Hi Al,

What are the details of your system? Head and remote models, I mean

I emailed Kenwood about this and their best answer is that the remote is losing power intermittently. They said I should have a certified installer check it out. I am an electronic tech with 30 years experience. I replied that that answer is illogical and they need to escalate the problem to someone with some real knowledge. I also wrote that they should do a Google search for "wired remote problem" and see how many Kenwood products show up, which is quite a few. Apparently that peeved them off cause I haven't heard back from them for days. Somewhere someone wrote that Kenwood customer service was good, maybe that was on another site. I disagree. A LOT.

If the problem is interference, then shouldn't turning the volume way down make the remote work? I will try that next chance I get. I did have a powered antenna hooked up and disconnected power from it and signal cable from the radio, and then it worked on the jumper box for the first time. Not sure if it is just a coincidence or not, I have had trouble since then.

I ordered a model 60 remote off eBay and will install soon, not here yet. Maybe the 50 has got wet enough times to be flaky.

Later,
Brian