Won't Start

[Bison Barn]

Need some advice. New mavic air 2 won't turn. New and charged Battery. All just out of the box. I hold Battery button down for 4+ seconds and nothing Happens. Hold the Battery button down for a moment and the four lights com on.

 

[Tony McDrone]

You need to push the button, release, and push again holding it down for a couple of seconds. The method works the same for both the drone and the battery. Hope this helps.

Welcome to the forum. Greetings from San Diego.

 

[TruGreen]

what he said above. quick press and release followed by a long press. 1st press all 4 lights illuminate. on the 2nd press and hold they light in series then drone comes to life. be sure to remove the gimbal/camera cover

 

[vindibona1]

As a side note, With the MA2 and Mavic 2's you actually turn the BATTERY on,which then activates the drone. I didn't realize that that's how it work when I couldn't understand why my charger/discharger (Hanatora for Mavic 2) wouldn't discharge my batteries. I sent one back as "defective" not knowing that it was the operator who was defective, and that all I had to do was turn the batteries on. As noted above by the others, you turn it on the same way you turn on your controller; press and release- then press and hold for a second or two. The drone will then kind of twitch (or maybe make a sound) indicating it's on and ready to connect to the controller.

 

[JackL]

Welcome to the forum. Looks like everyone has you covered already!

 

[DanMan32]

Wasn't there a sticker on the battery on how to turn it on? The remote might not have though.

 

[DanMan32]

As a side note, With the MA2 and Mavic 2's you actually turn the BATTERY on,which then activates the drone. I didn't realize that that's how it work when I couldn't understand why my charger/discharger (Hanatora for Mavic 2) wouldn't discharge my batteries. I sent one back as "defective" not knowing that it was the operator who was defective, and that all I had to do was turn the batteries on. As noted above by the others, you turn it on the same way you turn on your controller; press and release- then press and hold for a second or two. The drone will then kind of twitch (or maybe make a sound) indicating it's on and ready to connect to the controller.

Don't feel too bad. Since you don't turn the batteries on to charge, I wouldn't have thought to turn them on to discharge. Makes sense though when you think about it.

 

[elborak]

The only thing I have to add to the excellent advice already given is to read the manual. Thoroughly. It's an expensive toy/tool to be flying blind.