@mahler123 shielding the RF receiver will not work. It needs to receive a 418MHz from the remote control to act as an RF to IR controller. It uses 418MHz narrowband to limit the effects of RFI. Try unplugging everything electronic in the basement and turn off any LED or fluorescent lights and see if that helps. If it does add things back one at a time to determine the source of the RFI.
Improve RFI
I have terrible RFI in my basement system. The RFI indicator on the Universal Remote is always on, regardless of where I locate the sensor, and I have to revert back to using the individual remotes for AVR, Blu Ray, etc. I also have a surround sound system on the main floor; same AVR, same universal remote, and no RFI.
The kitchen is on the main floor and all appliances which are usually identified with RFI are in the kitchen. The lighting is different in the basement and the washer-dryer and firebox are in the basement.
Everything I can pull up on RFI seems to be from the ham radio world. They constantly point to the firebox but there doesn’t seem to be any consensus on how to deal with it.
Any help would be appreciated
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@mahler123 said;
Did you try using the main floor level remote in place of the one in the basement? What is the "firebox" in the basement? . |
Fusebox. It must have been autocorrected. Tried turning off lights and unplugging everything in the basement, even the components that I want to control with the remote, to see if that changed the RFI indicator, and none of them did. What exactly is the Mu Metal supposed to be placed on, if not the Radio switching station? |
@mahler123 I’m curious… how is the RFI affecting your system audibly? Are its effects clear to you? I use Synergistic Research’s Tranquility Base Carbons with excellent results (in full disclosure I am a dealer for them). They are not inexpensive, but they project an electromagnetic field around components to deflect ambient EMI/RFI and suck out trace EMI/RFI within components. In a highly resolving system, these bases add critical improvements in lowering noise floor, removing high frequency hash, and increasing coherence and spatial presentation. I currently use six of them in my reference system. |
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