My Dad’s old Makita radio he has had for years and it’s never worked via the battery. He gave it to me when he bought a new DAB one and I saw this video and asked if we could try it. Now it works! Amazing so pleased (he’s slightly amazed and annoyed!) Thank you.
I used this to steer me towards the fault. Found it inside the socket. If you carefully remove the socket you can take it apart and there are contacts within the socket that are not working to pass through the battery feed. gently bend the contacts back into place and it now works both on battery and mains.
Thank u, Thank u very much for your fine way of explaining the problem with these radio,s. Last year i found one of these in the dumpster on the constructin side. I tested it with a battery and it did nothing. Yesterday i started to investigate this radio in the hope to find the problem on the PCB. Nothing i could find. Jumped behind the laptop for youtube examples, and there are you and some other guy doing the same trick. This evening i soldered that bridge, and voila...playing like jukebox!!!! Thank u very much man, have nice day!!! Erwin, The Netherlands
Hi. Well done on getting your radio working. There's great satisfaction in repairing something with just a little time and skill. Thanks for commenting Erwin, great to hear from the Netherlands Cheers Gerry 👍👍
Great info, worked. I bridged the wires as shown in the video but did not remove the jack. Now works on mains (12v) and battery (10.8v & 18v). Itd did not work on battery before. (DMR200 bluetooth speaker 1st generation without display) THANKS A LOT
excellent, just fixed this 5 mins ago on my brother in laws. His problem was it was plugged into power and just stopped all of a sudden, but also would not work on batteries . I wasnt sure if this was going to solve this as this video was only for if you have no power from batteries. anyway, i removed the jack (hes happy if it can just work with batteries for the site) i just put a big blob of solder , no wire , to bridge the points as they are that close together anyway . stuck a battery in and shes working now. many thanks Gerry. maybe i will source a jack for it if anyone knows where you get them
I was really hoping to get a tip to get my Metabo radio fixed. But no luck this time unfortunately. 🙁 It does not have a power connector, it has a fixed cable. But thanks for the video. 👍
Any ideas what to do with a Makita central control knob that's stopped working! I can't adjust the volume or change channels so any ideas/tips would be great! Cheers Tim
HI, just wondering what you did, it sort of looked like you joined the positive to the negative, of thats the case why would you do that and how come if that's correct it now works.?
What I have is a Makita bluetooth speaker. I assumed that they would use the same fastener as the radio. Nothing that I have tried seems to engage the fastener. It must be some kind of security bit.
Hi Davish. I am not familiar with the bluetooth version of this radio. Easiest thing I can think of is to get some light in there and take a photo of teh scret with your phone. There are only a couple of security screws in general use and it is easy to get screwdrivers for them. Sorry I cant help Good luck with the repair Cheers Gerry👍
The wire going to the pcb has positive and negative and should not be shorted. The link is just bypassing the positive only. shorting the pcb would be the same as shorting the battery as far as I remember. Hope this helps Cheers Gerry 👍
Great video. I couldn't work out how to get the front off. Now I see a few sneaky screws in from behind :-). Do you by any chance know if there's a fix to make the sound less bassy? I can't believe it doesn't have tone control on it for such an expensive radio.
Hi John. These are great radios and with the led mod it makes it a must on every site I go to. I don't have any of the older battery types but it can take them. Nearly all my makita batteries are over 5 years old now so it's time to get some new ones. I use the old ones in the radio until they die but I have had great service from them. Thanks for the comment. Cheers Gerry
Hi Mine was working if plugged in but no more on batteries so I've tried to open it but didn't had the proper tools so I've broke it open and now it's working on batteries lol , coming on but no buttons working no volume nothing just all the light on and showing like the fm Chanel but no sound and cand change anything
A year late but as i understand it when working as intended inserting the power plug would break the circuit and removing the power plug would close the circuit. All we're doing is hard closing the circuit so it never thinks a plug is plugged in. In short: no i don't think you don't need to remove the thing.
My radio has started just cutting out until I put a fresh charged battery in ? Even though the old battery has charged it wont switch on ? Could it be the same ?
