The exact value here is not extremely critical. I did decide to parallel a couple of odd, spare capacitors (that I happened to have in my junk/parts box) to get closer to the original OEM value, but as I said, with a 100 uF cap, the unit was perfectly operational (I ended up with 220 uF). Soldered it in place and found the unit to be fully operational. I looked around in my junk box and found a 25V 100 uF cap. The unit is not incredibly picky about the value of this capacitor it just needs to be able to filter the output enough to keep the main microprocessor happy. I had the exact same problem and decided to replace the faulty capacitor. No point replacing the whole supply or entire converter. Thank you to all the people above who took the time to write the comments and instructions that helped me make the repair myself! You guys rock! Marie I have a second TV box that hasn't failed, but I bought a couple extra capacitors just in case it is right behind the first box. I had never replaced a component before and found it really easy. Lo and behold! Just as noted above, capacitor #209 was blown! I found the suggested 25 volt 330 microfarad capacitor available at and put it in today. I decided to open the box and see what was up in there before I opted sending in the unit and maybe just getting another one that is going to fail in a year again anyway. I called the company that makes the converter and was told they would fix it if I sent it in with a check for $37. At first the TV showed the message "weak signal, " then later "no program, " then eventually just snow. It was also not responding to the on off switch on top of the box or to the remote. The green light began to fade, and then flicker after a few days. I also had the Digital Stream converter die on me after owning it since the conversion to digital.
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