Never power on the RC8X out of 7.0V-17V. 8 pieces AAA batteries,a 2S-4S LiPo battery or a 6S Ni-MH battery is permitted. Never charge the RC8X with the USB port. The Type-C port on the left of RC8X is used to update firmware, copy data, supply power to the 5.8G image transmission module, and temporarily supply power to RC8X.
Multiple Programmable Mix Control such as 4WS, 4WD, Tank mixing, Tilt mixing, CPS mixing etc. RC8X, with steering curve, throttle curve, brake curve, etc., that is an ideal partner for all types RC cars and boats in the market including single-engine and twin-engine models such as crawlers, tanks, caterpillars, short-course truck, drifting car, gasoline car, mini car, monster truck, off-road car, GP car, EP car and other types of cars or boats.
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Real-time built-in telemetry of model battery voltage, RSSI, and Telemetry receiver voltage Water Splash Proof The waterproof grade is IPX4 Gyro Receiver with gyro integrated, customizable gyro sensitivity Compatible RC8X, RC6GS V3, RC6GS V2, RC6GS, RC4GS V3, RC4GS V2, RC4GS, Transmitter T8FB, T8S...
Packing Box×1 1.2.4 Compatible Receivers RC8X is packed with a R8FG receiver by default. RC8X is also compatible with RadioLink R7FG, R6FG, R6F, R8EF, R8F, R8FM, R8SM, R8XM, R4F, R4FGM receivers. Note: Since RadioLink radio control system is not open sourced, RadioLink transmitters are ONLY compatible with RadioLink receivers and RadioLink receivers are ONLY compatible with RadioLink transmitters.
RC8X, and then long press home button to power on RC8X. Note: 1. When the USB Type-C port is used to supply power to RC8X, please make sure the battery in the battery tray is removed to avoid over-discharging.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com 1.2.6 Nomenclature of Buttons Switch/Knob Full name Function Operation Push the button forward or Digital Trim 1 default steering trim backward to adjust the value. Restore to factory settings by Digital Trim 2 default throttle trim pushing the buttons.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com Default control CH4, can be lock switch or jog switch can Push Switch 1 programmed be programmed. Two PS2 switches on the left Default control CH6, can be Push Switch 2 and right side, convenient for...
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com Note: If you set the “Type”of the switch to “jog”, the value will reach the maximum (or the minimum) when pressing the switch, and back to the original value when loosen. For example: if the “Type” of PS1 is “jog”, the servo value will reach +100 when pressing PS1 and will back to -100 when loosen.
1.2.9 Preparation before Turn on Transmitter 1.2.9.1 Power for Transmitter RC8X is easily adapted for various battery layouts with wide operating voltage of 7.2V to 17V, which can use 8 pieces of AAA batteries, a 6S Ni-MH battery or a 2S-4S LiPo battery. Universal JST connector with the voltage protection software of RadioLink ensures vital components are protected from a reverse polarity connection.
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If the input voltage is lower than 5V, the transmitter cannot be turned on. 1.2.9.2 Turn on Transmitter Long press HOME button about 1.5 seconds, the RC8X will shows RadioLink Logo, and the welcome to RadioLink sound is emitted at the same time, the home page will display this information as the picture below: ①...
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Setting Steps: turn on your RC8X, click the button at the left bottom of RC8X into System menu, click at the left of RC8X into Information menu, , click the blue select box below the word Language, and then choose the language you want.
RC8X into Information menu, click Battery, click the blue select box at the right of Alarm voltage to change the alarm value, click “-“ to reduce the number and click “+” to increase the number. If you use a 2S LiPo battery to power for your RC8X, then alarm...
But if you buy a new receiver for your RC8X. Each receiver has an individual ID code and must bind with transmitter before using. When the binding is done, the ID code will be stored in the transmitter and there's no need to rebind.
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5V power supply, and the three wires correspond to “ ”. Note: RadioLink receivers are all designed with anti-polarity connect protection. When the servo cable is plugged reversely, the receiver will not work. The receiver operating voltage is 3V-12V. When the receiver uses a separate battery for independent power supply, the receiver will not be damaged if the battery polarity is reversed, but if the servo is connected at this time, it will cause damage to the servo.
