Studying the Vu + Duo2 power supply there were zero signs of visible failure / damage and it produced 12Volts while under load on all its pins – which matched what was printed on the Power Supply Board itself. Vu+ Duo2 Case Motherboard OutĪs it was a big job there is a lot more to read and pictures to compare on this page – so for the impatient – spoiler alert – I enjoyed total success in repairing my stuck in standby Duo 2 while also saving a lot of money – I then repeated my successful Hybrid Polymer Capacitor Upgrade on my other Duo2 (some of the Photographs are from my other Duo2) as well because there was such a big improvement in performance and stability – while the polymer upgraded tuner module shows big gains in signal sensitivity and signal quality and signal lock on speed/performance in the process – read on for more details.įortunately I have another (younger and still fully working) identical Vu+ Duo 2 “box” so I started swapping parts over between them – the power supply when swapped over from the dead box would not start the good box (Motherboard etc.) worse still the known to be good power supply would not start the now faulty Duo2 either – meaning that we have both a faulty Duo2 Power Supply Board and a faulty Duo 2 Motherboard to deal with. because of the failing hardware!) then suddenly my £400+ Duo2 is stuck in standby and absolutely will not come out of standby – and worse still it is totally out of warranty! Vu+ Duo2 Faulty Motherboard -Before Removal- Tuner Module already out, Some cables removed and disconnected – everything still original and untouched just as it left the factory.

Paid around £400.00GBP ( excluding price of Hard Disk) for my Vu+ Duo 2 a couple of years ago – was extremely pleased with it – but over time it did start slowing down & doing (many) slightly strange things for several months (I thought it was the frequent Duo2 software updates – no it turned out that the Duo2 was slowing down etc. The abrupt lack of Multi Room Satellite Television caused the whole family to fall apart.

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