Digilogic: DSTB1000

Tony, Hampshire, on September 2nd, 2009
Another one bites the dust. Has gone into a loop such that it insists on attempting an update on powering up, and then fails with a "no signal" message. OK while it lasted, and that's all.

andy, greenock, on July 27th, 2009
had mine over 3 years b4 it stuck on standby, i switched it off at socket, held in yhe reset button on the bk of box, switched on at socket then released the reset bitton, works like new :)

Callum, Doncaster, on July 3rd, 2009
I have the DIGSTB01R and for 2 days it worked perfectley but now all it does is switch itself on and off, any ideas as to whats wrong with this junk???

Greg, Sheffield, on December 16th, 2008
I just spoke to Tesco Direct and they suggest the following 'fix'. It may be a remote control unit fault. To reset this, remove the batteries and then press each button on the remote one at a time. Replace batteries (new ones prefered) and try it on the device.

Camille, Manchester, on December 5th, 2008
Same old fault as mentioned before: we've had ours for a year and a half and all of a sudden it's stuck on standby, won't turn on with the remote control and doesn't have any power button on the actual box. Changed the batteries in the remote but hasn't solved the problem. Programmed to self-destruct after a year? Quite probably. It's a shame because in all other areas it worked very well.

Mary Norvell, on August 6th, 2008
Help! got this box but i dont know how to stop horizontal hold going round . suggestions greatly appreciated.

Duncan, Warwick, on February 23rd, 2008
Not a bad bit of kit, had mine for a few years. Latest EPG update from/for Teletext Extra has rendered it rather unstable, requiring a power cycle, re-scan and EPG download every morning.

John Thomas, on November 27th, 2007
Bought it just over a year ago and it worked fine until today when it just gave up without any warning. Same thing happened to another freeview cheapo purchased from Tesco. My guess is they are only made to last a year then you have to buy a new one.

Adrian, Surrey, on October 12th, 2007
Have owned a Digilogic DSTB1000 for over 12 months. Quite often would not switch on by remote unless main power switched off and back on again. So was inclined to stick to anologue and little used the thing. However recently it would not switch on at all, no power lights showed. Checked usual things such as plug fuse etc. Decided to remove outer casing and discovered part T614 had burnt out and left scorch marks on underside of casing. I do hope this is not a fault that can become a fire hazard. Needless to say with problems encountered I will be looking to replace with a different product.

H Carr, on July 15th, 2007
I bought my DSTB1000 January 2006 and it was great, enjoyed having the choice of freeview. But it now appears that the picture defaults on the TV and dissappears intermittently - you can't watch the channel or programme then. I have switch it off and tried again to no avail. Any suggestions or do I need a new box?

Joe, Bromley, on May 21st, 2007
I bought a Digilogic box a week ago and have set it up perfectly to my VCR and I can tape off of digital channels and the oicture is great. However after about 5 minutes of watching the thing, the sound goes but the picture remains. I have checked all scarts andth aerial but nothing happens. I then turn it off and then try to turn it back on, but then it won't turn on again for another 5 minutes or so. I am very dissapointed. Can anyobe please help me?

Matthew Farnell, Rotherham, on March 28th, 2007
i think it is OK but it dosn't play +RW's from other machines it simply says "Error Disc"

Bals, Cornwall, on March 21st, 2007
We have 3 of these boxes in our house and 2 of them work ok. One has a problem when changing the channel but that’s probably the tuner. If anyone experiences problems with picture and sound, buy a new SCART cable as the one that it comes with is rubbish. Otherwise it’s a really good box!!!

mjs Crowthorne, on March 17th, 2007
Cheap box, great when it worked. Unfortunately it is not reliable. The box periodically loses its settings and now it is stuck in standby and won't turn on. Reading down this list, stuck in standby mode seems to be a common failure mode. My next free view box won't be Digilogic and it won’t be coming from Tesco.

Ian, Meopham Kent, on March 6th, 2007
Purchased this box from Tesco around a year ago. We can get a signal from Crystal Palace most of the time. However it's marginal at times. Looses signal at the slightest sign of interference (central heating switching on throws it for about 15 seconds). The box is very slow to change channel - even between channels on the same multiplex. Push the button and about 3 seconds later it might change channel. Seems to get completely locked up a couple of times each month. Unplugging from the mains fixes it. You get what you pay for and this was cheap. Buy something else. This one is going in the bin next week.

Chippy PO10, on February 24th, 2007
It has worked great for 8 months but it has now "died". One of the components has burnt out on the power side - the number on it is 340531, it has 7 legs , and the number that was above looks like*2*5PN - (* being unreadable) Can anyone tell me what it is. The circuit board says IC601. I must admit I was expecting it to last longer than a year.

bradford, on February 4th, 2007
Purchased this from Tesco’s on Friday as on offer for £19.99 this is first Freeview box & we are very pleased with it, it’s a lot better than we thought it was going to be, easy to set up, perfect picture & that's on an indoor ariel.

Paul, Neath, on January 27th, 2007
Got one of these before Christmas from Tesco for daughter's room. Seems to work ok but annoying not being able to switch to a channel direct from the EPG! Having searched the forums I still can’t get my head round the software versioning system. Mine is V.1.11 with a date of 10/06. Is this the latest?

Mark, Edinburgh, on January 25th, 2007
Bought on impulse from Tesco a few months back. Picture quality looks better than Telewest Cable. Second SCART allows you to plug DVD player in for those who only have 1 SCART on TV - perhaps some of the earlier contributors should have read the manual! Excellent tuning performance with set top aerial - I have just relocated same aerial into loft space (to get rid of reception problems when you move round room) and can get all 6 multiplexes load and clear. Have had no problems with box hanging etc (unlike my Telewest cable box) and it has been running OK since I got it. Will probably get another one for the living room.