Zone two problems

[Andrew Pratt]

Guys has anyone else noticed any problems with zone 2 opperation in their 1098's? Mine has been working fine up until today but now it doesn't seem to repond to any codes coming in from my second zone. I've tried another cable and swapped outputs from the IR repeating unit (Buffalo) but it still isn't responding at all.

[aud19]

Well Andrew perhaps you can buy me one for a late Christmas present so I can help you diagnose the problem

Jason




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[Andrew Pratt]

It seems that its now working again. The solution appears to be that if I have the pronto too close to the IR sensor on the wall it doesn't respond as it should but if I back away all is well. Its odd though in that the unit still blinks to indicate it received an IR signal at both ends but the rotel fails to work so I'm guessing the IR signal is getting corrupted if I stand too close. The reason I have gotten into the habit of bringin the remote close is that during day if there's too much sunlight on the sensor it fails to repond at all.

[Kevin D]

The Pronto has a pretty decent blaster on the front. I'm sure being close is overdriving the Ir circuit just like the sun does (too much IR to make out what to repeat).. Xantech makes a sun friendly piece if you could find a cheap one on Ebay or something..

http://www.xantech.com/products/p_folder/p_78010.htm

Kevin D.

[Andrew Pratt]

Yup not getting the sun friendly model was a mistake when I installed this system. We tend to use it most at night though so its not as big an issue as it could be.