Lectrosonics/Zaxcom Frequency Reblocking Chart 2017

Note: This article is from 2017. If you want to see more updated information, go here.

What do you need to do to make sure your wireless equipment works in the face of the oncoming 600 MHz onslaught? We've put together a handy chart to reblocking your equipment from Lectrosonics or Zaxcom. Info on wireless trade-in and rebate programs is available here.

The prices below include the labor and parts required to change the frequency, as well as $25 shipping and handling per unit to and from Lectrosonics or Zaxcom from the Gotham shop in NYC or Atlanta. Any parts beyond the frequency change will incur an additional fee.

After September 2018, all boards issued will need to be recertified by the FCC under the new rules. Discontinued products will not be getting recertified boards, so, to be safe, we strongly recommend getting your equipment reblocked before then.

We don't know when the firmware updates will be available yet, but we'll keep you updated. They'll have to be done before the end of September of 2018 to remain in FCC compliance.

Discontinued products (indicated with an *) have limited boards and parts for frequency changing available

 

Transmitters
Unit	Frequency Change Cost	Changes by Block or Band			Firmware update
Wideband		A1	B1	C1
HHa	$420	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to A1 or B1.	User
HMa	$400	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to A1 or B1.	User
LMb	$650	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to A1 or B1.	At factory
LT	$450	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to A1 or B1.	User
SMDWB	$475	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to A1 or B1.	User (SD card)
SMWB	$475	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to A1 or B1.	User (SD card)
SSM	$600	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to A1 or B1.	User
Unit	Frequency Change Cost	Changes by Block or Band			Firmware update
Blocks		Blocks 470, 19-22	Block 23	Blocks 24-26
HH*	$420	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
HM*	$400	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
IFBT4	$625	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
LMa*	Not available	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Sell overseas or trade-in to Lectro.	At factory
MM400c*	Not available	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Sell overseas or trade-in to Lectro.	At factory
SMa*	Not available	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Sell overseas or trade-in to Lectro.	At factory
SMDa*	Not available	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Sell overseas or trade-in to Lectro.	At factory
SMQa*	$400	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
SMQV	$450	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
SMV	$450	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
UH400a*	$500	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
UH400TM*	$500	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
UM400	Not available	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Sell overseas or trade-in to Lectro.	At factory
UM400a*	$625	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
UT*	$420	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
WM	$450	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. Will require firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
Unit	Frequency Change Cost	Changes by Block or Band			Firmware update
Other freq ranges
D4T	Not applicable	No affected frequencies.			--
DB	Not applicable	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US and require firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker.			User
DBa	Not applicable	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US and require firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker.			User
M4T	Not applicable	No affected frequencies.			--

 

Receivers (You are not required to modify receivers, but, of course, you may need to change the frequency range to match your reblocked transmitter)
Unit	Frequency Change Cost	Changes by Block or Band			Firmware update
Wideband		A1	B1	C1
LR	$575	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. If matching transmitter gets firmware upgrade, will need firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to A1 or B1.	User
SRc	$825	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. If matching transmitter gets firmware upgrade, will need firmware upgrade by user or at Gotham using SRUSB endplate.and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to A1 or B1.	User or at Gotham (requires USB endplate)
VRT2	$425	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. If matching transmitter gets firmware upgrade, will need firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to A1 or B1.	User (w/ Venue 2)
Unit	Frequency Change Cost	Changes by Block or Band			Firmware update
Blocks		Blocks 470, 19-23	Block 23	Blocks 24-26
IFBR1a (UHF ONLY)	$350	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. If matching transmitter gets firmware upgrade, will need firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
SR*	$1050 (includes conversion to SRb)	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. If matching transmitter gets firmware upgrade, will need firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23. Unit will be converted to SRb.	At factory
SRa*	$1050 (includes conversion to SRb)	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. If matching transmitter gets firmware upgrade, will need firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23. Unit will be converted to SRb.	At factory
SRb (with SuperSlot)	$645	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. If matching transmitter gets firmware upgrade, will need firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
SRb (without SuperSlot)	$645	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. If matching transmitter gets firmware upgrade, will need firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
R400a	$650	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. If matching transmitter gets firmware upgrade, will need firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
UCR100	$375	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. If matching transmitter gets firmware upgrade, will need firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
UCR401*	$420	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. If matching transmitter gets firmware upgrade, will need firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
UCR411a	$850	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. If matching transmitter gets firmware upgrade, will need firmware upgrade at factory and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	At factory
VRS/E01	$335	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. If matching transmitter gets firmware upgrade, will need firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	User (w/ Venue)
VRT	$400	No affected frequencies.	Only 588-608 MHz will be available. If matching transmitter gets firmware upgrade, will need firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 470 or 19-23	User (w/ Venue)
Unit	Frequency Change Cost	Changes by Block or Band			Firmware update
Full UHF		L (470-691 MHz)	M (537-786 MHz)	H (640-786 MHz)
Octopack	$575	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US, but can be ignored.	Reblock to L	Reblock to L	--
VRM	$900	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US, but can be ignored.	Reblock to L	Reblock to L	--
VRFIELD*	$900	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US, but can be ignored.	Reblock to L	Reblock to L	--
Other freq ranges
D4R	Not applicable	No affected frequencies.			--
DR	Not applicable	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US, but can be ignored.			--
M4R	Not applicable	No affected frequencies.			--
DRM	Not applicable	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US, but can be ignored.			--

