As title e-bay item no: 171140046354 could be useful for you budding mech types !! nice addition to your toolbox for sure but be quick auction up at 8:40pm (ish)

 

Jeff TT

 

 

 

oh, I forgot: it sometimes helps to bring the consult back to life by removing both main and backup battery for 24 hrs and then use the factory reset procedure....this will wipe the memory clean completely.

Superb and much appreciated response Lymon!! Im going to get some new batteries and do this, will report back with results!

 

What do you recommend as a replacement battery charger? The red LED on the existing canon charger doesn't light up when plugged in. I can't see anything obvious inside when opened up....so maybe the transformer has gone bad.....

 

 

Thanks again for the super response.

on the original charger there are 2 green leds, one is on permanently as soon as you plug the charger into mains. the other led (CHARGING) is on when you plug it into the consult and turns off when the battery is fully charged. If the CHARGING led never turns off, then this is usually another indication the main battery pack is about to die.

 

I have never tried another (non genuine) charger, but I suppose any 6v (min. 150mah) NiMH-NiCd charger should work...eg. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371145122088

oh and you can also charge the battery pack by connecting the consult to the car...but you will need to leave the engine/ignition on for a couple of hours, so might not be the easiest and most convenient solution :wink:

Ok so the backup battery was totally dead, replaced it with a new 3V 2025 battery just like the one in your picture...

 

Cut the main battery open got the old batteries out and temporarily connected 4 AA batteries [2100ma] ones....

 

The consult when holding the on button still won't power up... Tried holding left and right squares down... Nothing... There is power coming from the batteries but the consult won't display anything...

 

I got a 6V DC charger with the batteries unconnected can see a voltage at the pins so the power is travelling from the dc port to the battery terminals ok.

 

All the ribbon connectors appear to be fine and the pcb components don't appear to be burnt out....

 

Did I miss something?

Are you sure you did the reset procedure correct ?...it sometimes needs a few tries: while holding/touching the upper corners of the screen push the on (I) button

To test if it's actually doing something is to power up the consult while touching the middle part of the screen : a small melody will sound.

 

If that works, then maybe the contrast of the display is set too low and the display won't show anything.. the small screw/knob on the front (above the screen) is for setting the contrast.

turn it all the way clockwise and try again.

 

This may be a long shot, but I had one case where the on-button itself was broken (didn't make contact for some reason)

These buttons are the same type as used in TV remote controls.

I opened up the consult and flipped the little rubber on/off keypad and then I could turn it on (but not off)

 

PS : the consult won't power up if the AC adapter is still connected, so always leave it disconnected when you want to use the consult "offline".

 

if all this fails, I can have a look at it... but you will need to send it to me in Holland.

I still have a couple of spare parts left of consult 1 units, so I may be able to fix it if it's something more serious.

Contact me offline if you want me to have a look at it : eric -at- 300zx-twinturbo.com

Hi Lymon..... I had another go at the Consult1 I have and have also replaced the internal backup battery and used a 4 cell holder for AA rechargeables...... I get the power on tune holding the 2 top squares.... descending notes....

I also get the error 200 message...... I have checked the voltage of the AA batteries, tried rechargeable as well as new Duracell batteries and still the same error code....

It appears to be seeing a low voltage even when there is not one.....

I have also given the circuit boards a reworking with heat station in case of dry solder joint..... still no joy.....

Getting annoying now..... lol

Any idea's ???

Thanks...

Russ

> Any idea's ???

 

No, not really...there aren't any schematics of these things afaik

You could try to replace the 2 caps (C1 & C2) that are connected to the minus side of the battery pack.

To the plus side there's TR17, which is probably a transistor or voltage regulator of some kind, so this could also be the cause of your error.

Though I have no idea what TR17 is exactly, as there's no writing on it.

 

 

Have you tried what happens if you connect it to the car and then start it up ?

Maybe the power it gets from the car is a way to bypass the error...

> Any idea's ???

 

Ok, I had another go at a consult I have here that also has the error 200.

 

if you long-press the on-button it will show error 200 and if you turn it on by pressing the on button very shortly, it will show a bad directory error.

If yours also does that, you could try this:

 

by using the same principle, hold the 2 upper corners and shortly press the on button

You should get the factory reset screen.

 

after loading the firmware from the card (takes about 10-15 minutes) and I restarted the thing I got a bad NICD battery error...which is basically the same as error 200

I then removed the battery for a while and put it back in and then all of a sudden it worked and the consult got into the main menu....weird !

 

So, might be worth a try for your consult as well.

Hi Lymon, I only get error 200 and get nothing from a short press of the on button at all...... I get a change in the lcd display getting darker a bit...... but nothing else....

I am going to try the remove pram battery and main battery overnight to see what happens.....

I am wondering if previous owner has used the incorrect power adapter and fried the power circuit...... as it just seems to see a constant error in power supply / battery....

Thanks for the help and having a look at yours for me.....

Looks like I maybe looking for a consult II....... lol

I can have a look at your consult as well if you want..

 

if so, best contact me offline (see my email-address in an earlier post)

Veilside if you want to sell your to me let me know?

 

Mines working now but unfortunately the flat cable for the card reader was damaged so I need to replace that.

 

I also need program cards as the ones I have are all Japanese! Do you have the yellow card?

 

 

Thanks!

I don't suppose anyone has a mk1 consult that they will sell for spares???

Or the power board for one?

I need a working one to fault find mine and take some readings.....

Hey mate il sell you my consult with all the cards (jap ones) the case and original charger..... its powers up now the only problem is the flat cable was broken.... before breaking the cable i got it to print and that worked fine.

 

I don't have any more time to throw at it now.

 

If you want it PM me.

You can't PM mate. Post your email address

I can't PM you as your not subscribed......

email me at my user name + @sky.com

Not sure if bnr34 has been on here since..... But should he return..... please email me at xxxxxxx

Definitely want the broken consult unit to mend mine......

Edited February 4, 201510 yr by Gaz 300
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bnr34 cant sell on here..........he's not subscribed

bnr34 cant sell on here..........he's not subscribed

 

Yep he cant sell here untill he is subscribed. You will have to get in touch of forum Russ.

OK..... thanks Gary...... just getting desperate to mend the OEM consult unit now...... lol

I will try and track him somehow off forum.....

Russ

I want it too lol

Yep he cant sell here untill he is subscribed. You will have to get in touch of forum Russ.

 

Can Russ use the Visitor Messaging via bnr34's profile page to get in touch? Not sure how it works though.

Can Russ use the Visitor Messaging via bnr34's profile page to get in touch? Not sure how it works though.

 

He will only see that message if he is logged on here and checks his profile.

It is no longer up for grabs as he mended it......... Anyone else have one that is faulty but has a working main board???

Or one in bits........ anything??

This is now up for grabs as a NON working unit with case, all leads, printer roll, Unit with hard case and 3 yellow consult cards and one green........

There is a power supply and the battery pack that came with this has been replaced with a 4 cell AA battery holder. The battery pack that came with it had been opened and rechargeable cells soldered inside...... was dead....

I now get 'ERROR 200' when turned on......... this apparently means the battery pack need replacing..... so guessing it needs the power supply board replacing / repairing.....

I no longer have the time to spend working on this......... Got it firing up with the error code now, so needs someone with more time and patience to finish it......

If nobody here is interested I will Ebay it.......