Help...TV is going nuts with wireless turned on.

[johncolley]

 D'oh! Are you in the same room? Remote TV controllers use Infrared. Many DCC throttles in wireless mode actually transmit in both radio and infrared. John

[Mntneer]

 Sounds like it could be a ground loop issue.

 Check the grounding of your Coax cable and make sure it's tied in with the main house ground.  Also, try plugging your train equipment into a different outlet

[cacole]

 If you're on cable, the interference was most likely through the power lines and not through the air.  I'm sure MRC wireless products have FCC approval or they wouldn't be allowed to sell them in the U.S.

[jellybean]

Cable. Update. It seems the problem has cleared up. It was definetly the reciever on the wireless because when I unplugged it the interference stopped. When plugged back in it started back up. Everything is fine now.

I contacted MRC and they said no one else has had a problem like that. So I'll just chalk it up to just one of those things.........

                                            Jellybean

[Mntneer]

 Are you on cable TV or Antenna? 

[CSX Robert]

jellybean

...I plugged the tethered cable into the wireless but it didn't work, trains didn't move. I then used the old throttle and plugged it in and it worked, the the trains moved. I'm not sure why the wireless wouldn't work with the tether...

It's a good thing you had a tethered throttle to fall back on. The MRC wireless throttles communicate ONLY wirelessly. All that plugging it in does is charge the batteries.

I would contact MRC and see if they would either replace the adapter or at least check it out. It is possible that a failed component on the adapter would cause RF inteference.

[jellybean]

I have been using MRC wireless for 2 years now with no complaints whatsoever until this evening when I turned it on my wife yelled out somethings wrong with the TV. I finally figured out it was me and my trains. When I unplugged the piece that plugs in to the command station to make it wireless the TV and the major interference stopped. So my question is do these go bad? I plugged the tethered cable into the wireless but it didn't work, trains didn't move. I then used the old throttle and plugged it in and it worked, the the trains moved. I'm not sure why the wireless wouldn't work with the tether. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

                                                           Jellybean