StevL

I'll say that is pretty darn quick, much faster than my second one. All I would say is to check it a few times. I have no idea why but my first one has always connected ultra fast, the second has varied from maybe a second to a few seconds... why? Heck if I know.

Ken I can't answer that. Maybe the lights don't mean a thing??? All I could do was to sample (a very crude test) my 3 Rx and two buddies Rx and one in the box at the LHS (total of 6 Rx). These were all new radio systems (these all came in last week) the enclosed Rx blinked. The two I ordered seperately that came in the other day did not and they reboot much slower as you can see in my videos.

That's all I know other than they will update the firmware which I have sent two Rx that I believe need to be done. The guru at our LHS (over 30 years in the hobby) agreed there was a very large difference in reboot time. He called their rep and was told there were indeed two software generations.... no hardware differences.

Josey Wales

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I will prolly just send mine in anyway--wont be flying for at least a month anyway--I just ordered a 7000 so I will wait till that comes in to see if it needs to be sent in also.

Ken6PPC

Josey, the reconnect time you had was about the same as mine. I noticed that your LED's didn't blink either!

What does the blinking or lack of blinking mean? I'm confused......

Ken6PPC

As I understand this, the quick connect feature works with DSM2. Since the DX7 operates with DSM2, I think the quick connect feature would work with your DX7 as well.

They are saying that the 7000 rx's can be upgraded with the new firmware. I'd suggest you call Horizon and talk to them about it. Perhaps all you will need to do is send your rx's in to take advantage of the quick connect.

Let us know what you find out!

dsnyder

Quick connect is a feature that if there is a momentary power loss, the system will reconnect using the 2 frequencies it was locked onto prior to the power loss (assuming the TX is still operating on those frequencies i.e. the TX is still on and operating), and the lights on the receiver will slowly flash indicating that there has been a power loss. If you see this after a flight, you have a power problem in your model that you need to address before you fly again.

Please keep in mind that this forum is for direct support only and not for open discussion. If you have further questions, contact our service department, or begin a new thread.

Josey Wales

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So then if the rx DOES NOT flash, then it doesn't have the quick connect correct ?

TheSteve

I finally received my x9303 yesterday. It was easy to confirm the R921 has the quick connect feature. I did a quick power cycle and the receiver LEDs all did the slower flash. Control to the servos was also instant - much faster then 1 second or even half a second, as soon as you turn power back on you have servo control.

Ken6PPC

I am interested to hear the answer to this question as well.

BTW Danny, sorry for engaging in discussion in the support forum. I forgot where I was.....

dsnyder

Correct, if it does not slowly flash after re-connecting, then it does not have the function.

Josey Wales

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Thanks Danny--do we need to send in the satelitte rx's with the main rx ?

alfredh

I received my JR DSX9 just before XMAS, but as it will be used in my Flagship Helicopter, I also purchased in June 2007 an extra Spectrum Satellite RX.

I have just done a quick test.
Yes mine has got the Quick connect feature as they blink on re-power and hardly miss a beat.
But the older Spectrum Satellite RX doesn't have it and took a couple of seconds for the LED to turn on steady.

Bad news:
If you need to have yours upgraded, you will have to send in the satellite RX as well.

Good news:
The older style Satellite RX does not influence the quick connect and simply comes on a bit later.
This seems to also proof "backwards compatibility".
So you can mix and match older Satellite RX's with newer ones at least on the newer Main receivers.