DR800 Help, Dr800 flipbar not working well turning left

clarkcz · 01-27-2011, 10:32 AM

just got a used Dr800sg from ebay and I sadly found it's flip bar is not working well when turning left. When I turn it left, sometimes it works, more than often it doesn't while turning right is working perfectly.
Is there any suggestion? should I open it and try to repair it? How risky is it?

I think I can return it, but I want to fix it before I return it. Any suggestion? Thanks a lot

TGS · 01-27-2011, 11:31 AM

The flip-bar switch is near the bottom of the bar so sometimes flipping near the top of the bar doesn't work. You could try getting your finger nails under the bar near the bottom and pulling it out a bit, then trying to re-seat it - BE CAREFUL - I'm not suggesting pulling the bar all the way out, just easing it up a bit then pushing it back down; I had to do that once and it seemed to work.

Shaggy · 01-28-2011, 11:34 AM

It also seems a bit more picky about how you flip it when going left than right. Play around with different areas of the bar. I notice with mine that if I sometimes hit it in a different spot, it doesn't respond. Just takes a bit of getting used to, but once you do it's fairly reliable.

As TGS mentions, the bottom of the bar seems to work better than the top.

01-27-2011, 10:32 AM	#1
clarkcz Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Irex dr1000s	Help, Dr800 flipbar not working well turning left just got a used Dr800sg from ebay and I sadly found it's flip bar is not working well when turning left. When I turn it left, sometimes it works, more than often it doesn't while turning right is working perfectly. Is there any suggestion? should I open it and try to repair it? How risky is it? I think I can return it, but I want to fix it before I return it. Any suggestion? Thanks a lot

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01-27-2011, 11:31 AM	#2
TGS Country Member Posts: 9,058 Karma: 7676767 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Liseuse: Irex DR800. PRS 505 in the house, and the missus has an iPad.	The flip-bar switch is near the bottom of the bar so sometimes flipping near the top of the bar doesn't work. You could try getting your finger nails under the bar near the bottom and pulling it out a bit, then trying to re-seat it - BE CAREFUL - I'm not suggesting pulling the bar all the way out, just easing it up a bit then pushing it back down; I had to do that once and it seemed to work.

01-28-2011, 11:34 AM	#3
Shaggy Wizard Posts: 4,293 Karma: 529619 Join Date: May 2007 Device: iRex iLiad, DR800SG	It also seems a bit more picky about how you flip it when going left than right. Play around with different areas of the bar. I notice with mine that if I sometimes hit it in a different spot, it doesn't respond. Just takes a bit of getting used to, but once you do it's fairly reliable. As TGS mentions, the bottom of the bar seems to work better than the top.

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