[NSRCA-discussion] 12X Failure

[glmiller3 at suddenlink.net]

Troy,

I just actually read the battery bulletin linked in you note.  I like the 12X battery even less now.

So I guess in Japan they have 10 hours to sit around their shop continuously monitoring their transmitter batteries temperature and intermittently checking it's actual voltage....well welcome to america- I don't!

Any one know of a good replacement battery system for the 12 X?

G
---- Troy Newman <troy at troynewman.net> wrote: 

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Try a different TX battery.

I have heard reports of this screen flashing issue with bad TX
batteries. It works fine in the system menu because it's not
transmitting. As soon as it tries to transmit the battery can't handle
the load. If you have a 10X the battery will fit in the 12X and work
just fine.

The PC program is not data safe. Data Safe as a product was a Horizon
hobby product that was an aftermarket product that saved the program as
a file on your PC....It was not a JR Japan product.

The 12X comes with a program that allows you to back up and edit the
programs on the PC. It came with your 12X as a free accessory. It is 12X
specific. Works very very well.

The reason data safe doesn't work is because the 12X was not around when
Data Safe or Data Safe Ultra was written by a 3rd party vendor.

By the way the 12X program only does the 12X, but is very cool in that
you can see and print all settings, and even edit setting right on the
PC then load it back into the TX.


JR Japan has another program that has the same look and feel as the 12X
program, but it works with the older radios. It looks exactly the same
but because it goes backwards in compatibility it doesn't do the 12X.

Onto your 12X it's not a bad a idea to have HH check it out, but I would
bet it's a battery issue. On another note the charger that comes with
your 12X is not a peak detection charger...even though it kind of looks
like one and the manual seems to imply that it is. This charger should
not be used on the 12X battery for than 10hrs. The battery will become
very hot and will shorten its life. A bulletin was issues earlier this
year regarding the charger.

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products/Support.aspx?ProdID=JRP12001

If your charger was left on for 2-3 days like some folks have reported
before the light when solid, and or the battery got very hot this could
be the reason for the battery failure. Contact HH and they will be able
to help you. In the mean time try a good 10X battery cartridge if you
have one. If not let me know offline and I'll send you mine from my 10X
to hold you over or at least get everything off the 12X you have.

Troy Newman
Team JR / Horizon Hobby
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