Can you help me out yea I M dummy I shortened my radio were battery I jump it to power cord yea 110 v can I still fix my radio can you give a tip please thank yoi
Hi Colin. Essentially what happens is that the plugin socket stays stuck open and shuts off the battery. All I did was bridge out the live on the power socket bypassing the switch. Video could have been much better. Thanks for commenting Cheers Gerry👍
I had the same issue after using it with the 240v cable cause I needed all my batteries and gave the 240v plug a good couple of love taps and it's now powering up with the batteries so maybe try that before pulling it apart
Я просто диву дюсь красноречию и пустословию , хороший мастер , но надо сказать только три слова , Я заменяю соединение и всё станет замечательно и ролик три минуты
My Dad’s old Makita radio he has had for years and it’s never worked via the battery. He gave it to me when he bought a new DAB one and I saw this video and asked if we could try it. Now it works! Amazing so pleased (he’s slightly amazed and annoyed!) Thank you.
I used this to steer me towards the fault. Found it inside the socket. If you carefully remove the socket you can take it apart and there are contacts within the socket that are not working to pass through the battery feed. gently bend the contacts back into place and it now works both on battery and mains.
Thank u, Thank u very much for your fine way of explaining the problem with these radio,s.
Last year i found one of these in the dumpster on the constructin side.
I tested it with a battery and it did nothing.
Yesterday i started to investigate this radio in the hope to find the problem on the PCB.
Nothing i could find.
Jumped behind the laptop for youtube examples, and there are you and some other guy doing the same trick.
This evening i soldered that bridge, and voila...playing like jukebox!!!!
Thank u very much man, have nice day!!!
Erwin, The Netherlands
Hi. Well done on getting your radio working. There's great satisfaction in repairing something with just a little time and skill. Thanks for commenting Erwin, great to hear from the Netherlands Cheers Gerry 👍👍
Great info, worked. I bridged the wires as shown in the video but did not remove the jack. Now works on mains (12v) and battery (10.8v & 18v). Itd did not work on battery before. (DMR200 bluetooth speaker 1st generation without display) THANKS A LOT
excellent, just fixed this 5 mins ago on my brother in laws. His problem was it was plugged into power and just stopped all of a sudden, but also would not work on batteries . I wasnt sure if this was going to solve this as this video was only for if you have no power from batteries.
anyway, i removed the jack (hes happy if it can just work with batteries for the site) i just put a big blob of solder , no wire , to bridge the points as they are that close together anyway . stuck a battery in and shes working now. many thanks Gerry.
maybe i will source a jack for it if anyone knows where you get them
Just copied your idea and its worked a treat
Great video, i really appreciate you taking the time to put out this info. I was able to fix my radio, thanks to you...👍
Ten konektor se dá snadno opravit. Po odpájení se kontakty dají vyndat šoubovákem, očistit a vráti zpět. Jde to snadno.
Can my Makita XRM 07 Bluetooth work House current without a Battery ?
Can this be done and still work with both or do you need to by pass the 240 plug for battery to work?
I was really hoping to get a tip to get my Metabo radio fixed. But no luck this time unfortunately. 🙁
It does not have a power connector, it has a fixed cable.
But thanks for the video. 👍
Any ideas what to do with a Makita central control knob that's stopped working! I can't adjust the volume or change channels so any ideas/tips would be great! Cheers Tim
HI, just wondering what you did, it sort of looked like you joined the positive to the negative, of thats the case why would you do that and how come if that's correct it now works.?
Spot on fixed my radio using this advice
That's amazing. You're a legend. My exact problem.
What I have is a Makita bluetooth speaker. I assumed that they would use the same fastener as the radio. Nothing that I have tried seems to engage the fastener. It must be some kind of security bit.
Hi Davish. I am not familiar with the bluetooth version of this radio. Easiest thing I can think of is to get some light in there and take a photo of teh scret with your phone. There are only a couple of security screws in general use and it is easy to get screwdrivers for them. Sorry I cant help Good luck with the repair Cheers Gerry👍
Hia, I'm struggling to open my makita dmr200 to checkout a faulty power button
hey mate would it be easy to upgrade the speakers for higher volume?
