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MX-3000 RF Capable? Please Help!!
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Post 1 made on Tuesday November 18, 2008 at 02:53
remote007
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Hi, I am quite new to universal remote controls, and I purchased the MX-3000 and noticed that it does not have RF capabilities.... I have 2 devices which run on Radio frequency remotes and I wanted to know if there are any ways possible to control them using my new MX-3000? Please Help Genius people out there...!
Post 2 made on Tuesday November 18, 2008 at 11:15
1ziggi1
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The MX-3000 does do RF with the addition of an MRF module, but can not learn any RF commands. No remote can learn RF commands.
Post 3 made on Tuesday November 18, 2008 at 13:37
Darnitol
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It's important to know that most devices that work by RF (such as some satellite receivers) can also work by IR. In the case of universal remote controls, "RF" means that the remote sends signal by radio to a base station, which then send out the necessary IR codes via either an IR blaster or by attaching IR flashers to the IR eye of your components.

Ziggi is correct. No remote learns RF, and it's fairly unlikely that they ever will. There's simply too much RF interference out there. Without an RF-shielded lab, it's highly unlikely you'd ever learn a clean signal.

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Dale
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Post 4 made on Friday November 21, 2008 at 00:13
hellergang
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Not familiar with IR vs RF programming. But, have you looked at page 45 and 46 in the manual. Very easy to designate an RF broadcast - with or without IR. And on page 34, you can set up specific frequencies.
Post 5 made on Friday November 21, 2008 at 01:04
tweeterguy
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That's telling the remote whether to output IR, RF (to it's own dedicated base station) or both. The end result is IR (or serial if using the MSC-400) for control AND NOT RF.

These remotes "talk" to their own proprietary RF basestations/gateways (or others in the same frequency range if you are creative) on a selected RF ID within the 418 MHz or 433 in the I versions. They do not "talk" directly to third party devices via RF; the excception to the rule is the Lutron lighting from URC, again it's part of a system...not talking to random devices via RF.


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