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Subject: Re: [M]: Curses! Foiled again!
From: Clark Williams
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Sun May 03 00:02:01 1998

Bob,
I own one of them and although I agree with your assesment of the design (I think
they could have been better and cheaper), I have not yet had a problem with the
pins and I have assembled and disassembled that puppy several times. I AM NOT
IMPLYING THAT YOU SCREWED UP, there are enough flame wars and spontaneous
critisisms on this list already! But I seem to mount it differently than you. I
always line up the pins by simply using the screws as a guide for gross
alignment. Then watching between the two units, to be sure the pins line up, I
mate the two units together. I then tighten the screws while holding the units
tightly together with one hand. I always assemble the units in daylight. The
only real difference here that I can see however, is that I always mate then
screw, whereas you seem to be relying on the screwing to mate the pins. (Gee I
hope the censors aren't reading this!) Once the pins are mated and the units are
together, then I screw in the screws. Do this without twisting or turning the
units. Just hang onto it with one hand and tighten it with the other. Hope this
helps.

Clark Williams

Bob Denny wrote:

> When I got my 416XT and color wheel in March, I had trouble with the color
> wheel unit. I discovered a missing pin on the connector. I just got it back
> from Meade after a bit more then two weeks (thanks to Amy's priority tagging).
>
> I assembled it to the camera and I'll be damned if one of the pins didn't
> bend back 180 degrees! Now I know what happened the first time! I was VERY
> careful both times, I started the screws fully extended from the filter
> assy into the camera body to assure proper alignment of the connectors and
> gently screwed them in as the connector mated, never feeling any resistance.
>
> I'm not one to always shift blame, but I _think_ that (a) the female on the
> camera has a bad receptacle, or (b) the entire set of 4 receptacles on the
> camera is mis-aligned. But I'll take any input here as to my possible
> sins... Did I "screw up"?
>
> I hope I can get this resolved. $600 was stiff for filters!
>
> -- Bob