I'm having an issue with my receiver not wanting to bind. Here's the setup:

Spektrum DX2.0 transmitter
Spektrum SR3000 Receiver
Tekin FX-Pro ESC
Spektrum Z270 servo
4-cell NiCd 1600/1700mAh
27-turn brushed motor

These are mounted in my Legends car. This is the first installation of the receiver in any car. I press and hold the button on the receiver, turn on the switch on the speed control, the green light flashes on the receiver, and I release the button. I press and hold the button on the transmitter, turn it on, and the green light flashes, then goes solid. However, the receiver never seems to bind; the green light remains flashing. If I just urn on the switch on the ESC, the light on the receiver never comes on at all. I got it to work like once, but after that, whenever I turned on the car, I wouldn't get the green light on the receiver.

Now, in my pan car, I have the following:

Spektrum SR3000 receiver
Spektrum Z590 servo
Novak GTB ESC
Novak SmartBoost
SMC 1s LiPo
Novak 13.5 Brushless motor

This setup has no issues; the car works fine. I want to use the same transmitter for both cars. I even tried hooking up the 3200mAh/2s LiPo (for more voltage) to the Legends car receiver, thinking maybe the low voltage was not getting to run the receiver, but it didn't work. However, both the 1s and 2s LiPo's, and my 4-cell packs all work fine in the pan car.

I also used the Spektrum SR3000 receiver in the pan car along with the Tekin (with a 19-turn brushed motor and 4500mAh 4-cell NiMh's) - that's now in the Legends car - with no previous issues.

Could the receiver in the Legends car, which is barnd-new/never been run, be bad?

I'm having an issue with my receiver not wanting to bind. Here's the setup:

Spektrum DX2.0 transmitter
Spektrum SR3000 Receiver
Tekin FX-Pro ESC
Spektrum Z270 servo
4-cell NiCd 1600/1700mAh
27-turn brushed motor

These are mounted in my Legends car. This is the first installation of the receiver in any car. I press and hold the button on the receiver, turn on the switch on the speed control, the green light flashes on the receiver, and I release the button. I press and hold the button on the transmitter, turn it on, and the green light flashes, then goes solid. However, the receiver never seems to bind; the green light remains flashing. If I just urn on the switch on the ESC, the light on the receiver never comes on at all. I got it to work like once, but after that, whenever I turned on the car, I wouldn't get the green light on the receiver.

Now, in my pan car, I have the following:

Spektrum SR3000 receiver
Spektrum Z590 servo
Novak GTB ESC
Novak SmartBoost
SMC 1s LiPo
Novak 13.5 Brushless motor

This setup has no issues; the car works fine. I want to use the same transmitter for both cars. I even tried hooking up the 3200mAh/2s LiPo (for more voltage) to the Legends car receiver, thinking maybe the low voltage was not getting to run the receiver, but it didn't work. However, both the 1s and 2s LiPo's, and my 4-cell packs all work fine in the pan car.

I also used the Spektrum SR3000 receiver in the pan car along with the Tekin (with a 19-turn brushed motor and 4500mAh 4-cell NiMh's) - that's now in the Legends car - with no previous issues.

Could the receiver in the Legends car, which is barnd-new/never been run, be bad?
not real sure but the batt may not have enough juice to run the reciever. try hooking up a 6 cell batt and see if that works to help it bind.

it's probably something simpler like the wire from the speed control not being plugged in the right way, or wired backward from the Spektrums order, or something else simple.

Put that receiver in your PAN CAR and bind it there...then switch it back to your legends car after you know the receiver is working!!

You may have to put more brake in the radio or it doesn't pick it up and finish binding cycle.

it's probably something simpler like the wire from the speed control not being plugged in the right way, or wired backward from the Spektrums order, or something else simple.

Put that receiver in your PAN CAR and bind it there...then switch it back to your legends car after you know the receiver is working!!

I think TW is on the right track... make sure your throttle/brake EPA adjustments are maxed out and try it again.

Everything's at 100%, I tried using the 7.4V/2s LiPo's that I have (thinking it might be a not-enough-voltage issue), and it's still doing the same thing. Everything's plugged in correctly in the Legends car. I guess I'll have to take it out of the Legends and see if it works in the pan car with the Novak. But my other SR3000 (that's currently in the pan car) had no issues with the Tekin when I was using it in the pan car.

EDIT: Tried the new (second) receiver in the pan car with the Novak; no difference. Still couldn't get it to bind. Hooked my trusty ol' Futaba AM receiver (it's 17 years old...LOL) to the Tekin, and all's good. Looks like maybe that receiver's bad.

Did you select a different model number, for the second reciever. Not sure you can bind two recievers to the same radio unless you do this?

Everything's at 100%, I tried using the 7.4V/2s LiPo's that I have (thinking it might be a not-enough-voltage issue), and it's still doing the same thing. Everything's plugged in correctly in the Legends car. I guess I'll have to take it out of the Legends and see if it works in the pan car with the Novak. But my other SR3000 (that's currently in the pan car) had no issues with the Tekin when I was using it in the pan car.

EDIT: Tried the new (second) receiver in the pan car with the Novak; no difference. Still couldn't get it to bind. Hooked my trusty ol' Futaba AM receiver (it's 17 years old...LOL) to the Tekin, and all's good. Looks like maybe that receiver's bad.

Sounds like a bad RX. Send it in and we will get it checked out for you.

Sonny B
Team Horizon/Spektrum

Did you select a different model number, for the second receiver. Not sure you can bind two receivers to the same radio unless you do this?Yeah, the radio is set up to run the two different cars as "COT" and "LEG" since you can only enter three letters for a model name.

Sounds like a bad RX. Send it in and we will get it checked out for you. Thanks, Sonny; that's probably what I'll end up doing. Problem is...the thing is still under the one-year warranty, but I can't find the receipt for the silly thing :\ I did register the radio system through Spektrum's Web site a while back, but never heard anything back (?).

Please keep us posted on the outcome. Thanks!

Kid