Problems connecting SKP 2000 to EW 100 G2

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kevinbyberge

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Hello folks!
I have just bought a SKP 2000 transmitter from Sennheizer, being told that it is compatible with my old EW 100 G2 reciever.
However, when trying to tune the EW to the SKP 2000's 810 MHz, it stops at around 777 MHz and starts from around 700 MHz again. Moreover, the SKP won't go below 790 MHz.
Why is this? Please help a wireless newbie out :smile:
 
It sounds to me that you just might have been burned. Did you actually purchase this from Sennheiser or was it from a company that sells Sennheiser gear. The reason I ask is that the FCC has made a change in the frequencies that are available for wireless microphone use.

It is difficult to understand why Sennheiser would tell you that these units are compatible since there is information on their company website which discusses this issue of incompatibility. The 700 Mhz frequencies are no longer available for us to use.
If you purchased it from someone other than Sennheiser than they are either (a) uneducated about the change (b)unscrupulous sellers or (c) both.
 
Sennheiser transmitters and receivers are available covering a number of different frequency ranges or bands. AFAIK, the transmitter and receiver units ARE compatbile IF you have purchased units that operate in the same or overlapping frequency ranges, though you may have to do some manual frequency setting on one or the other unit. It sounds like you purchased a transmitter unit set up for the "D" range, 790-865 Mhz, while your legacy receiver is set up to operate lower in the 700mHz band, the "C" range 740-776 MHz. It's up to you to know what frequencies your current gear operates on so you can order the appropriate matching new units when you seek to expand your system. Further complicating matters is that it is now illegal (as of June 2010) to operate wireless mics anywhere in the 700mHz band at all in the USA. Your original 700 mHz band transmitter/receiver set is officially supposed to have been completely retired from service as of that date. Because of the change, transmitters operating in the 700mHz band cannot legally be sold in the USA and so it's going to be impossible for you to legally buy a new transmitter operating within the range your receiver tunes. Time to get out the checkbook, return the SKP2000 for credit and buy a new full system that's in a legal range that includes the plug-on transmitter, or at least get a new receiver compatible with your transmitter.
 
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Thanks guys for clearing things up.
I did indeed get the OK from a seller of Sennheiser equipment and not Sennheiser themselves.
This is the 3rd time they have screwed up orders from me. It's time i find a new distributor.
Thanks again.

k
 
KC Videoshooter said:
Did you actually purchase this from Sennheiser or was it from a company that sells Sennheiser gear.
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In the US at least, Sennheiser does not sell direct to customers, they only sell through dealers. That said, a "D" block transmitter has probably never been legal in the US, so either Kevin is not in the US, or he's dealing with somebody really unscrupulous. :)

At any rate, finding a new dealer sounds like a good idea. I can't believe that somebody selling you a transmitter to use with an existing receiver wouldn't at least ask what frequency block you had...
 
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