Having an issue with one of my VP600 batteries. I've been in the middle of a move and accidentally left one of my VP600s with the battery attached. I've seen a parasitic drain with these radios even when powered off so I knew better. As you might imagine I had other things on my mind haha. The battery charged up just fine and seems to be just as good as it was before, but now I no longer get the battery bar on the radio, no batter info in the radio info menu and no information when reading it in Armada. I've tested the radio with another battery and it displays the info as it should. Does anybody know of a way to "reboot" these batteries? Any way to prevent this aside from removing the battery from the radio? I typically do that anyway but accidents happen and life gets in the way.
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VP600 battery not showing info
- Thread starter KD9RTX
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My NX5300 did this. One of the contacts on the battery wasn't making good contact with the radio. It would power on but no battery status display. I'm not sure on the pins for the VP600, but might try bending them or cleaning to make contact if that is possible. Hopefully it is something that simple.
Not enough access to bend and pins on these. Tried cleaning them with some alcohol. No change. Visually they appear undamaged and identical to another battery that reads properly.
