Which URC remote controls are compatible with the new narrow band RF receivers, including the MRF-260, MRF-350 and MSC-400/RFX-250? Use the table below to determine the minimum build date of the model in question:

Remote Model Date For Narrow Band RF KP-900 All Units MX-350 November 1, 2006 MX-450 All Units MX-600 Not Compliant MX-650 November 1, 2006 MX-800 Not Compliant MX-810 All Units MX-850 November 1, 2006 MX-880 All Units MX-900 All Units MX-950 All Units MX-980 All Units MX-3000 April 1, 2005 MX-6000 All Units TX-1000 All Units URC-100/RF-10 Not Compliant URC-200/RF-20 Not Compliant URC-300/RF-30 Not Compliant

You can determine the date of manufacture of a particular URC remote by looking at its serial number: the first six digits indicate the build date. So, for example, if the serial number is 122905 014054 then the first six digits tell you that the remote was built on December 29, 2005.

Suppose that's the build date for my MX-850 remote. Looking at the above chart I see that the minimum build date for an MX-850 is November 1, 2006. If my build date is December 29, 2005 then my remote isn't narrow band RF compliant.

Or is it?

Isn't the MX-850 Editor, when kept up-to-date with the Live Update feature, capable of updating the firmware on my MX-850? And is it then possible that my MX-850 is narrow band RF compliant if I've properly downloaded my configuration file to my remote after having updated my Editor?

Dude,
Its a hardware issue not software...

That's correct. Narrow Band remotes have completely different transmitter boards.

FWIW, a remote that does not have the narrow band transmitter, may or may not work with a narrow band base station. I have a 2005 MX-850 that works fine with an MRF-350, but yours may not.

Mike

Exactly. I've used a couple older MX850's that work fine with the MRF-350, but a Gen 1 MX3000 (with the old usb port) wouldn't work at all with the MRF-350

Actually, it's more a function of your body mass, sweat on your hands and the orientation of the remote in your hand. Wide Band transmitters in older remotes simply "wander" more. The narrow band of the new receivers is a target that they sometimes may hit and sometimes won't. Best to keep a nice wide gateway for anything without a narrow band transmitter.

I'm assuming the new MX-810 will work with the MRF-250 but I can't find any direct evidence stating this. www.universalremote.com only states the following...

"Range: RF - Up to 100 feet when used with MRF-260, MRF-350 or MSC-400 RF Base stations"

Can anyone confirm that the new MX-810 will work with the MRF-250?

All the remotes work with the non-narrow band basestations. It's only the ones mentioned above that work /with/ the narrow band basestations.

So I have an MX850 born on 7-10-06. It is not a narrow band transmitter so it may or may not work with an MRF260 but the MRF250 that it will work with is discontinued?

Use an MRF-300.

Disty website shows MRF300 disco'd also. A#% and A^#%.

I just got a new MX-810 remote and the MRF-260 base station. I have had MX remotes before but this is the first time I've tried to use RF. I cannot get the remote to operate in RF mode no matter what I try. The status light will glow red when a TV button is pushed but it will not control the TV unless the remote is directly pointed at the IR sensor. I cannot get any component to work in RF mode. I have checked the software of the MX810 and both the software and the 260 receiver is set to ID1. Also the TV is set to Line 1 instead of All. Anyone have any ideas? I am extremely frustrated that no matter what I do, the remote will not operate in RF mode.
Thanks in advance!

Set the remote's RF id to anything except 0. 0 is the RF sniffer mode and cannot be used for transmission of signals.

I don't think that is exactly true.

Unless I'm too drunk, I was under the distinct impression that you could transmit signals fine on channel 0, just no IR routing and no front blaster control.

In fact, you can set the marantz pronto clones to RF and a 250 set to channel 0 will pick it up and transmit the IR.

:)