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Back: click the button or short press the power button to return to the previous menu. Current: it defaults 0, if the RC8X bind to receiver success, and connect the telemetry cable to the model battery, the real-time model voltage will show here.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com number. If you use a 3S LiPo battery to power for your model, then the alarm voltage number do not lower than 11.1V (for 3S LiPo battery, 3.7V*3=11.1V), 4S LiPo battery do not lower than 14.8V.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com Note: When the receiver is connected to the power supply, if there is no successful binding between the receiver and the transmitter or the receiver loses the signal, the indicator of the receiver will flash slowly.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com setting in the “Channel setting” menu. Setting steps: turn on the RC8X into home page, click the button at the left bottom of RC8X into System menu, click into Mixing menu, click the blue select box named Gyro mixing.
Built-in theme: the built-in theme refers to the theme that the background and border color have preset. There are five built-in themes in total. Tap the SET button to quickly select the background and border color. Custom theme: at custom theme menu, RC8X users can set the background, border, and font...
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com color by themselves. The customed colors of theme, background, and font are composed of red, green, and blue. For example, if the values of the three colors of theme are 0, the current border color is black.
Silence: turn off all the sound if the voice mode select silence. Alarm only: only broadcast the warning notes that have preset. When the current value same as or smaller than the preset alarm value, the RC8X will broadcast the warning notes, the other operation such as press switch or tap function button will do not trigger any sounds.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com Only newest content: only the latest operation will be broadcasted. The speech will be interrupted by the newly triggered content and then the transmitter will go to broadcast the latest content. 2.1.5 Battery (Transmitter Battery Voltage) Current: the real-time transmitter battery voltage will display here when the transmitter is powered by a battery.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com 2.1.6 Vibration setting Vibration by touch: The word is ON, and the select box's background color is blue indicate the vibration function is turned on. The word is OFF, and the select box's background color is grey indicate the vibration function is turned off.
CRSF: When the DSC port is connected to TBS Crossfire, select this signal mode. Multimedia Mode: Mainly for the working mode setting of the headphone jack of RC8X. Audio output: select this mode when headphones are plugged into the headphone jack.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com 2.1.10 Calibration Wheel, trigger, and Rotary knob correction can be applied when a mechanical offset has occurred for some reason. Wheel: Steering adjustment Tap “End point” of Wheel into steering calibration menu, turn the steering wheel of the transmitter clockwise to the end,...
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com Rotary knob: VR button adjustment Tap “End point” of Rotary knob into the VR button calibration menu, turn the Rotary knob clockwise to the end, and then counterclockwise to the end, then rotate it to the...
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RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com Step: indicates the interval of the number change every time the button is pressed. For example, set the Step value to 6, and then each time the DT1 button is pressed, the value will increase or decrease by 6. The value of Step is defaults 2.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com DTxB: the sound set for pushing the button back. Auto: indicate the sound type of the default factory setting. NONE: indicate without any sound when pressing the button, eight types of beeps can be selected. Audition: ON means that the audition will be played automatically after selecting the sound, OFF means that the audition will not be played after the sound is selected.
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RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com Rev.+jog: If set the “Dir.” of the button is “Rev.” and the “Type” is jog, the servo value will reach -100 from the original value 0 when pressing the button and the servo value will to +100 when loosen.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com “Warning voice” can be selected. Beep1-8: buzzer type, eight types can be selected. Warning1-20: warning type, twenty types can be selected. System voice: There are 55 kinds of function voice prompts by default. When the function of the button is set to be the same as the voice function here, you can rotate the corresponding voice broadcast prompt here.
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RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com of the file name will increase by one for each additional picture. Screenshots preview: it is not supported to preview screenshots directly in the transmitter. If you want to preview the screenshots, you can connect the transmitter and the computer with a Type-C USB cable, and then preview the screenshots on the computer.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com SD card into the transmitter and then restart the transmitter to see the modified content in the SD card. 2.2.4 Timer In the timer setup menu, the alarm time, timer mode, alarm sound type, the switch to trigger the timer, the switch for resetting the timer, vibrator type, and throttle trigger to a timer can be set.
