I received my Uncle's Slingbox Solo, he has purchased a replacement. The box has worked
fine for three years but will no longer connect to his network. I am an electronics technician
and have no fears about disassembling the Solo. I noticed the capacitors are of the poor
quality typically found on computer motherboards and that they are hand soldered as evidenced
by Slingmedia's failure to deflux the board, leaving a rosin pool around the capacitors solder
points. I suspect the use of SAC solder because the joints are not bright. I look for cracked
joints and I found some suspects. What did catch my eye was the electrolytic capacitors have
become unsoldered from the board. The solder bead is not adhered to the PCB. The use
of a magnifier is necessary but wiggling the capacitor while observing the solder connection
under magnification reveals the joint to be moving. Clearly, it should not. I will desolder and
replace the caps as standard practice and re-solder using 63/37 eutectic TIN/LEAD solder.
I found your site after my analysis of the problem but good job on the site!
Jon
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