Hi,
I've seen a couple of issues relating to units not booting or powering on. I seem to have a slightly different problem to ones mentioned in other threads so I thought I'd see if anyone has any ideas before I totally give up on this Pandora unit.
This is a replacement unit that I just received, so I'll run through exactly what I've done with it since then.
I realise that it doesn't look good, so this may be a stupid question and I just need to face that it's dead and has to be replaced again. I'm just in the first stage of grieving at the moment - denial.
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			I've seen a couple of issues relating to units not booting or powering on. I seem to have a slightly different problem to ones mentioned in other threads so I thought I'd see if anyone has any ideas before I totally give up on this Pandora unit.
This is a replacement unit that I just received, so I'll run through exactly what I've done with it since then.
- When I got the Pandora, I powered it on and went through the initial setup. 
 
- It was at about 40% battery so I put it on charge and flipped the power switch to put it into low power mode. 
 
- Some time later I noticed that the red power LED had gone off - I couldn't remember if that is supposed to happen when it reaches 100%, but when I opened it up to check, it was 100% charged so I didn't think any more of it. 
 
- I unplugged it, inserted my SD cards and started the Hotfix 4 upgrade. This took a really long time > 30mins 
 
- It then said it would restart, which I let it, but didn't watch it. 
 
- Next time I looked at it, it just had a black screen with two vertical white bands near the middle. It wasn't doing anything, so I tried to force a restart by pressing the Pandora key and sliding the power switch, but nothing happened. 
 
- I took the battery out to attempt to force the restart, but when I put it back in it does not power on - meaning no lights, nothing. 
 
- Since then I've tried: 
 Leaving the battery out for a while before putting it back
 
- Starting it with the battery out (just using the power adapter)
 
- Starting it with the right shoulder button pushed
 
- Leaving it plugged in overnight before trying to start it 
 
- Charging it via the usb port
 
I realise that it doesn't look good, so this may be a stupid question and I just need to face that it's dead and has to be replaced again. I'm just in the first stage of grieving at the moment - denial.
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