BINGO! That was it! I opened up the case and one of the battery power
wires wasn't connected to the header on the circuit board. I was a little
worried about opening it up because I've never taken one of my radios apart
before. But it turned out to be an easy repair. I'm a little suprised by
this since I always heard that Drake's service department ws top notch.
I'll drop them an e-mail today and let them know what happend with my unit
at their repair facility.

Thanks to all of you for your assistance.
"RHF" wrote in message
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JIAW/Anon,

Remove the back of the GS800M. Check the two wires from the batteries
to the main circuit board.

IIRC: There is a mechanical interupt/disconnect switch built into the
External 9VDC Jack on the back of the GS800M; for the ACDC Power
Adapter. There could be a problem with this built-in-switch.


mttidnk ~ RHF
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= = = "Jenni_is_a_Whore"
= = = wrote in message news:cHhmb.4807$d87.2704@okepread05...
I got my Satellit 800 back from R.L. Drake today with a brand new
encoder.
But now, for some reason, I can't get the damn thing to run off the
batteries. They are in there correctly (I know I killed a lot of brain
cells in college, but still...) I had no problems with the batteries
before
I sent it off. Could Drake have screwed up something related to the
battery
power supply while fixing the encoder? Also, the "." key is sticking a
little bit too, which I also don't remember happening before I sent it
off.
Does replacement of the encoder require some work with the keypad?

Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.