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Afternoon guys and gals,
when the power at my place dropped to about 50 volts rms
apon turning the STB back on I was asked for my pin. Well I entered
same but the STB kept asking for said pin. (NOT changed from default)
After MANY (>10) calls to the service line the blood thing still was =
locked.
I was amazed that from all of the technical assistants their standard =
answer,
"unlock the STB from the menu". VERY hard to do when all you have is a =
blank
screen that is just asking for a pin at switch on. There was another =
message that also
said ,"No or BAD signal" (that was not the case!).
So I sat down with a cup of coffee and thought what sort of BACK DOOR =
would TEAC had made so that ANY pin could get overridden.
t had to be simple, & it was.
press the four 'top text' buttons in sequence.
RED, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE when asked for the pin
Then I did a reset, rescan etc. All was normal again.
BTW I changed the pin a few times to test this,
Regards,
Mitch
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Afternoon guys and gals,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>when the power at my place dropped to =
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volts rms</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>apon turning the STB back on I was =
asked for my=20
pin. Well I entered</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>same but the STB kept asking for said =
pin. (NOT=20
changed from default)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>After MANY (>10) calls to the =
service line the=20
blood thing still was locked.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I was amazed that from all of the =
technical=20
assistants their standard answer,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"unlock the STB from the menu". =
VERY hard to=20
do when all you have is a blank</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>screen that is just asking for a pin at =
switch=20
on. There was another message that also</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>said ,"No or BAD signal" (that was not =
the=20
case!).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So I sat down with a cup of coffee and =
thought what=20
sort of BACK DOOR would TEAC had made so that ANY pin could get=20
overridden.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>t had to be =
simple, &</FONT><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2> it was.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>press the four 'top text' buttons in=20
sequence.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>RED, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE when asked for =
the=20
pin</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Then I did a reset, rescan etc. =
All was=20
normal again.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>BTW I changed the pin a few times to =
test=20
this,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mitch</FONT></DIV>
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