Posted by obsixx
My car-100 came in yesterday and it worked great. Today when I turned it on it started up fine then shut down instantly. I tried turning it back on and nothing happened. I then tried charging it, but it won't charge. The little light doesn't even come on. Can anyone help me? Btw I ordered the car from Expansys and I use it with a T610. Thanks in advance
Posted by Bart.w
Have you tried to reset the CAR? Connect it to the phone, then push to button for more than 30 seconds. Take a look at the
site, go to support and typ CAR. FAQ and you'll find the answer. good luck
Posted by obsixx
The car started to work again, all it needed was a good shake. Thanks for the advice pilot, if it stops working again I think I'm going to send it back though.
Posted by Bart.w
No thanks, just had the same problem (kind of). I send it back to expansys and they replaced it within a week, so.
Posted by mms
what also could be the cause: check that your contacts on the bottom of the phone are really clean!
Posted by perfect_dark
I have a very similar problem. Yesterday, i got my Car-100, then tried to charge it with my T630. First, the red light flashed, but after a few seconds, it went out. I tried again to charge it, but nothing happened. Then i went on charging the car with my T39m. The car's bottom got a little bit hot, but the red light wasn't flashing. After two hours, the phone's battery was empty, but i couldn't start my car.
Even the reset didn't work, there's just no reaction.
Who can help me?
[ This Message was edited by: perfect_dark on 2004-08-08 13:00 ]
Posted by rdnymllnsktr
My car does this sometimes. I have no idea why, but I usually take it apart and tinker with its insides to get it working again.
Posted by perfect_dark
Problem solved!
I just took a look at the S///-support-page.
I took it apart, removed the jumper, installed it again, and now it works.
...time for cat-hunting
Posted by bart
i have it some times 2. but i think we are very lucky with such an advanced cat bugger. its the first of its kind and it works good. some times it fails, but thats ok. i don't think anybody will die from it.
i wonder if there gonna make a new version
Posted by Riftor
Hi, I'm having a similar problem with my CAR-100 but I can not seem to fix it.
My CAR-100 worked great for 3 days, then I went to charge it.. and nothing happened, no red light. So I left it, and after an hour came back and the car was warm on the underside and my battery on my phone had decreased quite a bit, but the car was still completely un-responsive, and plugging it in showed no light.
So I tried taking it apart (as direct on the SE site) and doing a hard-reset, took the jumper off and put it back on etc (the red light flashes briefly when I put the jumper back on), but still... nothing. I also tried holding the button down lots, but nope! ARGH! My love CAR-100!
Any ideas? Or should I return it?
Posted by JoooN
I have the Sony P800 and just got the CAR-100 and was wondering if anyone knows how to configure the two together. Please get back to me asap. Thanks.