Hi, I am just trying RF with my new MX-3000 for the first time, and so far it is way behind my old Marantz RC-9200 in strength. Unfortunately there will almost always be a big plasma screen between the RF transmitter and the receiver, something that hasn't been a problem for my old remote, but which seems too much for the MX-3000. Has anyone else had the same experience? All equippment is identical places. I have the RF-250.

Christopher

That's strange, because usually the MRF-250 works much better than the RFX6000. Do you have the 250 on an ID other than "0" and the MX-3000 addressed for RF only for the devices controlled by the 250?

Mike
www.SurfRemoteControl.com

Mike, yes I do. But it seems that the MX-3000 only sends RF one out of every ten times a press a button if judging by the status LED on the MRF, even when I am standing 1 meter away and pointing at the MRF!

Have you checked for RF interference? While the MRF is set to the "0" address, look at the MRF's Status light to see if it is lighting up or flickering when you are not pressing buttons. If that is the case, then you need to place the MRF in a different spot or remove the antenna to reduce/elimiate the interference.

Let me know if this helps.



Thank you,
Damon DG
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The MX-3000 or the MRF-250 could be defective (more likely the MRF-250). If you check for interference and you're not getting any, I would make sure that the MX-3000 works okay with IR, then look into replacing the MRF-250.

I agree with Mike. You should always test your remote in IR before you enable the RF. As long as it works in IR, it's that much less you need to troubleshoot when you enable the RF.

Let us know what you find.



Thank you,
Damon DG
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No flashing on the MRF, only when I press a button on the MX, but only once in three or four. Then it appears to lock-up as described in another thread. After w while it will receive again, but not every time! So far completely useless.

I might consider an MRF-300, but right now I feel that might be throwing good money after bad....

Problem is most likely due to cable box interference. try to take the antenna off of the mrf-250 and possibly moving the mrf-250 away frm the cablebox will also help. I had this same issue and this worked like a charm.

One thing I noticed with a 3000 and MRF-250 was that when I was within 1 meter of the MRF it did not work. I actually had to move the MRF 1 meter outside of the theater and run the emitters into the theater behind the rack.

I replaced my 250 with a MRF-300. Solved all of my problems. Was getting interference no matter how far I moved the 250. With the MRF-300, I placed the 150 antenna quite some distance from my components. Since I have never had a single failure. SJ

I have tested and tested and tested. Moved the stupid MRF around, put in the closet, outside, over, under, over a hot amp, in an ice bucket, in front of the plasma, behind the plasma, I have moved the antenna to every conceivable angle, I have placed the MRF standing, normally, upside down, on the side, I have tried it with the blaster on and off, changed all the lines around, tried one and all, with IR and without....

The junk still works only intermittently, so it's not really broken, it's just unstable crap. I have switched off my Pronto RF, my cable box, my micro wave oven and my cell phone. The MRF registers no interference, only flashes 3 times when plugged in. It will then work a few times, but impossible to find any pattern, apart from that it doesn't like volume and mute commands as much as it likes source inputs and DSP commands. Also it prefers my CD player to my amp.

Compared to all this my old Marantz RC9200 is just rock solid with a hit rate of between 95 and 99 %. This wasn't good enough for me, I wanted a 100 %, so I changed to the MX-3000, but now I am down to 10-40 % hit rate.

I have probably spent 20 hours testing, moving, retesting and removing. Would be easier and cheaper just to hire someone to stand by the closet, buy myself a megaphone and just shout my commands!

I certainly don't want to be considered rude to anyone in this forum, as I have received a lot of genereous, friendly and helpful, but must I really either live with this piece of utter garbage or buy myself the MRF-300? (I can get a new MRF-250 and an MX-3000 for free, that's not the problem, I just don't think it should be my job to do the testing or quality control for the producer....)

OK, so now I saved a lot of money on my group therapy, but does someone have ANY clues as to what is wrong?!

Christopher

You might have a defective MRF-250 so try swapping it for another. I've had excellent results with both a MRF-250 and MRF-300 but I prefer the 300 since it has more features including the remote antenna module.

cgroth, something worth trying is to follow these steps, as it worked for me with a similar problem with an mx-3000 using rf.

1) Uninstall your3000 editor
2) Download a new copy from urc's website
3)load a blank configuration into the 3000, then follow it with your programmed file.

This will ensure you are running your configuration with the most up to date version of the firmware in your remote.
Also, is your mrf-250 pluggged into a surge suppressor?

Hmmm, yeah al right, i just hate the hassle. I'll probably be weeks before I get a new one, and I am not very optimistic. Might go for an MRF-300 if I could find someone who would ship to Norway...

We recently replaced a MRF250 with a 300 and conditions got worse, it took us another day to get the 300 to work right...after we spent 3 days on the 250.

Have to say it wasnt the first one we had trouble with either

Has anyone noticed the more and more MX3000 problems appearing every day???

what happened to the 99.9% working remote being shipped from URC???
seems more like 50-60% working MX3000 being shipped lately

We have stopped using the 3000/300/250 setup due to the poor RF and bad remotes
we have had in the past few months.

we are now supporting the RTI more than ever