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If you are buying this wireless remote setup separately after buying and installing the winch, as a warning, there are zero instructions or PDFs with diagrams for installation. All in all, it isn't difficult to install without it, but It's strange to me that it wouldn't ...Read More
include some kind of diagram, so consider this review to be the diagram.
So you've opened the control box up, and you see that the wires for the wired remote are red, black, white, and blue. Red is your power, black is ground, as we probably already know. What you may not know, is that white is "line out" and blue is "line in".
With that said, all but one of the colors on the wireless receiver are the same. Red can go to the same bolt the wired version is already connected to (be careful, it's in a sensitive place), black can go to the same black, and white can also go to white, leaving yellow to go to blue for "line in".
How you want to connect them is up to you. I used simple splicers that pinch into the out, in, and ground wires, and directly bolted the red line in. There's probably a simpler way they could have designed this, but it is what it is. The green wire is your antenna, and you'll want to fish that through an opening where your thick power and ground wires are (and maybe silicone them closed to prevent moisture from getting in).
I will also mention, the wireless receiver has these tabs which appear to be screw holes for mounting, but I cut them off because there was no obvious place to screw it in. With those tabs cut off, you can turn the little thing sideways, and sit it in this spot where there are these plastic tabs on the floor of the control box itself, and it fits perfectly in there, almost like it was designed to go there, and the guys designing the wireless remote weren't communicating with the guys who were designing the control box.
After all that is done, button it back up, and you should be good to go. The wireless remote turns on by pressing both buttons at the same time until the red light comes on. You do the same again to turn it off. It has a pair of the flat style batteries inside, and the remote will shut off after a period of inoperation, so you don't have to worry about leaving it on. You might want to open it up just to make sure both batteries are fully installed. One of mine were slightly out of its spot, preventing it from turning on.
The range seems pretty good, and with splicing the wires together, both options can be used if you find yourself still needing the wired remote. The latency is nearly nonexistent (I couldn't tell a difference in response between the two).
Ultimately, it appears to be a solid remote, and can get you out of the elements, or to a safer place while winching. Read Less