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HDHomeRun Faulty Power Adapter

For quite some time, I’ve been hearing about people having faulty power adapters on their HDHomeRun on the Microsoft distribution alias. Turns out when I wanted to show VonLobster, I got the dreaded “Unable to locate tuners” error message.

I looked at my HDHR and notice all the LEDs were off. A closer look revealed the power LED was actually blinking green, but very dim. I looked at the power adapter and it was blinking red.

Later that night, I went to SiliconDust, hoping to contact customer support in regards to this issue. From what I’ve heard, it’s pretty simple to get them to replace it for you free of charge. Turns out if you go to their Submit a trouble ticket page, this issue is so big, that they actually streamlined it:

SiliconDust is offering replacements for the SW20-S050-15 power adapter shown.

A failing power adapter may result in one or more of the following symptoms:

  • Flashing power light on the HDHomeRun or failure to power on.
  • Flashing red light on power adapter.
  • Zero signal-to-noise quality (snq) on all channels.

If your HDHomeRun included this power adapter please see this page for a replacement power adapter.

If you go to their Power Adapter Replacement page, all you need to do is enter your HDHR device id (located on the bottom/back of your HDHR unit). They then verify if your HDHR unit actually came with a faulty power adapter and if it did, it prompts you for your name and address.

After submitting that info, I should be getting my power adapter in 3-5 days. I guess it’s good timing since new seasons for TV shows are just around the corner.

Update: Got my replacement power adapter today and once again, QAM HDTV on Vista Media Center works again 🙂

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Shure Earbud Sleeves

I got my Shure E4c-n earphones awhile back and have always used the soft flex sleeves. I haven’t really ever tried the other ones since the soft flex sleeves were comfortable.

However this past trip home, the sleeve must’ve slipped off somewhere between check-in and when I sat down in my seat on the plane. The retail package came with a bunch of different ones, but only a pair for each type, though each type does have a S(mall), M(edium), and L(arge). I recalled that medium was a bit too big for my ears. So on my flight home, I only got mono for the satellite TV feed.

Anyway when I got home, I started digging through my storage and found my Shure retail box. I tried out the foams which TekMan said he preferred, but never really got it to stick into my ear snuggly.

I then gave the clear flex sleeves a try. The difference between these and the charcoal ones I was using before is that the charcoal ones are softer and I guess just a bit more comfortable.

Anyway the small clear flex ones were a nice fit and they had one additional benefit. The earphones were no longer slipping out of my ear. I don’t recall if the charcoal soft flex ones slipped when I first got them, but recently they wouldn’t stay in my ear hole for longer than a few minutes without me pushing it back in. I tried to loop the earphone wires so it goes over my ears, but that only helped in some cases.

I’m just happy these new sleeves are no longer slipping. 🙂