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Foxpro remote help TX500
« on: December 05, 2020, 11:20:14 AM »
My push button on/off selector is going bad.

Has anyone replaced it before?

Foxpro wants the remote and the caller for 2 weeks,  I gotta pay to ship both ways, plus parts/labor.  I'd do that, but I wanna hunt and it still mostly kinda works.

I'd like to do it myself if I could just find that switch on the internet.

Thanks


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Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2020, 12:20:20 PM »
You have a picture of the switch?

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Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2020, 12:30:54 PM »
#16

Rotary selector knob.  It's a push down to select, rotate either direction infanitly to scroll.




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Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2020, 04:55:14 PM »
The rotary type switches (knob in this case) are not typically easy to swap.  If you can take it apart and swab the contacts and wiper with isopropyl alcohol and a qtip that might do it...high probability I’d say.

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Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2020, 04:58:21 PM »
The rotary type switches (knob in this case) are not typically easy to swap.  If you can take it apart and swab the contacts and wiper with isopropyl alcohol and a qtip that might do it...high probability I’d say.

Thanks for the advice,  I'll try that for sure.   

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Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2020, 05:14:09 PM »
You bet...you could also disconnect the battery/remove it and drop some Isopropyl alcohol in the problem area and push/spin the knob until it evaporates or gets warm Through spinning/pushing it so much .  It’s either worn out or has some oxidation/funk in it.  Worst case you send it in for repair.  Best case you get it working again.

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Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2020, 10:04:17 AM »
I see what you mean. Hafta break out solder gun.








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Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2020, 10:25:34 AM »
Success!

Seems to be working much better, bit of alcohol and canned air.

It's scrolling perfectly, and the selector is selecting without mashing on it.


And I didn't even mess it up

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Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2020, 10:26:59 AM »
LoL.  Spoke too soon, I just noticed I put the rubber anetnna boot on backwards.


Oh well, it don't do anything but hold the little green wire up.






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Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2020, 10:43:13 AM »
Great!   And now you can show the critters that they are being duped by a fox pro....by showing them the transmitter antenna logo. :)

 


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