TravDaddy Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Hey gang! Ran into an odd issue and was able to do a home-fix to get it going again. I plugged a fully recharged Variax battery into my JTV-69S, but it wouldn't power up. Hooked it up to the 500X with the VDI cable and it was good. Okay, what's up with the battery? Looked inside the battery cavity and in-between the two alignment pins is a small flat piece of metal that makes a connection to the battery. It looked more like it was flush to the cavity and unable to make contact with the battery. I popped out the screws that hold the cavity in the guitar and pushed the "fat" end of a flat toothpick into the underside of the metal tang to push it up to the battery connection. It works again! So, I pushed the toothpick in until it was seated and clipped off the remainder, leaving just enough to snag with a pair of pliers in case I need to pull it out at some point in the future. A box of 750 was only $1 at the grocery store. I have 749 toothpicks left... anybody need one? Ha! (They also work great when you have a loose strap pin. Remove the strap pin screw, drop the toothpick in the hole, trim off the excess and put the screw back in. Bam! Nice and tight again!) 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshybear1117 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Having the same problem, I found success repairing the problem by soldering a small piece of tin to the third contact, thus making a better connection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbrillow Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Thanks for adding to the knowledge base of things-that-can-go-wrong. Hope I can remember it if this happens to me at some point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettmegalove Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Thanks! I had this problem too! Cheers Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosie Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 I am having this same issue now. The battery used to make a satisfying "click" when I installed it, now it does not. No power to the guitar. I have lots of guitars and I have to say I like this JTV-69S much more than I thought I would. That said, if it's not reliable, how can I gig with it? Any suggestions to get the battery to connect again? And yes, it's fully charged, lol. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuriamorim Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 I'm having the same issue. Could some of you guys demonstrate grafically what the solution was? I'm not sure what you're calling "third contact" and such. Sorry, not the most handy guy here (at least with eletronics). Will appreciate any help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougwilkie Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Thanks for posting this. I had the same problem and this fixed my issue. I have included a picture showing where I inserted the toothpick to get the connector to pop up. I am checking with Line 6 to see if I can get a new battery compartment. It looks pretty easy to replace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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