1.45V off-load is a flat battery mate, should be 1.6ish for a fresh one.

Still gotta be careful, there are clones on Amazon.co.uk

The Amazon marketplace is full of dodgy sellers, they get kicked every
now and again but more still come back.

Thank you for your reply, yes these have the 3 SATA ports as you describe.

So we fit the DVD to the right hand connector (nearest the hard disk)

and the HDD to the left hand connector (nearest the DVD), or the one by the fan,

is that correct ?

Regards, Mark.

Hi,

My latest batch of DM8000 does not have the USB-SATA adapter inside for the DVD
Can anyone confirm that we can now use the internal 2nd SATA connector?

Rgs, Mark.

Surely this is a matter between you and your dealer.

I am sure they will replace it for you under warranty.

Try reflashing the box with DreamUp and Null Modem Serial cable.

regards

Use the online updater "plugins" "software update"

Fault cured by tightening the screws on the DVI connector

Thanks but it is not co-channel interference.
Picture and sound are fine until the HDD power cable is plugged in (even with no IDE cable) then patterning starts.

DM7025 tested fine, no problem, only DM7020.
Perhaps no-one uses the RF out ?

Mark.

Box type: DM7020

I have tried several combinations of HDD's and DM7020's but all seem
to suffer from the same problem:
The RF output has severe patterning, on saturated colours, only when
the Hard Disk is connected, without HDD all is perfect.

Any ideas?

Regards
Mark.