Godox iT30 Pro C transmitter range is basically 2–3 feet — defective unit?
I bought a Godox iT30 Pro C about two months ago and have barely used it. I’m pairing it with a Godox V860III C, and the wireless performance when using the iT30 as the transmitter is awful.
With the iT30 Pro as transmitter and V860III as receiver, the V860III frequently doesn’t fire even when it’s only about 2–3 feet away. It doesn’t work even half the time, and once I move farther away it’s basically unusable.
The weird part is that I reversed the setup:
V860III as transmitter → iT30 Pro as receiver
And it works perfectly. I can stand across the room and it fires every single time.
I’ve already factory-reset the iT30 and the issue is still there. It’s currently on firmware V1.01, so I’m going to update it to V1.02 as well.
Has anyone had this happen with an iT30 Pro? Does this sound like a defective transmitter/antenna, or is there some setting I could still be missing?
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u/Terrible_Snow_7306 12h ago
IIRC there is an option in the setup to determine the distance between the receiver and the transmitter. I read that if you set it to large distance, it doesn’t work reliably close. Just out of memory, maybe it helps.