Phantom 4 Channel Mod and Range Information.

Just bind and fly, link is above just let me know, it's a good deal if this is what your looking for. I probably used it 10-15 times total so like I said, it's pretty much brand new


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At $500, are you including both panels, the DBS-02 shown next to it, and the MaxxRange antenna mounted on the transmitter, in addition the Jake modified GL300C transmitter? How did you arrive at $500? When I bought my DBS-02 used, it came with a lightly used P3P W323 aircraft, and the 100W charger, and the already modified transmitter was a GL300A, with almost 40% more power output. Are you including two boosters and a booster battery, too? What am I missing?
 
I paid 462 for the kit plus install, paid 90 for the max range big panal antenna, paid about 299 for the remote which was not used but brand new at the time and has the switch for the P4 that does P,S,A mode which I believe the remote you have does not have those modes. Upgraded cables for 20 so all in all 871 plus tax here and there is what I paid, as a mater of fact my remote was the first clean install jake did and it might be the one in his YouTube videos but not for sure. That's how I end up at 500 and if someone offered a fair price I would not mind shaving a few bucks off. Also both antennas are included.
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I paid 462 for the kit plus install, paid 90 for the max range big panal antenna, paid about 299 for the remote which was not used but brand new at the time and has the switch for the P4 that does P,S,A mode which I believe the remote you have does not have those modes. Upgraded cables for 20 so all in all 871 plus tax here and there is what I paid, as a mater of fact my remote was the first clean install jake did and it might be the one in his YouTube videos but not for sure. That's how I end up at 500 and if someone offered a fair price I would not mind shaving a few bucks off. Also both antennas are included.
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With some of the reports going around I have been having a think and have some suggestions for folks to try if your suffering from poor range. Whilst there have been many changes to the power outputs cross all of DJI craft none of these would result in large differences in flight distance some people are seeing, in fact the Phantom 4 has more output than the last revision of the Phantom 3 so this rules out it being related to that, also what is often forgotten is that the CE region output is about 75% less power than FCC and we are still able to achieve long range results and comparable distance to FCC areas.

To be clear I am not saying some folks are not having issues I just don’t believe any output changes are the cause.

Antenna Orientation


First of all make sure you understand correct antenna orientation
See DJI tutorial below

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Next look at your flight environment, Lightbridge is on 2.4Ghz and although it’s a strong link WiFi congested areas will have a large impact on range there are some things you can do to try and get around this.
Look at the HD menu below and see if your getting interference or connection

Clear channels are signified by a Green Bar
Channels in Use or that have interference will show with a Red Bar
Your current channel will show with a Blue Bar

Manual Channel Selection

Next try selecting a clear channel manually by using Custom Channel in DJI Go

Note: if your in the UK or some other countries DJI go will not allow you to select Custom Channels, Change your devices region to USA and the option will now work.

Go to Image Transmission Settings in the main menu and select the HD menu

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Change Channel Mode to Custom and select a clear channel, you looking for one with a green bar showing its stable, ideally try ch16 if its clear.
Set Transmission Quality to 4Mbps
Test now, If its still no better try the following.

Expand to 32 Channels

This is a channel expansion mod that allows you to select all 32 channels instead of the 8 normal ones available to you and other WiFi devices, this means you can put your connection on a channel thats less likely to be in use no matter where you are, once you have done this follow the process above but this time select a clear channel well out the way of the normal 13-20

Download the Files Here, this file is zipped up and will need to be unzipped.
Dropbox - DJI Config File.rar

Android

Connect your Android device to your computer
Download the attached file DJI.configs
Copy the config file to the root directory of \Android\data\dji.pilot\files
Launch the DJI Go app and you will see that the remote controller now shows support for 32 channels.

iOS

Connect your device to iTunes on your computer
Download the attached file DJI.configs
Click ‘Add File’ and copy the file to DJI Go Documents
Launch the app and you should now have the 32 channels available.
Again Note if your in the UK or some other countries DJI go will not allow you to select Custom Channels, Change your devices region to USA the option will now work.


Once you have done this as posted try selecting a clear channels well up the band away from the normal 8 again looking to avoid channels with red bars or are surrounded by red bars, then set Transmission Quality to 4Mbps, you may need to try multiple channels before you find one that’s gives best performance.


DJI Go App

Signal issues can be related to the tablet overheating, Make sure you keep it out of its case and its keep as cool as possible before use, use a sunshade if you can.

Also try with a different device if you have one available.

Comparing 2 Craft


If your comparing 2 craft like the P3 and P4 and are finding the range of the P4 is substantially less than the P3 try the following.

1: Set both craft on custom and select CH16 if clear and set both to the 4Mbps bit rate, Test one craft at a time with the other turned off completely, both controller and craft not in use must be off.

2: If still substantially different try the same but test on 3 separate channels, Bottom, Middle and Top of the channel band and look at the results.

3: Try binding your P3 or Inspire Controller to the P4 and test again as above.

Overall even two identical craft may have slight differences in range, there are many factors that can affect the range of one over another even being tested at the same time.


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No more dropbox link for the channel mod. Anyone know where the link is available?
 
No more dropbox link for the channel mod. Anyone know where the link is available?
I would recommend not installing it and instead using Auto and 5.8Ghz. You'll be far happier with the range! Trust me on this! :cool:
 
I would recommend not installing it and instead using Auto and 5.8Ghz. You'll be far happier with the range! Trust me on this! :cool:
Thx. I know where auto is but where is the 5.8ghz option?
 
Thx. I know where auto is but where is the 5.8ghz option?
Whoops! Wrong thread! I thought I was in the P4P thread. My bad!
Channel mod is needed for the P4, and you must select a manual channel above 20, like 30 or 31. Just google "Phantom 32 Channel Hack" and you'll likely come up with another link.
 
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Whoops! Wrong thread! I thought I was in the P4P thread. My bad!
Channel mod is needed for the P4, and you must select a manual channel above 20, like 30 or 31. Just google "Phantom 32 Channel Hack" and you'll likely come up with another link.
Thx
 
Whoops! Wrong thread! I thought I was in the P4P thread. My bad!
Channel mod is needed for the P4, and you must select a manual channel above 20, like 30 or 31. Just google "Phantom 32 Channel Hack" and you'll likely come up with another link.
Sorry to bother you again and I will follow your advise and get the channel hack for my P4. Also your instructions are very detailed in the thread where you helped another member get through the iTunes process and that is greatly appreciated.

Do you happen to know the best distance settings for my friends P3Advanced? He is thinking about upgrading to the P4 do you recommend that?
 
Sorry to bother you again and I will follow your advise and get the channel hack for my P4. Also your instructions are very detailed in the thread where you helped another member get through the iTunes process and that is greatly appreciated.

Do you happen to know the best distance settings for my friends P3Advanced? He is thinking about upgrading to the P4 do you recommend that?
Great. :cool: P4 is a decent upgrade from P3A for full 4K with snap-on props and better construction. You can buy them as a Refurb for $799 from DroneNerds.com. Same 1 year warranty, and they are open box, tested, and recertified, only from DJI 7 day returns, supposedly. I got one myself. All 2.4 Ghz only Phantoms, including P4A, are best on Custom Channel 30, 31, or 32 using the 32 Channel hack, especially with an antenna mod and boosters.
 

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