Products > Test Equipment

Siglent SDS1104X-E on Amazon US for $399 ($100 off) 28 Oct 2022

<< < (4/9) > >>

Martin72:

--- Quote ---As far as the legality goes, I'm pretty sure it's not illegal and you can easily revert the 200M bandwidth key.
--- End quote ---

Everything you change on the scope without a permission is not legal, just saying. ;)


--- Quote ---  The other 3 keys won't void a warranty - they are supported features.
--- End quote ---

The "supported" features cost money, you must pay for it to get the keys.
Now you avoid the paying by generating the keys inofficial - What do you expect how siglent react if you must send your in such manner modified scope for repair under warranty ?
I won´t stop the party and chances are high that siglent won´t reject the warranty in such cases, but it´s not that easy to expect it´s OK if you do it so without paying for it.  8)

mwb1100:

--- Quote from: Martin72 on November 01, 2022, 12:00:22 am ---What do you expect how siglent react if you must send your in such manner modified scope for repair under warranty ?
I won´t stop the party and chances are high that siglent won´t reject the warranty in such cases, but it´s not that easy to expect it´s OK if you do it so without paying for it.  8)

--- End quote ---

I'd expect them to repair/replace if the problem had nothing to do with the keys.

But I'd also expect that if they refused I'd be left in a situation where I could raise a stink, but anything too far beyond that would likely be more than $400 worth of trouble.

That's the same situation I'd be in if I sent in a non-hacked scope for warranty work and they refused to honor the warranty.  I don't know if Siglent would do such a thing (I'm guessing not, then again what do I know?),  but in general the practice of refusing to repair/replace for whatever reason or making the warranty process costly or difficult enough for it to be not worth the trouble is not uncommon.  Maybe you happened to catch an unhelpful customer service rep?  Maybe you called during the wrong phase of the moon?  At some point in anyone's life you'll be treated unfairly and fighting it will be more trouble than it's worth.

On the other hand, I'll even go so far as to admit that there's the possibility that I'm simply wrong (a very slight possibility  :D)

Each person has to gauge their own risk tolerance for such things.

But I'll wrap this up with a statement that I'm sure that the "warranty void if removed" sticker is a bogus scare tactic (at least in the US).

Old Printer:
If Siglent really didn’t want you to “unofficially upgrade” their scopes they could make it far more difficult than it is. There has been much speculation that Siglent/Rigol view it as a selling feature to hobbyists and make their money from large buyers like schools who don’t get involved with stuff like that. The fan does not bother me much, YMMV. Personally I would concentrate my energy on the significant task of learning to use it, there is a lot to learn there. Download all of the information to do the hack and save it for later. However unlikely, if something goes wrong and you brick your spiffy new scope you will hate yourself in the morning. Just my 2 cents 😉

bomp:

Looks like a great scope.  Just ordered mine!

bomp

Anding:
Quite a price drop!  New model coming out???

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page

There was an error while thanking
Thanking...
Go to full version
Powered by SMFPacks Advanced Attachments Uploader Mod