vale Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Being inspired from the beautiful works of Pascal and others of you on their wireless custom setup in bags, here it is my attempt to make a sort of Zaxpaq that could fit better my needs. I thought to make it myself because I'd want to have it the same size of my Fusion recorder, in order to have a more compact setup, where the original Zaxpaq (even the 3 bay one, for what i know) seems to be a little longer than the Fusion width. So, now that I've bought the Micplexer too, I assembled this case, made out of allunimun panels and some L and T alluminum bars with some rubber protections. The receivers can be easily slide on and off from the front side and there's space in the back side for cables and connections. At this moment, the only cables that comes out are the AES output cable and the timecode one. So it needs only to be connected the power cable and aerials. Actually, I was a little worried if this could create some sort of rf problems at the receivers but, making some tests, it seems to not change the reception preformance. Anyway, I've noticed that the QRX receive a little more rf garbage if located very near to the Fusion, even without my diy case. It fits perfectly in my PS602 petrol bag and, being slightly less tall than a rack unit, it's easily to mount/ unmount on/from my cart too paired with the Fusion. Below are some pictures (sorry for the phone quality). vale. ps. to make pictures, I placed the antenna in the wrong connector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundtrane Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 very nice.... how are the pieces of alu stuck together? epoxy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Steigerwald Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vale Posted November 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Yes, some sort of it. L bars helped to make it solid and easier to stuck. very nice.... how are the pieces of alu stuck together? epoxy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Flaitz Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 I love this stuff, looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berniebeaudry Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominiquegreffard Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Beauty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Ear Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Nice work. I figured i would have to make something like this when i finally buy a max. I want an easier way to hold my qrx in the bag and make it easy to take out and switch to the maxx bag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastermixaudiomedia Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Robot Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Beautiful work. Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Wang Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Nice job. But you may want to drill a few wholes on the metal surface to let the units breath in the summer time. They do get really hot. Hasn't been an issue so far but just in case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwil Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Bravo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efksound Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Handsome work !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McL Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirMixesAlot Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 As Cloud said above, I'd be weary of these receivers overheating. I have my QRX100Q's in an open pocket of my bag and still have them overheat and lock up from time to time on extremely warm days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Arnold Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze Frias Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 Outstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek H Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 I've never had my QRX overheat. Even when shoved in a straddle-bag or fanny pack. Mine has the perforated case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Wang Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 It does lock up when overheated. Especially the QRX has QIFB. That's why they drill the wholes on QIFB units' surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 It does lock up when overheated. Especially the QRX has QIFB. That's why they drill the wholes on QIFB units' surface. Mine has never locked up even in some very warm situations. Why are you drilling holes - does your case not have vent holes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundslikejustin Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Mine has never locked up even in some very warm situations. Why are you drilling holes - does your case not have vent holes? I think that post is referring to the point that QIFB units have a holey case and non-QIFB units do not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Wang Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 On my current project, the two QIFB in my bag which are half outside the bag, the other four in my zax-paq,they never locked up during HOT weather, I'm not talking about "warm" or "very warm". There is one more QIFB which I'm using receive UHF audio from my Maxx then re-broadcast it through QIFB as a 2nd IFB transmitter to extend IFB range, I put this unit in a pouch which is quite tight&isolated from air,in the rain I put plastic bag outside of it as well. This unit locked up two or three times, by " lock up", I mean : any touch of any of the buttons on the panel is NOT working. So you can't make any change of it. The unit still receiving and broadcast IFB audio fine. The only way to power it off is un-plug the external power of it then re-boot it everything back fine. And yes latest firmware if that's your next question Jack. I'm suggesting Vale drill some holes on his DIY case so the unit can breath in case it gets too hot then lose the control of the unit during a take which might happen. You really don't have to defend every single negative info of a certain brand, every product(include other brands) has its weak point on various conditions.That's why we share our experience and opinions here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Visser Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 My QRX+QIFB have locked up, maybe 3 or 4 times in a year period. A reboot has always brought it back up. I also notice that one specific unit will not output AES audio upon an initial power up, that is more frequent, maybe 10% of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek H Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Cloud, thanks for sharing. So even when you've experienced the lock up the QRX still receives and outputs good audio? That's cool. Also, I've been thinking of trying the same dual IFB voting mode for better IFB range. Does this provide you enough range so you can successfully use the ERX for director IFB? Or are you just using as timecode and scratch tack transmission for camera only? Thanks! Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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