These are the symptoms:
When the system fails: the display shows the time, but any command – by remote or by hard-wired buttons – only makes the time blink, nothing else happens, and no other lights are on.
What I do (a kluge) to make it work again: I take it off the wall and wait. After a long while without power, it shows 00:00, and any command makes the display go blank for a long time (15 – 45 mins) … then it starts working.
Now, whatever it is, decharging some kind of mobo battery seems to work. The decharge time is long when compared to how soon I’d like to use the device, but very short when compared what a computer should have, between 6 and 24 hours, I guess.
After fixing, the system works for a while – between 3 and 7 days I guess – then fails again.
The device is a six year old Panasonic E DMR85 H, but I think the problem might be a more general electronics issue.
I haven’t opened it up, nor do I have the skills for fixing it myself, but I hope knowing the general kind of problem will arm me better for negotiating with the repair guy.
Thanks in advance, hopefully the problem is at least interesting.
