UT61D Problems

[dave_birdi]

Hi all, just received this morning a UNI-T UT61D from eBay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320921198767

Now unless I'm being very stupid, this multimeter is dead, the meter comes boxed with a 9V battery, I unscrewed the back cover and put in the 9V battery (it only fits in one way and I'm certain the polarity is correct), but when I turn the dial nothing at all shows up on the LCD display.

I've contacted the seller but haven't received a response as of yet, has anyone here had any similar issues or is there anything I need to do first to get the meter up and running?

[SLJ]

First, Did check the battery or did you try a known good 9V battery?

[Wytnucls]

If the battery is not dead and is making good contact, send it back. It should display something as soon as you turn the range switch to any position.

[dave_birdi]

Tried a new battery and no such luck. :-(

I'm situated in the United Kingdom and this has been posted from Hong Kong so hopefully the seller will ship a new one, otherwise it'll be at least a month until this is sorted out.

grrr,

Will keep you posted.

I notice there is an RS-232 and some sort of infrared interface, I take it that this isn't necessary purely to get the multimeter up and running?

[PA4TIM]

Do not expect to much. 409shop seems to be a good firm, that is, so good that people take the trouble of copy them.
The meter you ordered is as far as I can find everywhere between 60 and 100 dollar. Yours was 28 dollar. That would be to good to be true for me.  So it can be a fake or used one.

The real 409 shop in the link downhere ( that uses the same picture/logo ect) asks much more as 28 euro and warns for copycats:
http://www.409shop.com/409shop_auctionsearch1.php?userid=100556

A Dutch Ham bought a porto at the copycat 409Shop. It did not work when he received it. He returned it, costed him 17 dollar, they told him they would send a new one, the new one also did not work ( not strange because it had the same serialnumber, only the box was changed, so a pure scam)

[iloveelectronics]

Do not expect to much. 409shop seems to be a good firm, that is, so good that people take the trouble of copy them.
The meter you ordered is as far as I can find everywhere between 60 and 100 dollar. Yours was 28 dollar. That would be to good to be true for me.  So it can be a fake or used one.

I believe it's 28 UK pounds (plus shipping) that the OP paid. As a seller from HK myself I know this price is not impossible. It basically just means other shops selling them for much higher price either have a really fat profit margin, or that someone else in the supply chain has.

[Rick]

Prove them with a video that the meter is dead. Rather than leaving a bad feedback straightaway try to work out a solution with the seller. Be patient. Only open a case before the limit date. And next time buy from well known people;)