Only if we (R2 backer) are NOT backing the R3?
I believe so.
As you are already getting a deal by backing the R3.
Someone correct me if I am wrong.
Just got the email with the link and have ordered.
I’m a bit disappointed that these won’t start shipping until February 2025.
This is well after the R3 backers will be getting their orders.
Considering I backed the R2 in September 2021, I would have thought we R2 owners should get priority so we can finally get close to a fully functioning remote ASAP.
These add-ons are needed to compensate for the R2’s IR design flaws. This should be addressed now.
We’ve been waiting a very long time…
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@marton I hoped the email would clarify it, but it didn’t - how does the blaster for dock 2 work exactly, i.e. does it need an additional external power supply?
Yes, exactly, I bought the remote 3 in late
pledge (shipped Dec. 24) and waited for the link for the dock 3 (shipped Feb. 25) for a long time in between. With your own email address. you could also send them together.
In agreement that the Remote 2 IR blaster should be free as the R2 dock is useless for IR. €10 isn’t too bad, but €19 postage on top makes it ridiculous. I am alone in thinking this?
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No, you’re not.
R2 owners who don’t want to fork out for an R3 just so they can have a remote that works should be catered for first and in theory for free. I’d happily swallow the shipping fee if I thought UC was acting for my best interests.
Waiting yet another 6 months for a solution (hopefully that works) is just not fair.
Especially taking into account I have already been waiting almost 3 years.
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I am more than pssed about this behaviour. I have my R2 since 6 months and cannot use it, because it still has bugs, I am waiting for some of the delayed roadmap items and the internal IR blaster on the dock is simply crp.
Now, I’ve got to wait another 6 months for what should have been a FOC immediate fix.
If I wouldn’t like the concept so much, I would be out already, but the IR blaster is the last chance. Three friends (all EX Logitech users in desperate need for a replacement) have already refrained from this product because of what they read online and what I’ve experienced when setting it up.
If the IR blaster doesn’t fix the poor (essentially non-existing IR signal) and all of the bugs are fixed by then, I will just sell it and never look back. A year of hassle is enough by then. Especially for the price.
Announcing the R3 so shortly after the R2 does anyway not inspire a lot of trust. Especially as the hardware is incompatible to R2 …
Im in Australia, and shipping is an outrageous €59!
This company is having an absolute laugh.
Can any other IR blaster be used with this R2 with good results?
Hello,
you might be interested in the
enhancement of the UCD2 IR-capability
The document link was changed to
https://ibtk.de/project/remote/UCR2-IR-Booster.pdf
You can find other solutions too in this forum, an ESP32 project and commercial external devices.
Cheers, tiki
No kidding on the shipping. A €10 part costing €29 in shipping is just arrogant. Provide a regular mail option (at receiver’s risk) rather than courier.
As usual, UC proves that they are good engineers without a whit of common sense or customer service orientation.
If they were good engineers I wouldnt need to order an IR Blaster in the first place.
I wont be ordering this. Fool me once.
While everytime my wife uses the remote at the slightest angle and the TV doesn’t turn on or there is a delay in the two IR blasters I built and quick power drain, I share the sentiment.
I hated the cost for postage for the 10 eru blaster (that I was hoping would be able to be combined into the R3 shipping), but did it. I don’t know what list price will be, but it still won’t be a big dent compared to the high postage.
As a usual critic, there has been good progress, and the harmony hub on remote can be a game changer - particularly on the blasting front - and Unfolded does not set postage which is ridiculous everywhere for non book rate materials. I’m certain postage is not a profit maker. even if the IR blaster fix should have been built in. There is progress.
I have mistakenly deleted the email that contained the offer. Please consider posting the link if kosher. Thanks.
I would write to the support as I guess the link is unique for every user