Minitor V Battery Falls Out

[ayaresr]

Anyone here ever have problems with the battery not staying seated in the pager on a Minitor V? Its not just sliding out a little, but actually enough that the pager loses power.

[tvsjr]

No... in all of our M5s, the battery is quite tight. There's also a latch that should be engaged to retain the battery.

[ffexpCP]

I've had that problem. After a while it seems the latch slides out of the slot on battery. I've had the pager about 6 months now and it only happened twice. Last time was sunday while sitting in the car, the pager just started shutting off and powering up again. So far I haven't lost the battery.

[smcrae0]

The batteries on the M V's we have fit very snugly. Have not had a problem with any of them losing contact.

Maybe adding a small piece of thick paper / card stock between the pager and battery to act as a shim?
Does not look like it should interfere with the battery contacts.

[HRN]

I had several pagers with this problem. I found in looking at them that the slider switch was not in correctly. Try popping it out and putting it in the other direction. Hope that fixes your problem.

[ayaresr]

Problem solved. Latch was in correctly, but not fully locked. Thanks as always guys.

[SilasGore1]

The batteries on the M V's we have fit very snugly. Have not had a problem with any of them losing contact.

Maybe adding a small piece of thick paper / card stock between the pager and battery to act as a shim?
Does not look like it should interfere with the battery contacts.

That worked great, good suggestion!!!