2.2.5 Lap list Call lap list when checking the lap memory data (each lap time) memorized by lap timer operation. This function is not available currently, please pay attention to RadioLink official website www.radiolink.com to get the latest firmware to update this function.
If the receiver list selected here does not include the receiver model you are actually using, the binding may not be successful. For example: You are using the RC8X with R7FG receiver, you need to select FHSS V1 to match the code. If FHSS V2 is selected, binding will not be successful.
Child ID function. At this time, the other devices are on standby. For example: Bind RC8X with a trailer and a trolley and turn all them on. First, use RC8X to control the trolley to run to the trailer of the trailer, and then switch the receiver ID on the trailer to drag the trailer back to the destination.
For example, when using RC8X on a climbing car, you can turn on the cruise control with one switch, and the climbing car can maintain a constant speed without pulling the trigger.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com setting range is from 0 to +100%. Tune Buttons: DT1/DT2/DT3/DT4/DL1 can be selected to adjust throttle rate. Switch: PS1/PS2/PS3/PS4/PS5/Steering/Trigger can be selected to turn on or turn off the cruise control function. 2.3.5 Channel reverse This function reverses the direction of operation of the servos related to the transmitter's steering, throttle, channel 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 operations.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com independently, the default value is 100, 0 to 120 can be selected. 2.3.8 Fail-safe This function sets the servo operation position when transmitter signals cannot be received by the receiver for some reason. The initial value is 0%, which means that when the transmitter...
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com firmware to update this function. 2.3.11 Idle up This function is used to improve engine starting performance by raising the idling speed when starting the engine of a GP car/boat. It is also effective when you want to prevent braking when the power is turned off during running because of your gear ratio setting and choice of the motor when operating an electronic car.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com Steering Rate Switch select: The initial switch of steering rate is DT3, DT1/DT2/DT3/DT4/DL1 can be selected, select “NULL” indicate that this function is not enabled. Pull or push the DT3 will adjust the value of the steering rate.
Current signal: the initial value of current signal is -100 dbm After the RC8X have bind to the receivers which have the signal strength telemetry function, the RSSI value will display here and the value will vary with the distance between the receiver and the transmitter.
Receiver voltage: the input voltage of receiver Current voltage: the initial voltage is 0.0V. When the receiver bind success to the RC8X, the current input voltage of receiver will display here. Alarm sound type: it defaults “NULL”, it means that if the...
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com to turn on the sensor status and time broadcast automatically function. If both the sensor status and time broadcast automatically function are turned on, they will broadcasted according to the order list of the menu. Broadcast interval: the interval period for broadcast, if the sensor status and time broadcast automatically function has turned on, it defaults alarm once every 1 minute, the alarm interval time can be customized.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com achieving the effect that the first half of the rudder amount changes faster than the second half. The slow VTR curve is the opposite. Quick/Slow: +100 indicates the quick VTR rate, and -100 indicates the slow VTR rate.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com direction servo operation quicker or milder, click “+” to increase the value, or click “-“ to decrease the value. When the value of EXP is not 0%, click Quick or Slow to switch the value quickly.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com function will very helpful in such cases. Turn: the initial value is 100%, 0% to 100% can be selected. 100% means there is no delay. Servo operation is delayed Return: the initial value is 100%, 0% to 100% can be selected. 100% means there is no delay.
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RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com Attention: Throttle servo (ESC) operation is delayed so that the drive wheels will not spin even if the throttle trigger is operated more than necessary. This delay function is not performed when the throttle trigger is returned and at brake operation.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com Point1: is for speed switching point adjustment. The initial value is 30, 0 to 100 can be selected to change the "Low" and "High" switching point. Three points: A delay can be set in 3 ranges with Point 1 and Point 2 as the boundaries.
