Fortuna BT Clip-On battery charge

hijacker · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 20, 2003 Posts: 188

ok looks like the reason the light stayed on because the battery didn't recharge. I switched it on and it lasted about 2mins before going flat. :x

Is there a particular sequence to follow to get it to recharge? All I had done was plug in the lead and have the unit switched off.

Thanks.
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hijacker · Regular Visitor Joined: Dec 20, 2003 Posts: 188

since last post I removed and replaced battery. put unit back on charge and roughly 4hrs later battery charge light goes out. unit now has full charge.

surely removing the battery is the way to get this unit to charge up? Confused

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Dave · Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 7:34 pm Post subject:

It maybe you had a dodgy pin connection on the battery, or not a clean contact and taking the battery out and replacing it resolved the problem.

jase · Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 10:27 am Post subject:

Hi

I seem to be experiencing the same problems with charging.

The orange light never goes out. After charging i power it up after a few minutes it has lost all the power.

I have removed the battery and put it back in again and retried charging, (well over 4 hours) still no joy Sad

Can someone help?

matt_e · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:16 am Post subject:

Starting to experience the same problem myself.

First time I charged it the orange light went out and the battery lasted about 8 hours or so.

Subsequently I have noticed that the orange light never goes out.

Now a charge over several hours only lasts a few minutes.

I have just removed the battery and reinserted so will see what happens.

How is yours behaving now jase?

Matt

jase · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 9:34 pm Post subject:

Hey matt

I still have the same problem. However after charging in the car for a few hours, the light stays on for another good few hours. Maybe i need to buy a new battery.

Any change with you?

jase

matt_e · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 11:17 pm Post subject:

Hi Jase,

Well it seems to be working now. Haven't had a chance to test the full length of the battery life but at least I have a green light and it's lasting for at least several hours. Will report back if it misbehaves!

Matt

im333 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 26, 2004 Posts: 26

do u guys charge with unit switched on or off?
When off, i only get a red led, when on, it turns orange..... both when charging

TC · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 9:17 pm Post subject:

When switched off and charging I get the following LED combo (left to right)

Nothing, Nothing, RED

When switched on and charging I get

Nothing, RED, ORANGE

When switched on and fully chraged I get

Nothing, RED, GREEN

When switched off and and charging (at full charge) I get

Nothing, Nothing, GREEN

I like charging with the unit switched on, seems illogical Rolling Eyes

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im333 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 26, 2004 Posts: 26

excellently put - and annotated m8.
i think mine's fine after reading your reply.

ta

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