RE: receiver not charging

I'll take a look, but this is the pack that Yaesu provided and it 
charged once or twice, so very strange.
73
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr
open Node 3148
Las Vegas


On Thu, 4 Feb 2010, Jack Davis 
wrote:

> 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
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> Sacramento
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>  _____
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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
>
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>
>
> 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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