A-200 No video display

[DigitalSoul]

Same Problem. Unable to Get the video using any of the outputs.
I've tried number of times to start it.. with and without internal HDD and removing the ethernet cable as well.. Still no luck.

A-200 starts up with power on. I can see the LED turned white but can not get any video output. If I press the power off for few seconds then it does get turned off as well.

Even the USB Slave is not working. A-200 is not shown in my PC networked devices anymore even if the Cat5 cable is connected and router's LED shows the connection to A-200.

It was all working fine until Friday.

Can anyone suggest any way to bring it back to life?

[ALLLAMA]

Received my A200 two days ago, and same problem: no video display. Tried all recovery methods, but no result.

I was wondering, is there anybody who actually had success with the recovery methods mentioned both here and on PCH support page?? and before shipping out, do they test it on a TV to check if its working or not?

[vdelab]

hello all,
just for info, exactly the same case. Received today in france from Moovika.
No video output at all. Even the red led of the digital audio out seem dead.
Front led is white and turn off with red.

many test tried, still nothing.
Except if anyone succeeded in getting out of this mode, I comtemplate sending it back tomorrow....

Thanks in advance,

vdelab

[Berend]

Same Problem here. Different TV's Video outputs etc. No results.

The A-200 is also not shown in my PC networked devices anymore.

It was all working fine from 28-2-2010 until yesterday.

Is the cause a hardware error ?

thanks,

Berend

[mre]

Just received my A-200. Like others in this thread, it doesn't work. Powers up with white light and no video through component, composite or s-video. Tried to change modes using the remote with no luck. I can hold the power button down for 5 seconds and it will turn off. Tried on two TVs and with no HDD and no network cable.

Time to return it?

[chris57]

Register at PCH support:-
https://support.popcornhour.com/MyAccoun...ofile.aspx

Also ensure that you try the tvmode release, wait 1 sec press '0' and release. Wait 10 secs whilst it goes through the different output resolutions and tries to find the correct one for your TV.

It is very hard to say what is wrong without being there and being able to test.

If you are coming from an A110/100 still spend time reading the WIKI tagged 200 series pages as there are differences and new features you'll miss, for example taskswitching and other remote commands:-
http://www.networkedmediatank.com/wiki/i...-200/C-200

[Berend]

(05-16-2010 07:08 AM)chris57 Wrote:  Register at PCH support:-
https://support.popcornhour.com/MyAccoun...ofile.aspx

Also ensure that you try the tvmode release, wait 1 sec press '0' and release. Wait 10 secs whilst it goes through the different output resolutions and tries to find the correct one for your TV.

It is very hard to say what is wrong without being there and being able to test.

If you are coming from an A110/100 still spend time reading the WIKI tagged 200 series pages as there are differences and new features you'll miss, for example taskswitching and other remote commands:-
http://www.networkedmediatank.com/wiki/i...-200/C-200

I did send it back to the supplier.
I didn't get any output at all and it didn't get an IP address. So you can't see anything of the status of the box. I isn't possible to make a log file on a hard disk or USB device ?

[LeXXoZ]

i had the same problem, no video after startup.

What i did was :

Placed the jumper, recovered the firmware and rebooted. then i still had no video.
Looked up an composite cable (Yellow Tulip Connector), linked that to my TV and set the channel to composite input.

The screen of the NMT showed up, i went into the menu and set the videomode to AUTO, shutted down, connected my HDMI cable again, and booted up.

Voila, my NMT Was back in bussines

[bonge]

hi to all!!!

same problem with my new A-200,,, same problem, no video! i will perform test described on top and will let you know....

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where i could buy this jumper???? have a code or something?

[bonge]

hi... no LUCk with steps detailed on top... i have a couple of questions..

where I must plug USB thumbdrive? front or back?
USB thumbdrive led must be flashing when connected?

I don´t get any video signal ( Component or Composite or HDMI outputs), how can i know when will display blue background with "Firmware recovery. Please insert USB" ????

installing the jumper don´t do anything , what is the job of the jumper???

and the last one , could i boot it or something with a pc? running something? pls help!!!! i´m based on argentina and i don´t want to send it back..... THANKS ALL!!!!!

[bonge]

any help pls? or this MNT must be resend it to fix it????

[Draztik]

(06-11-2010 08:36 PM)bonge Wrote:  any help pls? or this MNT must be resend it to fix it????

Sadly, I am experiencing exactly the same issues. Just got mine yesterday and have been unable to get any video out of it at all even after trying all the jumper, connection, reload, TVmode options. I have had to go to popcornhour.com and submit a case. hopefully they will make good on this DOA product and issue me a call tag to get it sent back and a new one shipped back to me. Sadly, it seems as if there are a number of us in this boat right now after viewing this forum (even this post). I think you will need to submit a claim too. very sad.

[joefratguy]

NO video here from me on my A200. This is my 4th PCH (2 a-110's a C200 ) and the first to be DOA. Just tried the jumper method and still no video. I placed a claim to Popcorn hour.

sucks but I'm cool with the hassle so long as it doesn't take a month.

[bonge]

yeap... not work... case submitted...

[ALLLAMA]

Just shipped my A200 to US, and I wanna ask will they send me a new piece or will they fix and return the unit that i sent. Also does anybody here know how long they take to send back the unit.