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madweazl 09-22-2009 12:34 PM

DX3S or receiver problem?
 
I swapped out some screws on the car for some nicer looking units. After reinstalling the radio tray I check the trims to make sure everything was in the right locations (servo horns were removed) and all was well. I decided to reroute the transponder leads and when I plugged it back in I didnt have any signal from tx to rx.

When powered up, the receiver will take the servos to their failsafe positions. The tx doesnt indicate any errors. I have the transponder plugged into the bind/rs (remote start) and thought perhaps something happened to the bind. I hooked up the bind plug, the amber light on the rx blinked slow a couple times and then starts rapidly blinking. I press bind on the tx, it blinks a few times and stops but the rx continues to blink rapidly rather than showing a solid amber light as indicated in the manual.

Any ideas?

-R2- 09-22-2009 12:51 PM

There's something wrong with your RX, I had that heppened to me when I purchased a new one and pulled out of the box to find out it would not bind from the start, so I sent it back and they sent me back a new unit, just unfortunate it did not work for that race night , had it hours before I went to the track and did not check it, but Spektrum to care of my product and shiped me another unit when they recvd the other.

RCGaryK 09-22-2009 03:18 PM

Make sure you don't have the polarity reversed on your receiver pack.

madweazl 09-22-2009 05:46 PM


Originally Posted by RCGaryK (Post 6379016)
Make sure you don't have the polarity reversed on your receiver pack.

Went down to the LHS today hoping they had a rx or tx that I could use to isolate the problem. The rx wouldnt bind to their tx and my tx would only bind to their rx (tried 2 of them) if the antenna was touching. Seems I have an issue with both pieces :(

On the bright side, I bought a DX3R :lol: Sure like the size of that rx better). I'll send the tx and rx in this week and have a back up should something happen to my new radio.


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