never2loud Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 So disappointed. I've had a g50 for years now with no problems. Decided to upgrade to a g70... So many cool bells and whistles! Played it last week and it dropped out at 10 feet away. Updated all the firmware for both the receiver and transmitter, did a channel scan. Tried it at sound check today and i got about 40 feet from the stage when it started dropping. My singer has a Shure GLXD-16, and he got nearly 100 feet away before any drops. I hooked up my trusty g50 and walked 280 feet away to the otter end of the room, all around the room and into the casino. No drops AT ALL. My bass player has a g50 also and got the exact same range i did, with no drops. The g70 is going back. Believe the reviews... This thing sucks. The Shure killed it and my g50 killed both of them! Why couldn't Line 6 incorporate external antennas into this thing, or put the same bells and whistles into the g50 technology? If it ain't broke, quit trying to fix it... Just add more options! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
never2loud Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 I think I figured out what's happening. I returned the g70 and bought a newer version of my trusted g50. It dropped out constantly, just like the g70. They come preset to RF2 mode, which doesn't make sense because there are warning stickers all over the packaging that RF2 mode doesn't play well with others. I switched it to RF1 mode and had ZERO problems. I'm pretty sure the g70 comes only with RF2 mode, or the equivalent (their NEW technology, as they put it in the g50 manual). Since there's no way to switch it to RF1 mode, there's no way to fix the problem. Again... why would you create a new technology that's faulty when you already have one that's extremely solid? The best part about buying a newer g50 is that they fixed the battery compartment, making it larger to accommodate rechargeable batteries. They also fixed the jack for the cable. Much tighter and more solid now. Thank you for that, Line 6! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovelauren_1 Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 I experience drop outs too. So I try to update the firmware 1.3 to 1.5 directly to my mac laptop using with macOS 12.12.4 it didn't work. And so I went to my wife's iMac with the same MacOS 12.12.4 and try do the same update still didn't work. So I took it in to line6 in Calabasas California (head quarters) myself, when I got there told them that was experiencing dropouts (as we called taking a hit). I find out it was brorken USB in the receiver unit. I told them the USB is a poor design, they should have include the line 6 9V power adapter instead of the USB power cable. In which USB power cable is not road worthy! Cut to the chase. Well the technicians repaired USB it and updated with firmware 1.5 . And was ready to pick up. It two nice ladys they greeted me and got me my unit ( receiver in the transmiter) so I told them about the design flaw, so they went back and got the technician/designer I couldn't recall his name. For some reason he couldn't look me in my face and he just shined me on and told everything is ok fixed. This weekend I had a major show in Cancún, Mexico at sound check. Fired up the G70, it took all kind hits through all 16 channels it was a big disappointment. Thanks line6 for all most trusting in your product😬 In which it cost me a lot of money in time & travel. PS I have the video to prove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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