[ICOM] need help on dc jumper plug...ic251a

[wb4mle at ctvea.net]

On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 09:06:25 -0500, you wrote:

>come on guys ,someone must know about this.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: yash at aol.com
>To: icom at mailman.qth.net
>Sent: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:27:57 -0500
>Subject: [ICOM] need help on dc jumper plug...ic251a
>
>  Hi
>  Just picked up a beautiful ic-251a. powered the rig up.. line 
>voltage.. rig doa. downloaded the manual found out the dc input power 
>connector needs a jumper in place before the rig will power up on its 
>own built in supply. the manual does not give any
>  info on which 2 pins need to be jumped,there is no circuit diagram in 
>the manual. the dc jack ...molex type connector... has 4 horizontal 
>pins, the body of the connector ...looking at the back of the rig..... 
>goes to a pointed shape to the right side of the connector.
>  I found loads of info on the web about the 251 ....but not a darn 
>thing about this simple plug. I suppose I can open the rig and try to 
>trace the 4 pins ,just thought this would be a lot easier.
> Any help...would be grateful.
> thanks
> dale wt4t
Should be same as IC551- If so, two pins on pointed end are jumped
together with a #12 or so. Back two pins (toward the squared end) are
blank.
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Eddie, WB4MLE