RE: receiver not charging

You may have to peel some of the label off one of the batteries.  The
charging terminal is on the side near the bottom and the label can insulate
it from making contact.  Just peel a ¼ inch or so off the battery with the –
terminal on the contact and you should be good to go.  They apparently did
it to keep you from operating the radio on the charger and it acts as an
interlock to insure the batteries are present before the charger kicks in.

 

Jack

K6YC

Sacramento

 

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Butch Bussen
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 7:51 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [VR-500] receiver not charging

 

  

I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem. I got a vr-500 for 
Christmas. When I tried to charge it, it wouldn't take a charge. I took 
it back to A E S here in Vegas and they did a reset. The display showed 
charging so I thought it was o.k. I haven't used it much, but charged it 
once or twice. Tuesday when I turned it on, it started turning itself off 
and on, so I knew the battery was down. I left it on charge over night, 
but when I unplugged it yesterday, it hadn't taken a charge. It runs fine 
on the adapter. I might explain that I'm totally blind, so I have no way 
to read the state of the battery on the display. I've figured out how to 
do a few things, but the manual doesn't translate well from pdf to text. 
I've done a couple resets, but my wife says when the receiver is off, the 
display is just dark, but it still isn't charging. I was just wondering 
if this has been a problem or if anyone has any ideas. As soon as I can 
get a way to the store, I'll ask the folks at A E S, but thought I'd ask 
on the list in case there is something else I can try.

Thanks.

73
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr
open Node 3148
Las Vegas





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