Weird screen on Royal Evo when turning it off
09-04-2003, 06:32 AM
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Weird screen on Royal Evo when turning it off
To all Royal Evo users
Do you experience the same as me? When I turn off the transmitter sometimes the screen show lines or weird patterns on screen for a few (3-5) seconds. If I use the scanner they appear almost everytime I turn it off.
I called Multiplex and they gave me some explanation about some capacitors might still deliver power to the screen. Now this seems plausible but then I would expect all or most Royal Evos to behave the same.
My particualar TX is an Evo9 with Synth and Scanner. I have run software version 1.16, 1.24 and now 1.26 and have had the problem on all software versions.
Replies are much appreciated as it is freaking me out a bit, i.e., do I or do I not have a faulty Tx. Multiplex claims it to be ok (on the phone).
Best regards
RCfun
Do you experience the same as me? When I turn off the transmitter sometimes the screen show lines or weird patterns on screen for a few (3-5) seconds. If I use the scanner they appear almost everytime I turn it off.
I called Multiplex and they gave me some explanation about some capacitors might still deliver power to the screen. Now this seems plausible but then I would expect all or most Royal Evos to behave the same.
My particualar TX is an Evo9 with Synth and Scanner. I have run software version 1.16, 1.24 and now 1.26 and have had the problem on all software versions.
Replies are much appreciated as it is freaking me out a bit, i.e., do I or do I not have a faulty Tx. Multiplex claims it to be ok (on the phone).
Best regards
RCfun
09-04-2003, 11:52 PM
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When the device has it's power cut there's a minuscule amount of charge left in those capacitors they mentioned. It discharges when the supply voltage goes bellow a fairly random level, and it doesn't take much to make an LCD darken so it'll make random segments dark for a short bit. There's no reason to add all the extra circuitry to prevent this because it's harmless.
09-05-2003, 06:53 AM
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Quite a lot of Evo users are reporting this occurence so I wouldn't worry that your Tx alone is faulty. Mpx answer has always been that it is capacitors discharging, it seems to be mostly associated with having the scanner unit.
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09-05-2003, 07:15 AM
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Thanks for the all replies. I will now go to bed at get some sleep. Haven't slept since I discovered the problem 
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On another note. I really like the Tx so far. Have not done any advanced setup yet as I at the moment fly 4-5 servo planes but its seem quite easy to use after playing with it for a little while and after reading the manual twice.
I have a tray for mine as I like to hold the sticks with two fingers. However, flying with thumbs on top of the sticks is also really easy even without a neckstrap. It balances quite well - at least for me.
Best regards
RCfun
.On another note. I really like the Tx so far. Have not done any advanced setup yet as I at the moment fly 4-5 servo planes but its seem quite easy to use after playing with it for a little while and after reading the manual twice.
I have a tray for mine as I like to hold the sticks with two fingers. However, flying with thumbs on top of the sticks is also really easy even without a neckstrap. It balances quite well - at least for me.
Best regards
RCfun
