Grundig gds3000 .intermitant red standby light?

Just noticed your question which is quite old now. If you're still having problems, it sounds very much as though you have a power board problem. The GDS 3000 whilst having an improved power board over the earlier models does often still fail after a few years. Most likely causes are the voltage regulator chip and electrolytic capacitors. If you are technically minded this is usually a reasonably easy fix. Parts can be obtained online, even complete boards. However, you would need to consider whether it is really worth the cost of a repair. You can probably get hold of another GDS3000 or digibox for not very much, especially as Sky Plus has made a lot of the older digiboxes redundant.

Cornish Tekbabe
January 2008

Just noticed your question which is quite old now. If you're still having problems, it sounds very much as though you have a power board problem. The GDS 3000 whilst having an improved power board over the earlier models does often still fail after a few years. Most likely causes are the voltage regulator chip and electrolytic capacitors. If you are technically minded this is usually a reasonably easy fix. Parts can be obtained online, even complete boards. However, you would need to consider whether it is really worth the cost of a repair. You can probably get hold of another GDS3000 or digibox for not very much, especially as Sky Plus has made a lot of the older digiboxes redundant.

Cornish Tekbabe
January 2008