What may be going on is the 8201a has been sitting for a while with no battery or mains power. The NiCd that backs up memory
has run down; the internal impedance of an old, discharged NiCd is fairly high, so when external power is applied it does'nt draw a lot of current. As it charges the NiCds internal impedance drops & draws more current; eventually enough to perhaps cause what you're seeing. John's right - It may take several iterations to get things working. If thats the case, think about replacing the NiCd soon - Its pretty easy, & fairly cheap. If you wait until it starts leaking you'll have a real mess to sort out... Good luck. On 6/22/17, John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> wrote: > Leave the memory power on and leave it with a set of good AA's and wall > wart power. Just let it sit overnight. > > Sometimes that's enough to revive the internal power cell after a long > period of storage. > > Then try a cold start. > > -- John >
