Would FCC mode boost range on Googles RE and Mavic 2?

Macabre · May 29, 2019

I'm having the low range issue with Racing Edition and Mavic 2 and thinking about getting nolimitdronez firmware to enable FCC in Europe which supposedly boosts range on the drone.
Would this help with Racing Edition goggles as well?

brett8883 · May 29, 2019

Macabre said:
I'm having the low range issue with Racing Edition and Mavic 2 and thinking about getting nolimitdronez firmware to enable FCC in Europe which supposedly boosts range on the drone.
Would this help with Racing Edition goggles as well?

That’s a good question. @Kilrah you have any insight on this?

Kilrah · May 29, 2019

The issue with the goggles is not power-related, it's more of an independent protocol/timing problem.
But have you updated your firmware? M2 .400 has solved the issue for many. Seems the RC firmware might be the key so you might not even need to update the aircraft.

Macabre · May 30, 2019

Kilrah said:
The issue with the goggles is not power-related, it's more of an independent protocol/timing problem.
But have you updated your firmware? M2 .400 has solved the issue for many. Seems the RC firmware might be the key so you might not even need to update the aircraft.

No .400 didn't solve the issue. I'm still getting disconnects when I go as far as 800m.

robbyusa · May 30, 2019

Macabre said:
No .400 didn't solve the issue. I'm still getting disconnects when I go as far as 800m.

try a different controller. my feeling is.... with some versions of the Mavic 2 Standard controller... the firmware update has little to no effect on the range. (many report the range issue goes away when upgrading to the Smart Controller)

robbyusa · May 30, 2019

Kilrah said:
The issue with the goggles is not power-related, it's more of an independent protocol/timing problem.
But have you updated your firmware? M2 .400 has solved the issue for many. Seems the RC firmware might be the key so you might not even need to update the aircraft.

many report the range issue goes away when upgrading to the Smart Controller. So the version/build date of the regular controller could be a factor.

Kilrah · May 30, 2019

That is most likely becasue the smart controller came out with the firmware that later got released as 400 for the normal controller.
I have one of the first M2s and controller and the update did it for me.

If it doesn't you should contact DJI support and refer them to the whole thread on the DJI forums about the issue, they've had people ship back their goggles for replacement.

robbyusa · May 31, 2019

Kilrah said:
That is most likely becasue the smart controller came out with the firmware that later got released as 400 for the normal controller.
I have one of the first M2s and controller and the update did it for me.

If it doesn't you should contact DJI support and refer them to the whole thread on the DJI forums about the issue, they've had people ship back their goggles for replacement.

More proof the more recent build dates of the Regular/Standard Mavic 2 Controller are the main cause of the range issue when using the RE Goggles. I rest my case!

Macabre · May 31, 2019

robbyusa said:
More proof the more recent build dates of the Regular/Standard Mavic 2 Controller are the main cause of the range issue when using the RE Goggles. I rest my case!

Thanks for all the replies, but buying the smart controller to fix Goggles is not a solution and I'm not going to shell out €650 for something that should work out of the box. Or at least with an update (which I have).
Especially considering that I'm not interested at all in the smart controller as I own a good phone (which is both brighter and bigger than smart controllers screen), a tablet and now Goggles.

I will do some more testing and if it doesn't work as advertised, I'm going to contact DJI for a replacement/reparation.

Kilrah · May 31, 2019

robbyusa said:
More proof the more recent build dates of the Regular/Standard Mavic 2 Controller are the main cause of the range issue when using the RE Goggles. I rest my case!

Why? I precisely did have the issue with the old build! And as said DJI openly says the issue is with the goggles...

robbyusa · Jun 7, 2019

Kilrah said:
Why? I precisely did have the issue with the old build! And as said DJI openly says the issue is with the goggles...

DJI does Not know what the issue is. so why jump to conclusions and assume it's the Goggles?

Kilrah · Jun 7, 2019

DJI have been asking anyone who complains about the issue to send their goggles for replacememt, and it seems to work. Just check out that thread.

romko1 · Oct 9, 2019

Macabre said:
I'm having the low range issue with Racing Edition and Mavic 2 and thinking about getting nolimitdronez firmware to enable FCC in Europe which supposedly boosts range on the drone.
Would this help with Racing Edition goggles as well?

Hi,
I have the same problem with DJI goggles RE, at a distance of DJI Mavic 2 pro from the starting point approx. 1000m me image freezes (of course direct visibility). The solution is that I connected the goggles to a tablet that has HDMI output, but I do not like this solution. How did you solve this?
Thank you.