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Whenever I put my minitor 5 into the charger, the base makes a squealing noise. Any ideas? Id hate to have to buy a new one. No warrenty

Two Tone wrote:Whenever I put my minitor 5 into the charger, the base makes a squealing noise. Any ideas? Id hate to have to buy a new one. No warrenty

They have had a lot of problems with the chargers. You might want to see if they will fix it, replace it for you. We had over 50 replaced not to long ago.

Jim

It is normal. They all do that. There is no problem and there is nothing Motorola will do about it. Best advice, put in the charger about 30 minutes before you go to sleep. By the time you climb in bed, it will have dropped down to trickle charge (green light) and the noise will be gone.

get a second battery and charge when your not home. mine does the same thing and my batteries last a few days even with a lot of activity

Is it standard or the Amp'ed charger?
See if the dealer you bought it from can exchange it.Have seen it done for V 6 months past warranty expiration.Motorola has been very accomodating in this matter.
As previously mentioned ,getting a second spare battery to charger when your not sleeping and do swap outs.$12 or so each I think now.
The squeal is not a danger AFAIK but it annoys some people and keeps some people up at night.
Not me.I snore too loduly and drown it all out.
*grin*
Wayne

I'd try another battery first, they aren't that expensive. Also make sure the battery is fully latched. From my experience that has been the number one problem with the pagers, people slide the battery in, it cuts on and works, then they run into problems like this.

I had the exact same problem with the standard charger. when the pager was inserted it would make a squeal noise until the green led cam on. I had a total of 10 chargers that did this. New batteries did not make a difference.

I called MOTO and complained and they sent me new Rev. B chargers which solved the problem. I think this is a known problem but they probably won't fess up to it.

the standard chargers SHOULD be on "B" version now.Swapped out a bunch of "A" models with "B" models and issues were resolved here also.
Same goes for Amplifieds,althought I think they will be on "C" models when they release soon.Sheesh!
Lets hope it does not have to come to "D" models!
Argh!
Wayne

FSB NUMBER: FSB10068
APC CODE: 136
DATE: May 2007
EXPIRES: 31 December 2007
BULLETIN TYPE: Warranty Service
SUBJECT: Minitor V Charger Amplifier Issues - Charging Failure and Buzz Noise problems

MODELS AFFECTED:
All RLN5869A and RLN5869B Charger Amplifier Base units may be affected. This base unit can be sold separately or
in the RLN5704A, RLN5705A and RLN5706A Charger Amplifier kits.

SYMPTOM:
There are two issues that affect the Charger Amplifiers.
1. “Battery” and “Pager” LED flash red and never change to green when a pager or battery is inserted into the
charger amplifier.
2. Audio distortion or a low level buzz noise can be heard only when the Green “charging complete” LED is
illuminated indicating little or no battery charging is needed.

CAUSE:
Incorrect resister values are causing these problems to occur.

RESOLUTION:
The Paging Product Group recommends replacement of affected charger amplifiers base units. If any of your
customers are using a charger amplifier and are experiencing the symptoms listed above, they need to obtain a
replacement charger amplifier, part number RLN5869C (base unit only and not the complete kit), by contacting
Customer Care Services at 800-422-4210 and reference this FSB number.
Note: You will need to indicate the quantity of charger amplifier bases that are needed. These will be replaced as a
normal Warranty Replacement order and done on a one to one basis with all defective material needing to be returned
to Motorola. The defective material needs to be returned within 60 days for this issue only. If the material is not
received in the time required your account will be billed accordingly. Therefore, please only order the quantity you feel
you’ll be able to handle and still meet this 60 day return window. You may submit additional requests for replacement
Charger Amplifiers in order to meet your needs.

SEVERITY RECOMMENDATION:
Low - Perform when system exhibits above symptoms

LABOR WARRANTY ALLOWANCE:
This bulletin authorizes parts warranty only. No reference to labor warranty is implied, intended or authorized.

I see there are some version "C" amps on ebay.

Think it will be any good? And if it's not, would I be stuck with it?

Had a Minitor V charger amp at the depot since March and received a replacement "C" version back today. Haven't had a chance to test it but keeping my fingers crossed.

Anybody had a chance to use the "C" amp yet?

We tried one last week and it made squeeling noises and killed the pager. The pager is now dead even after trying several batteries.