[PUP] Motorola 9570 portable dock repair and a question

[Truelove39 at aol.com]

Both the Satphone Store and Motorola told me that the coiled handset cord  
which had disintegrated in the tropic air could not be repaired and  handsets 
were no longer available. This unit cost over a grand less than ten  years ago 
and I was not about to toss it. It uses an oddball 8-position RJ45  with 
non-standard wiring. After much Googling I found Kens Electronics  
_http://www.kenselectronics.com/_ (http://www.kenselectronics.com/)  
 
Ken himself answered and said he had a guy who could do the job and he made  
up a coiled cord withe the connector installed for under $20.00. Somehow  the 
verbal instructions got bass-ackwards and I expected a fight when I called  to 
get it fixed but Ken said to send it in and it came back in a few days no  
charge. Simple to solder the new cord onto the board inside the handset and hold 
 onto another BU.
 
No connection  - just a happy customer. 
 
BTW, does anyone know why some types of rubber and rubber compounds  
disintegrate or lose their elasticity in the tropics? Rubber bands and bungee  cords 
for one, and now this coiled cord, which had never see the light of  day, so it 
can't be UV.
 
Regards,
 
John
"Seahorse"



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