Your "Brown out" explanation has merit. My area is prone to mains problems including long term power cuts. There is hope, however, the frequency of power cuts has gone down in recent months. Also, I have not had any problems with the Avant since the last time when I reconfigured the SAT function. I will remember the surge protector, if similar

Hi Keith I replied but it appears you have not received, so here goes again..... Thank you for the welcome and for the quick response. I am glad to hear the problem is not a common one and also happy that the safety circuitry is there. The cable damage appears superficial, the insulation is deformed but no inner cores are exposed. Is it possible, this

Hi Recently my Avant developed a habit of Powering itself off , then returning back. However, d uring the last such event, the Avant lost the SAT option. When p ressing the SAT button, on the Beo4 remote, I got no response from the Sat box. The TV, DVD, and TAPE buttons were ok. I did some troubleshooting : a) Checked the SAT box manually, this was