#WHAT IS MEADE AUTOSTAR DRIVER#

There is a ribbon cable that attaches to the display window in the front cover of the Autostar 497 handset, it is secured into the circuit board by a plastic receiver and plastic snap in anchor piece. I however, wanted to be sure to clean the contact points on the circuit board to be certain all aspects of reconditioning the Autostar 497 handset were covered. You could remove the rubber keypad at this point and just clean and recondition the rubber touchpad contact points only, let it cure for the 24 hours and reassemble the handset. Next step is to separate the circuit board from the front cover. Carefully separate the back cover from the Autostar 497 handset from the circuit board and front cover.

#WHAT IS MEADE AUTOSTAR DRIVER#

Take the Philips head screw driver and remove the 4 small Philips head screws from the back cover of the Handset. OK, once you have acquired all of the necessary tools and supplies you're ready to go to work, lets start by taking the Meade Autostar 497 Handset apart. You will need a number one Philips head screw driver a small jewelers' type slotted screw driver some cotton swabs like the Q-Tip brand or similar and a good clean work area where you can leave everything disassembled for a 24 hr period. I was able to find this at either the local CVS or Walgreens stores. Next you will need to get a small bottle of at least 91% isopropyl alcohol for cleaning the rubber keypad contacts and the circuit board contacts. I chose the Chemtronics CW2605 CircuitWorks Rubber Keypad Repair Kit to use for my Autostar 497 reconditioning. First you will need to get a Rubber Keypad Repair Kit of some kind, likely you will have to order this or look to a dedicated electronics repair store.

To recondition the touch pad contacts of your Meade Autostar 497 handset you will need a few things on hand. In this article we will show you one way to fix or recondition your Meade Autostar 497 handset to reliable and easy one touch operations again. What to do? Buy another new Autostar 497 handset, or take a chance on a used one in 'Good condition, responds well!!'? These do not seem like very affordable or desirable options, but fear not there is another much better way to fix this situation without dropping the price of a new Autostar 497 handset or taking a chance on a used one. Hello, has your Meade Autostar 497 handset keypad become difficult to use? Do you have to put excessive pressure on the touchpad buttons and wiggle them around to get them to respond? Possibly some have even become so bad they respond intermittently or not at all at times.

What is meade autostar