On April 12, 2006 at 03:20, manscreamer said...
I had the same trouble with the 880 making poor contact
with the cradle. The reason for this is the contacts in
the cradle are too flimsy. It is very simple to fix this
design flaw.
1. Remove the 4 screws under the cradle. (located under
the 4 corner pads)
2. Separate the 2 halves of the cradle using a small flat
screwdriver.
3. Locate the 3 contacts and bend them up.
4. Place a small rolled up piece of paper (about 1/8"
-1/4" thick) underneith all three contacts. Use only enough
paper help lift the contacts firmly up into the holes
of the top half of the cradle.
5. Reassemble the cradle and plug it in.
That's all there is to it..........5-10 minutes and your
back in business.
I've had the 880 for two years and started to hate it after a few weeks -- about the time that the novelty of the color lcd wore off. At first I didn't notice the charging problem, but then it started beeping continuously during the middle of the night a few times and really pissed me off. I can't believe that after two years, the fix was this simple -- it charges perfectly now.
(And, for the record, I used a few layers of thick electrical tape but I'm sure just about anything will work...)
