thanks for the tip bob!

i tried it this morning coz its been bothering the crap out of me lol.


anyways, emitter works and when i press the mode/ch on the dash, the emitter lights up. but does nothing.

but before i try to cut the wirings again, and reconnect it......what else should i look for?

 

do you have the original alpine remote, and does it work?

 

for some reason, the 9856 does NOT come with remote :/

 

EDIT

 

i wonder if ANY alpine remote would work?

 

Thats along the lines of what I was gonna suggest, but I didn't think they worked that way

 

Woah, the manual says the only remote that works with it is RUE-4190
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-amn8nw1TNN1/c...50&I=500RUE4190


That's not a standard remote...maybe the standard alpine IR isn't used such as with the lower end HU's and its a diff signal? much like how diff brands use diff codes? Modifry can u elaborate if this is possible?

 

From another thread
Try pulling the IR out like 2 inches from the HU and see if it works, maybe the HU just isnt picking up the signal

 

i tihnk its picking up signal coz it lights up when i press the dash

 

The HU lights up or the IR? If the IR does and theres no indication that the HU is receiving it, try what I wrote above. Pull the IR out away from the edge of the HU and bring it out like 1-2 inches, just so you know for sure that the HU can see the IR emitter


Not to thread jack, but I found an odd quirk with mine again. It only works after the car has been started for a few minutes, and thats only intermittant. For instance, it worked yesterday at 8am and 11pm...but this morning on the way to work, again, all the controls were not functional. Then I parked at work and tried all the buttons and only the volume down button would work, none of the rest I tried the phone cam test and saw the same thing...only the volume down was emitting