Did you use the FUTABA cord, or the new JR to Futaba cord? If you used the Futaba cord you should not turn on the slave. If you tried to use the JR cord, DONT! It is not designed to be used in this manner. The JR to Futaba cord is only designed to work when a JR radio is the master and a Futaba is the slave.

Hey Man, Never said that YOU were wrong, just that the thread itself had a number of wrong answers, mostly because they were not inclusive enough. Your answer was A-OK.
You are the MOST correct about JR. However, I CAN solder. I have an OLD JR that I use for a Buddy Box. Using the 9V alkaline serves it well as adequate for the job of buddy box. I DO NOT have to consider the charge. If the meter shows OK when the cord is plugged in, it works, If the batt. starts going down, I can slip in a fresh one very quickly. It's simply the convenience for me. I carry all buddy boxes, Airtronics, Futaba, Hitec, and JR. Futaba is the main one as most of the newbies do get Futaba or Tower. JR is next, and I seldom see a newbie with either Airtronics or Hitec.

There are many ways to do things a bit differently than the Manufacture's /Importer's suggestions. They go by the straightest way, as they should. I mostly go by whatever works for the least effort. [:-] Actually while I much prefer JR transmitters coupled wit Hitec/RCD receivers, I may make a big change in the not-too-distant future. I have questioned JR concerning the fact that they do not offer "Shift-Select" in any of their upper-grade transmitters. Their answer definitely indicates a total "Full Blinders On Concept." Too bad, as Hitec offers such, and so does my OLD Airtronics Stylus. Makes life easier for little effort.

That is why I offered my little tips.

i dont know what kid ong cord it was, But it worked fine with no problemwith it on, so i guess we will continue using it like this

Hossfly,
cool. Sorry I misunderstood your post. I see what you are saying now--I thought you were suggesting that if the battery were to run down, then it was no big deal--you're saying to change batteries when it runs down. Am I to assume that you've gotten a 9 V battery holder (a plastic one like from Radio Shack), and soldered some battery connectors to that. That way, when the battery runs down, you just pop in another one--with no additional soldering involved? Now, that's a pretty good idea. I didn't fully understand your idea at first. That way you don't have to worry about charging the buddy box, just carry around 9 V batteries and it's always ready if someone wants to fly? I like that idea.......

With reference to post #26, I was reading on another thread about a guy who had several cords strung together to get things adapted. He also ended up having to turn on his "buddy". Turned out his hodge podge of adapters was at fault. He went to LHS and got correct "one piece" adapter and ALL problems went away. IF you continue to fly this way, consider pulling crystal.

absolutely pull the crystal if you are having to turn on the box, before you destroy someone elses property, or even worse, injur someone!

ok, thanks for the advice guys. I will be sure to do that