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 tried the above and it did not work.
I have an alternate theory - the problem is with the remote and not with the cradle.
After the cradle adjustment failed to fix the problem I disassembled the remote. (It is quite simple to do. There are two small screw - one above the contacts and another inside the battery compartment. The circuit board is retained by two small screws near the waist of the remote. The keypad is an integral unit and does not fall apart when disassembled. )
I noticed that the charging contacts are attached to casing of the remote by plastic tabs. Mine had broken and the contacts were moving about a bit. I super glued the charging contacts back into place. The remote now charges perfectly.
