HD300 very hot

[rjudge]

One of my HD300s gets very hot with use. Too hot to hold for long. Is this abnormal?

[kcjack]

I had one of those also and it only lasted 4 months. It ran hot out of the box. Don't know if that is a symptom of the ones that go bad, but I have another one in the house and it runs cool and no issues. I have not done it yet, but I am going to have to send mine back in for a warranty fix.

[xred]

Originally Posted by rjudge

One of my HD300s gets very hot with use. Too hot to hold for long. Is this abnormal?

I've got one like this as well. Gets so hot it can't be picked up. Sounds crazy but I moved it to a shelf to keep my kids from burning themeselves.

[Biggen]

Originally Posted by xred

I've got one like this as well. Gets so hot it can't be picked up. Sounds crazy but I moved it to a shelf to keep my kids from burning themeselves.

I think this is just the nature of the beast. The entire aluminum case acts as a heat sink to dissapate heat from the unit. At least, this is how I see it. I would image removing the case would cause it to overheat and fail.

[crusing]

I have had three HD300's only one got extremely hot. It only lasted 30 days. They all get very warm, but I would guess that one is going to go bad at some point.

[xred]

Originally Posted by Biggen

I think this is just the nature of the beast. The entire aluminum case acts as a heat sink to dissapate heat from the unit. At least, this is how I see it. I would image removing the case would cause it to overheat and fail.

I would agree that it makes sense it would be hot while running and actively decoding HD video, but the weird thing is that it is stays warm while in standby mode. That makes me think its a power supply problem as opposed to a cpu / chipset problem.


The fact others do have cool running units isn't exactly confidence inspiring either.

[Biggen]

Originally Posted by xred

I would agree that it makes sense it would be hot while running and actively decoding HD video, but the weird thing is that it is stays warm while in standby mode. That makes me think its a power supply problem as opposed to a cpu / chipset problem.


The fact others do have cool running units isn't exactly confidence inspiring either.

If it makes you feel any better mine are warm too when off. Mine are all mounted on top of my TV's (my TV's are wall mounted) so I don't have a habit of ever touching them unless I have to power cycle them for the occasional "lock up".

But I would not say they are too hot to touch though.

[tvmaster2]

My HD200 runs so hot it BURNED the color of the rubber feet into the finish of my stereo cabinet.
NOT really happy about that

[jerryb33]

I just purchased one of the latest ones and it runs very hot!!

I was testing it where my older one was setup, which ran without any problems.

The new one locked up twice in the last 10 days that I have been using it. When it locks up the only button that works is power button. It shuts it off, completely (no Lights).

I had to unplug PS and wait a couple minutes and it comes back.
The PS is from the older unit and it works fine with the old unit.
It is always in Standby mode and is watched about 4-5 hours day.
Now being that it is one of the "lost" ones, I am wondering if there is any recourse.
I will contact LUTZ and see if there is.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by jerryb33

I just purchased one of the latest ones and it runs very hot!!

I was testing it where my older one was setup, which ran without any problems.

The new one locked up twice in the last 10 days that I have been using it. When it locks up the only button that works is power button. It shuts it off, completely (no Lights).

I had to unplug PS and wait a couple minutes and it comes back.
The PS is from the older unit and it works fine with the old unit.
It is always in Standby mode and is watched about 4-5 hours day.
Now being that it is one of the "lost" ones, I am wondering if there is any recourse.
I will contact LUTZ and see if there is.

Jerry,

Did you Install the Auto Power off plugin? That has helped keep mine cool it shuts down after a time you set of Inactivity.

[jerryb33]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Jerry,

Did you Install the Auto Power off plugin? That has helped keep mine cool it shuts down after a time you set of Inactivity.

I can't see where that would prevent the over-heating of the unit. My older unit does not have the problem.
I do put it in stand-by when not using it. I do believe there is something definitely wrong with these (problem) units. This does seem to happen after viewing with it for about 2 hrs.

I could be wrong, but I venture to say that there are about 25 units with this problem.