futaba reciever connections...

[Bronco]

Hi all. real newbie question here but im worried about melting something. I just got the r319 receiver and im afraid to plug the battery into the wrong spot. Ive been told this could melt or fry the reciever. Just for confirmation, the battery DOES plug into the slot marked "Channel 9/B". Correct?
Thanks in advance for any help

Bronco

[Hirobofly]

Hi there.
You can actually plug in the battery in any of the sockets in the receiver. All sockets have the same config of plus-minus-pulse.

Just make sure to have the polarity correct. (+ and - located correct).
If this not correct, you may fry your receiver.

And yes, the Ch9/B can be used.
Good luck!

[Hotwings]

you can not hurt your receiver by pluging the batt in backwards. it just won't work. Ron

[BarracudaHockey]

About the only way you're going to melt your reciever is to throw it in the oven :)

[MarkD]

Hi there.
You can actually plug in the battery in any of the sockets in the receiver. All sockets have the same config of plus-minus-pulse.

It's actually negative(black)-positive(red)-signal(white). These are Futaba colours but all manufactures follow the same layout just differing colours

The positive is in the middle so that if it is plugged in backwards no damage will be done to the servo or reciever

[DavidH]

It's actually negative(black)-positive(red)-signal(white). These are Futaba colours but all manufactures follow the same layout just differing colours

Not really. The older Airtronics/ Sanwa servos. The positive and negative power wires were reversed from Futaba/JR/Hitec.
The Airtronics servos I am referring is before the current ones that use the Z connector.

http://www.fatlion.com/sailplanes/servos.html

David

[Bronco]

Thanks guys, I plugged it in to where its supposed to go and i have servo action.:rolling
Now I guess a new thread has to be started for my next question. Why do manuals seem to be written with the idea that whoever reads them is just doublechecking something they already know..... rather than for people (like me), that dont have a clue... (YET)......