Nokia 6310i Carkit problem

Hi -

I've been very happy with my work 6310i for years, using a CARK-91 car kit,
and I've resisted every round of 'upgrades' since then. But, the phone has
recently started getting a bit flakey (powers itself down when handled -
loose battery I imagine).

Today I managed to wheedle a factory-sealed spare handset from the ICT Comms
people, and carried it off with glee. Unfortunately, when I swapped the sim
card & battery over to the new unit, it wouldn't work in the car. Please
could someone just confirm whether I'm missing something?

The new phone semi-recognises when it's plugged into the car socket - I know
this because it displays the Car profile I've created, the battery charge
indicator goes, and any keypad lock is disabled.

But, no sound comes through - no keypad tones, no ringing tone, and no voice
when the other party picks up. They also can't hear me, I don't think.
All I hear on the speakers is the periodic bzzt-bzzzt-bzzzt of the phone's
radio signals.

When I swap back to the old 6310i, it works perfectly. I hear a telltale
gentle pop over the speaker when I insert & remove the phone, and can hear
all calls as previously.

I have three theories -

- I've forgotten to activate or enable something on the new phone (prayers)
- The new phone is faulty from new (curses)
- The base of the new phone isn't quite engaging with the CARK-91 contacts,
which have perhaps over time become worn into the profile of the old phone.
Maybe I need a new CARK-91 cradle, or maybe I can gently tweak this with
jeweler-sized tools?

Would greatly appreciate advice from the learned members of this group.
Thanks in advance!

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"Steve Walker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi -
>
> I've been very happy with my work 6310i for years, using a CARK-91 car
kit,
> and I've resisted every round of 'upgrades' since then. But, the phone
has
> recently started getting a bit flakey (powers itself down when handled -
> loose battery I imagine).
>
> Today I managed to wheedle a factory-sealed spare handset from the ICT
Comms
> people, and carried it off with glee. Unfortunately, when I swapped the
sim
> card & battery over to the new unit, it wouldn't work in the car. Please
> could someone just confirm whether I'm missing something?
>
> The new phone semi-recognises when it's plugged into the car socket - I
know
> this because it displays the Car profile I've created, the battery charge
> indicator goes, and any keypad lock is disabled.
>
> But, no sound comes through - no keypad tones, no ringing tone, and no
voice
> when the other party picks up. They also can't hear me, I don't think.
> All I hear on the speakers is the periodic bzzt-bzzzt-bzzzt of the phone's
> radio signals.
>
> When I swap back to the old 6310i, it works perfectly. I hear a telltale
> gentle pop over the speaker when I insert & remove the phone, and can hear
> all calls as previously.
>
> I have three theories -
>
> - I've forgotten to activate or enable something on the new phone
(prayers)
> - The new phone is faulty from new (curses)
> - The base of the new phone isn't quite engaging with the CARK-91
contacts,
> which have perhaps over time become worn into the profile of the old
phone.
> Maybe I need a new CARK-91 cradle, or maybe I can gently tweak this with
> jeweler-sized tools?
>
> Would greatly appreciate advice from the learned members of this group.
> Thanks in advance!
>
Hi Steve
Start with the "bleeding obvious" or sometimes not!
Have you removed the antenna connector bung from the back of the phone -
this is where the external antenna connects, the bung is in there as std and
unless removed, not only does the antenna not connect, but the phone doesn't
locate correctly in the cradle!

John.
>
>
>

Johnny Turbo wrote:

> Hi Steve
> Start with the "bleeding obvious" or sometimes not!
> Have you removed the antenna connector bung from the back of the
> phone - this is where the external antenna connects, the bung is
> in there as std and unless removed, not only does the antenna not
> connect, but the phone doesn't locate correctly in the cradle!

Yes, I removed it - but only after failing to notice the "bleeding obvious"
the first time..... ).

I'm sure that the new phone was fully clipped into place.

Thanks for taking the time to reply - appreciated

"Steve Walker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> Johnny Turbo wrote:
>
> > Hi Steve
> > Start with the "bleeding obvious" or sometimes not!
> > Have you removed the antenna connector bung from the
> > back of the phone - this is where the external antenna
> > connects, the bung is in there as std and unless
> > removed, not only does the antenna not connect, but the
> > phone doesn't locate correctly in the cradle!
>
> Yes, I removed it - but only after failing to notice the
> "bleeding obvious" the first time..... ).
>
> I'm sure that the new phone was fully clipped into place.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to reply - appreciated

Given that you can't fully clip the phone in place without removing the
bung, I would think very few people would not realise this ;-)

Another thing to try is cleaning the contacts on the base of the phone.
They can get covered in gunge after a while, mine somehow mysteriously got
covered in chocolate once, I can't for the life of me figure out how ;-)
Use a clean slightly moist cloth and give them a good wipe. This can clear
up a lot of intermittent problems.

Also check the connector from the cradle into the control box, assuming
the latter is somewhere where you can get at it (mine is under the
driver's seat). This can also become intermittent so unplug and replug
this a couple of times if cleaning the contacts doesn't help.

Hope this helps,

Ivor

Ivor Jones wrote:

> Another thing to try is cleaning the contacts on the base of the
> phone. They can get covered in gunge after a while,

Brand new handset, Ivor - shiny new

> Also check the connector from the cradle into the control box,

It works fine with the other handset, so not likely to be a problem there

> Hope this helps,

It doesn't, but it's welcome anyway - still have my fingers crossed that
someone will have a miracle solution.