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MX-980 Docking Station Issue?
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| Topic: | MX-980 Docking Station Issue? This thread has 9 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Saturday March 30, 2013 at 15:25 |
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My brother has owned this remote for a few years and has had an issue for a while where the remote doesn't sit on the docking station properly and won't charge. So he uses an elastic to ensure contact with the docking station chargers.
I could swear I read about this issue years ago, but can recall if there was a fix?
I assume his warranty is out, though I told him he should ask his dealer anyhow since he has bought a 880 and 1200 recently on top of ton of other stuff. But I figured I'd check here if there was a way to fix the base at all?
Thx
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| Post 2 made on Sunday March 31, 2013 at 17:08 |
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Battery has swelled up! There was a batch of batteries that were faulty, they would eventually swell up causing the batt cover to not sit right in the charger. Look at battery, I bet it says "Roofer" on it as the manufacturer. At one time URC was replacing for free. Either way just replace the battery
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why have a nice system if you cant operate it, program the remote the right way the FIRST time! |
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| Post 3 made on Sunday March 31, 2013 at 23:13 |
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not Roofer, Bexel Corporation
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| OP | Post 4 made on Monday April 1, 2013 at 07:39 |
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Thanks, will have him give that a go. Think I read it is a NP60 battery, assume this would work? [Link: tigerdirect.ca]
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| Post 5 made on Monday April 1, 2013 at 09:04 |
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On April 1, 2013 at 07:39, PBC said...
Thanks, will have him give that a go. Think I read it is a NP60 battery, assume this would work? [Link: tigerdirect.ca]Looks similar but amp hour rating is much lower than URC and I would be weary of the warning about the charger. I'd just buy the URC one.
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| OP | Post 6 made on Sunday April 7, 2013 at 13:28 |
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Hmm ... just at his house. I haven't bought a new battery yet, but out of curiousity simply removed the old one from the remote, put the battery cover back on, and placed it on the station.
Seems to still have an issue connecting, so not sure it's a swelled battery since I would imagine without any battery the remote should sit properly?
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| Post 7 made on Sunday April 7, 2013 at 15:07 |
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On April 7, 2013 at 13:28, PBC said...
Hmm ... just at his house. I haven't bought a new battery yet, but out of curiousity simply removed the old one from the remote, put the battery cover back on, and placed it on the station.
Seems to still have an issue connecting, so not sure it's a swelled battery since I would imagine without any battery the remote should sit properly? Yes it should. Try cleaning the contacts on both the remote and charger. Could be something as simple as that.
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| Post 8 made on Sunday April 7, 2013 at 16:17 |
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On March 31, 2013 at 23:13, skynyrdfan said...
not Roofer, Bexel Corporation Roofer was the bad battery, primarily found in the MX980.
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| Post 9 made on Sunday April 7, 2013 at 20:08 |
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Both, for some strange reason I still have one of each in my pile of useless crap that I have
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why have a nice system if you cant operate it, program the remote the right way the FIRST time! |
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| Post 10 made on Monday April 8, 2013 at 08:32 |
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Take the battery cover off and see if it fits on the charger better.
It's possible that the cover has bowed up with the swollen battery.
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