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Title: Foxpro remote help TX500
Post by: KFhunter 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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Title: Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
Post by: Ridgeratt on December 05, 2020, 12:20:20 PM: You have a picture of the switch?
Title: Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
Post by: KFhunter 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.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201205/2323fc2febfcac9ec76fed8fc2386a84.jpg)
Title: Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
Post by: tank21 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.
Title: Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
Post by: KFhunter on December 05, 2020, 04:58:21 PM: Quote from: tank21 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.

Thanks for the advice, I'll try that for sure.
Title: Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
Post by: tank21 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.
Title: Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
Post by: KFhunter on December 07, 2020, 10:04:17 AM: I see what you mean. Hafta break out solder gun.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201207/8d98a93225c065cde4a40b6f0cb502e5.jpg)

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201207/acb61305a9fbe91d8270627692295658.jpg)
Title: Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
Post by: KFhunter 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(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201207/5da59094a91f1c3abfbaa455c98506fa.jpg)

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Title: Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
Post by: KFhunter 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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Title: Re: Foxpro remote help TX500
Post by: tank21 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. :)