I'm thinking of starting to use the RFX6000 for some of my installs. I usually build a Xantech IR system, 480B-30, 789-44, 286m's, etc.

Always works flawlesly, except when the client has the remote pointed into the couch in the middle of a macro sequence!

Iny feedback on how reliable these RF units are? I searched the forum and found a few people that are having sporadic trouble, but can't tell if that is just a random few, or the norm.

Installs are typically not multi room or multi level, just a dedicated HT with EQ in a cabinet in an adjacent closet, and the RFX6000 could be placed in "line of sight" in the room where the 480b-30 would have been.

Thanks in advance.

They work pretty well overall but be prepared with an alternative because they are subject to rf interference and you may have to go back to a wired system in some installs.

I have sold three MX800's. All three systems had Motorola high def. cable boxes and all three had serious RF interference issues.

Hopefully, the running changes that Universal will soon incorporate to the MRF200 base will help us to remedy these issues.

It appears that these cable boxes seriously reduce the ability of the remote to talk to the base. I would recommend keeping the cable box in a remote location i.e. basement.

Personally, I will probably resort back to Plasma proof I/R receivers ala Audioplex or Xantech until they can figure out how to get the RF working 100% with these cable boxes.

Allow extra man hours to resort to a plan "B"

Sounds lke I should have a back up plan for sure. Stupid question, but am I correct in thinking that you can mix IR and RF output on a Pronto? Eg. All set to RF, except IR on the lighting page for Lutron?

Work on the back up plan, I only have about a %60 success ratio RFX. Either they work great or they do not. I have spent plenty of time moving them around, changing the RF channel and such. So if it does not work the first time I go back to the good old Xantech IR set up.

We use Prontos and after all macros I insert a short beep, I just work on teaching the client to point the remote at the IR receiver until they hear the beep. That seems the be a lot easier and quicker than fight with the Rf issues.

Good luck,

Roddy

I used to have sporodic problems with the TSU-6000 and RFX box -- some installations would work, and others didn't. For some odd reason, the TSU-7000 appears to be much more forgiving and I haven't had a problem yet. Granted, I've only installed about 6 of them so far.

Dawn

I read these threads and I install the rfx6000 with the tsu6000 only, not tsu3000. The one thing i see is that most installers place the unit close or on top of the receiver. the secret to this unit is to install it as far away from the equipment and throw away the ir eyes it comes with. continue using the 282's from xantech. hope this helps

nu4ea

yes, you are correct. what the pronto sends depends on where the actual code resides. so if the "device" that has the code (learnt or DB) is set to IR it will be sent as IR, if it is set to RF it will send RF. Also that code can be aliased (linked) by any other button, aliasing (linking) does not change what is sent. so you could built a macro that aliases (links ) some codes that are IR and others that are RF and the macro will send the ones that are IR as IR and the rest as RF.

I have only installed about a half dozen of these, and two of them performed really lousy until I got out a screwdriver and changed the code setting. Then I changed it back.

Let's not overlook the possibility that all this high-tech RF folderol is being messed up by a slightly oxidized switch, and scraping its contacts by rotating it a bit might make it settle down.


For a year or two.