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Topic: | MRF-250 Problem? This thread has 14 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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Post 1 made on Saturday September 22, 2007 at 20:21 |
Herman Trivilino Long Time Member |
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I have the MX-850 and MRF-250. The MX-850 is set to send RF signals only. The MRF-250 sends IR through the blaster and also through one emitter. All was working fine for several months and then the other day, all of a sudden, it quit working. I changed the batteries in the MX-850, and re-booted the MRF-250, but neither helped. The MX-850 indicates it's sending IR out, but the LED's on the front of the MRF-250 do not indicate that they are being received. The one LED is on steady, indicating the the unit is on, but there is no other LED activity on the MRF-250, regardless of which buttons I push on the MX-850.
Any help would be appreciated. I thought about changing the RF channel, but haven't had time to mess with it yet. What do you think?
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Post 2 made on Saturday September 22, 2007 at 20:38 |
J.Todd Long Time Member |
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I did have a MX-350 do that and it was the rf inside the MX-350. Come to find out that the client had thrown it at her husband. Replaced it and everone was happy, at least with the remote.
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Post 3 made on Saturday September 22, 2007 at 21:25 |
OTAHD Super Member |
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You've set it to ID 0 and made sure the interference light is not always on, correct?
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Post 4 made on Sunday September 23, 2007 at 09:10 |
justarep Long Time Member |
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In the RF software for the MX850, you should only use the emitter setting, and disable the front blasted. It should also be set for RF only on that specific output from the MRF250. Rested to a valid ID, not "0".
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OP | Post 5 made on Monday September 24, 2007 at 15:08 |
Herman Trivilino Long Time Member |
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On September 22, 2007 at 21:25, OTAHD said...
You've set it to ID 0 and made sure the interference light is not always on, correct? I can't remember if I did that back in January when we first set the system up. I was going to try trouble-shooting when I got here this morning, but to my great surprise, the system now works just as flawlessly as it had in the past! If I understand your advice correctly, if the problem reccurs I should set the ID to 0 and see if the interference light is on. Wait, let me check now ... I don't see any light on other than the power light. If the problem reccurs, I'll set the ID to 0 and see if the light comes on then. Right? And I guess if it is then try different channels?
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OP | Post 6 made on Monday September 24, 2007 at 15:09 |
Herman Trivilino Long Time Member |
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On September 23, 2007 at 09:10, justarep said...
In the RF software for the MX850, you should only use the emitter setting, and disable the front blasted. It should also be set for RF only on that specific output from the MRF250. Rested to a valid ID, not "0". I'll try that, too, if the problem reccurs. For now though (see my previous message) all is working well again. I like being able to use the front blaster instead of the emitters, though.
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Post 7 made on Monday September 24, 2007 at 16:00 |
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You most likely won't see the interference light on when the MRF is set to any other ID than 0. Setting it to 0 will show the interference.
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OP | Post 8 made on Monday September 24, 2007 at 23:07 |
Herman Trivilino Long Time Member |
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On September 24, 2007 at 16:00, OTAHD said...
You most likely won't see the interference light on when the MRF is set to any other ID than 0. Setting it to 0 will show the interference. I did set it to 0 and I saw no interference light. But that was when the unit had begun to operate properly again. If it stops working again I'll repeat the above test and see if the interference light comes on. Is this the right way to check if my problem might be caused by interference?
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Post 9 made on Tuesday September 25, 2007 at 00:31 |
This has happen to me twice in the past. Each time just fiddling with the MX-850 for a while (read fiddling as smashing buttons) fixed the problem. It's stupid, but it worked.
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Post 10 made on Tuesday September 25, 2007 at 16:41 |
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On September 24, 2007 at 23:07, Herman Trivilino said...
Is this the right way to check if my problem might be caused by interference? Yes.
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OP | Post 11 made on Wednesday September 26, 2007 at 00:31 |
Herman Trivilino Long Time Member |
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On September 25, 2007 at 00:31, zytrex said...
This has happen to me twice in the past. Each time just fiddling with the MX-850 for a while (read fiddling as smashing buttons) fixed the problem. It's stupid, but it worked. Do you have the MRF-250? Do you know if the IR output of the MX-850 also stopped working along with the RF?
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Post 12 made on Wednesday September 26, 2007 at 02:59 |
Eastside A/V Select Member |
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Had 2 MX800's do that a while back, had to replace them because they would no longer transmit RF.
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Post 13 made on Wednesday September 26, 2007 at 03:18 |
When this happened, the IR worked fine. It was only the communication to the MRF-250. When standing close to the MRF-250 and pressing buttons, the light on the MRF-250 would light up a tiny bit. But not until after really mashing the buttons did it start working again.
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OP | Post 14 made on Wednesday September 26, 2007 at 22:45 |
Herman Trivilino Long Time Member |
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On September 26, 2007 at 02:59, Eastside A/V said...
Had 2 MX800's do that a while back, had to replace them because they would no longer transmit RF. Sounds like this would make for unhappy customers. If these URC products are really this unreliable, I'm surprised CI's continue to be devoted to them. I've heard a lot of bad things about the MRF-250 on these forums, too, but it sounds like even if you'd had the MRF-350 you'd still have had these same problems.
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OP | Post 15 made on Wednesday September 26, 2007 at 22:46 |
Herman Trivilino Long Time Member |
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On September 26, 2007 at 03:18, zytrex said...
When this happened, the IR worked fine. It was only the communication to the MRF-250. When standing close to the MRF-250 and pressing buttons, the light on the MRF-250 would light up a tiny bit. But not until after really mashing the buttons did it start working again. No way, I guess, to isolate the problem and determine if the problem was with the remote control or with the MRF-250.
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