Discontinued products (indicated with an *) have limited boards and parts for frequency changing available.

Note: This article is from 2017. If you want to see more updated information, go here.

Transmitters and Transceivers
Unit	Frequency Change Cost	Changes by Block or Band		Firmware update
Wideband		#.5	#.6
ZMT3	$200	No affected frequencies.	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US. Will require firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker. Reblocking to 3.5 recommended.	User
ZMT3-HM	$200	No affected frequencies.	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US. Will require firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker. Reblocking to 3.5 recommended.	User
ZMT3-HH	$200	No affected frequencies.	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US. Will require firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker. Reblocking to 3.5 recommended.	User
TRXLA3	$200	No affected frequencies.	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US. Will require firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker. Reblocking to 3.5 recommended.	User
TRXFB	$200	No affected frequencies.	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US. Will require firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker. Reblocking to 3.5 recommended.	User
TRXLA2*	$550	No affected frequencies.	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US. Reblocking to 2.5 recommended.
TRXLAS	$200	No affected frequencies.	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US. Will require firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker. Reblocking to 3.5 recommended.	User
TRXLT2*	$550	No affected frequencies.	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US. Reblocking to 2.5 recommended.
TRX743	$550	No affected frequencies.	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US. Will require firmware upgrade by user and new FCC sticker. Reblocking to 3.5 recommended.	User
Blocks		Blocks 20-23	Blocks 24-26
MMAXX	Not available	No affected frequencies.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Sell overseas.
QRX100	$500	No affected frequencies.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 20-23.
TRX700*	Not available	No affected frequencies.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Sell overseas.
TRX900*	Not available	No affected frequencies.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Sell overseas.
TRX900AA*	Not available	No affected frequencies.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Sell overseas.
TRX900CL*	Not available	No affected frequencies.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Sell overseas.
TRX990*	Not available	No affected frequencies.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Sell overseas.
TRX992*	Not available	No affected frequencies.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Sell overseas.
TRX942*	Not available	No affected frequencies.	Nearly all frequencies will be illegal for use in the US. Sell overseas.
Other freq ranges
IFB200	Not applicable
Receivers (You are not required to modifty receivers, but, of course, you may need to change the frequency range to match your reblocked transmitter)
Blocks		Blocks 20-23	Blocks 24-26
QRX100	$550	No affected frequencies.	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 20-23 recommended.
QRX235	$550	No affected frequencies.	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US. Reblock to 20-23 recommended.
RX900M	Not available	No affected frequencies.	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US. Sell overseas.
RX900S	Not available	No affected frequencies.	653-663 will have duplex gap restrictions. All other frequencies over 616 MHz will be illegal for use in the US. Sell overseas.
Other freq ranges
ERX3TCD	Not applicable
RX200	Not applicable
QRX212	Not applicable
SRX220	Not applicable

Note: This article is from 2017. If you want to see more updated information, go here.