My ariel has snapped off and the screw bit is stuck inside. Is there anyway I can get it out and put a new one in? Thanks
Do you think, or does it look like you could short-out the cable that goes into the plug on the PCB rather than doing a solder link?
The wire going to the pcb has positive and negative and should not be shorted. The link is just bypassing the positive only. shorting the pcb would be the same as shorting the battery as far as I remember. Hope this helps Cheers Gerry 👍
Thanks for the vid, but I haven’t got a clue what you did or how you did it.
The two screws on the inside of the battery compartment. What kind of driver does one need to get those out?
Hi Davish50. They are just a Philips headed screw #2 Hope this helps and good luck with your repair Cheers Gerry👍
Cracking video. Just done an old dab radio I found in a skip. Working spot on with battery now. 👍👍
Great video. I couldn't work out how to get the front off. Now I see a few sneaky screws in from behind :-). Do you by any chance know if there's a fix to make the sound less bassy? I can't believe it doesn't have tone control on it for such an expensive radio.
Looks like it's capable of taking both the new and the old style battery packs. Backwards compatibility is always a plus.
Hi John. These are great radios and with the led mod it makes it a must on every site I go to. I don't have any of the older battery types but it can take them. Nearly all my makita batteries are over 5 years old now so it's time to get some new ones. I use the old ones in the radio until they die but I have had great service from them. Thanks for the comment. Cheers Gerry
Cheers mate you’re a legend this fixed mine straight away 🔥🤘
Well don Jake getting it sorted. I have a couple of these radios and they're pretty decent. Cheers Gerry👍
Ideal, thank you for making this video, sorted mine out too!!
Can you make the model xrm06 become a charger?
Just fixed my radio! Awsome. Thanx
Hi
Mine was working if plugged in but no more on batteries so I've tried to open it but didn't had the proper tools so I've broke it open and now it's working on batteries lol , coming on but no buttons working no volume nothing just all the light on and showing like the fm Chanel but no sound and cand change anything
Gerry good evening I have 2 makita radios that show e on the screen and I have tried everything do you have any ideas ?
Kev Mcbrearty
My radio dues show E
and battery sign ???
will have a go see if it works for me , mine works off the 240 but not the batteries just says error
Totally worked, thank you Sir!
My radio says power fail is it worth having it repaired
It worked a treat.Thanks m8.
Hi Tom. Happy it worked for you well done
ThankYou! Great explanation. Stephen australia
Great vid buddy, just wondering if you need to remove the input jack to bridge the contacts or just bridge them in situe? Thank you rich
A year late but as i understand it when working as intended inserting the power plug would break the circuit and removing the power plug would close the circuit. All we're doing is hard closing the circuit so it never thinks a plug is plugged in. In short: no i don't think you don't need to remove the thing.
My radio has started just cutting out until I put a fresh charged battery in ? Even though the old battery has charged it wont switch on ? Could it be the same ?
Hi Jake. It looks like you have the same problem. Cheers Gerry👍
great help mate! worked first try
Can you help me out yea I
M dummy I shortened my radio were battery I jump it to power cord yea 110 v can I still fix my radio can you give a tip please thank yoi
Same,Ur a legend.same problem
Glad it worked for you Cheers Gerry👍
Great help, radio not working on batteries for a few weeks. Thank you 😊Do more shit 👍🏻
Brilliant thankyou
Watched the vid because I've got the same problem but I still not got a clue what you did.
Hi Colin. Essentially what happens is that the plugin socket stays stuck open and shuts off the battery. All I did was bridge out the live on the power socket bypassing the switch. Video could have been much better. Thanks for commenting Cheers Gerry👍
@@GerrysDiy Thank you for explaining mate. 👍
Greeting from Germany, from which area is your English? Almost unable to understand.
I had the same issue after using it with the 240v cable cause I needed all my batteries and gave the 240v plug a good couple of love taps and it's now powering up with the batteries so maybe try that before pulling it apart
Thanks
No problem👍
Just done it and guess what it works 😊
Я просто диву дюсь красноречию и пустословию , хороший мастер , но надо сказать только три слова , Я заменяю соединение и всё станет замечательно и ролик три минуты
I'm not that clever you should offer your services for a fee. I could remove and send you the part to be soldered.