I had the exact same problem with my MK2 about a week or so ago. I never really noticed before because I never used the remote that often, until I bought a Pioneer Steering Wheel remote and it didn't work at all. I then tried my Kenwood remote and found that it worked sporatically (inside and outside).

I found that if I took the front face plate off, and held the Kenwood within 2-3" of the IR receiver in the upper right corner, it would work just fine. Once you moved out of that 2-3" area in front of it, it wouldn't work at all. I tried the same thing, changing the batteries a million times. Empeg thought it might be a remote control problem, so they generously sent me a new one, which acted in the same fashion.

Anyway, long story short, the problem turned out to be a flakey IR receiver on the empeg. I had to ship it back to Cambridge where Hugo replaced the IR receiver with one he had laying around (it would be interesting to see their shop out there). I got it back and it works fine now.

When I asked what specifically was wrong, this was Hugo's humorous note: "No idea what was wrong with it apart from it wasn't working and the new one does :)" hehe.

My recommendation would be to remove the front face plate and hold the controller directly up to the IR receiver and see if it works. If it does, you probably have the same problem I did. You should then email [email protected]. :)

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