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RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com Traction control function is turn off. The button at the right of “Mixing” is ON, and the background color of the select box is blue, indicating that the Traction control function is turn on. Throttle return: Set the ratio that the servo returns to the slow side of trigger operation. If set to 0%, the traction control function will not work.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com operation while operating steering, and the steering amount is greater than the value of the "ST trigger to start", the A.B.S function will be triggered, if the steering amount is less than the value of the "ST trigger to start", the A.B.S function will not be triggered.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com automatically switch from the set throttle position to a preset point so that the tires do not lose their grip and the car accelerates smoothly. Attention: 1. When the throttle trigger moves to the trigger point, the throttle servo moves to the preset point position.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com the select box is blue, indicating that the Engine cut function is turn on. Switch select: PS1/PS2/PS3/PS4/PS5/Steering/Trigger can be set to turn on or turn off the Engine cut function. Preset point: the rudder amount when the engine has cut. When pressing the Engine cut function switch with the Engine cut function is turned on, the throttle servo (motor) value is locked in the preset position and does not operate even if the throttle trigger is operated.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com selected. Steering 2:is for the servo2 steering angle adjustment. The left and the right servo2 steering angle can be set separately. The initial value of left and right is 100%, 0% to 120% can be selected.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com be applied to Brake1, the Brake2 or Brake3 delay must be set to "0". ST mixing(left): for the left steering mixing adjustment. Use this function when you want to soften the brakes when steering is operated. The initial value is 0%, 0% to 100% can be selected.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com Gyro mixing Click at the top right corner to switch the setting menu from built-in gyroscope setting menu to the external gyroscope setting menu. Current gain: Group1 and Group2 can be selected, Group1 including Gain1 and Gain2, Group2 including Gain3 and Gain4.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com Type3: switching from front side only, front side normal but rear side reverse phase, and the front and rear keep the same phase Type4: switching from front side only, front side normal but rear side reverse phase, the front and rear keep the same phase, and rear side only 4WS CH1/CH2: CH1 to CH8 can be selected to control the steering servo of the car.
As this function drives 2 separate motors simultaneously, a mutual load will be applied. Use this function carefully so that the motors are not damaged. RadioLink will not be responsible for motor controller, motor, and other vehicle trouble due to the use of this function.
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RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com trigger. The blink speed and trigger mode can be customized. CPS mixing1/2/3/4 Mixing: The button at the right of “Mixing” is OFF, and the background color of the select box is grey, indicating that the CPS mixing function is turn off.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com 2.6.7 Tank mixing This function is intended for vehicles such as tanks, etc. It can be used for the pivotal turn or the ultra-pivotal brake turn by operating the steering and the throttle. Mixing: The button at the right of “Mixing” is OFF, and the background color of the select box is grey, indicating that the Tank mixing function is turn off.
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RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com 0% to 100% indicates the quick EXP/VTR/Multiple point rate, and -1% to -100 indicates the slow EXP/VTR/Multiple point rate. The vertical cursor line moves in conjunction with the changes of the curve rate value. Offset: The master channel mixing center point (the point that the direction changes) can be offset.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com Mixing channel: is for set the master and slave channel. Master: channel that applies to mix. Channel 1 to channel 8 can be selected as the master channel. Slave: channel 1 to channel 8 can be selected as the slave channel. The movement of the master channel side will include the movement of the slave channel side.
2.7 Model select 200 models’ data can be saved in the transmitter RC8X. The name of every model can be renamed, and the factory settings of every model can be reset in this menu. Data can be copied and pasted between every two models. Click the model that needs to be set, and the following settings will appear on the screen.
“Previous” or “Next” at the bottom of screen to switch the page. 2.8.1 SD Card Folder Name Introduction Folder Folder Function Function Name Name Debug Info Debug information Icon of ESC Firmware Firmware of RC8X Desktop Icon of desktop FONT Font of RC8X Cache file Cache file...
2.8.2 SD Card Files Copy Methods 1) Copy the files with a card reader ① power off the RC8X, remove the SD card from RC8X, insert the SD card to a card reader, connect the card reader to the USB port of the computer.
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Introduction about the nomenclatures that on the update setting menu SD Size: the capacity of the SD card, if you replace a larger capacity SD card, the RC8X and computer connection will take longer to read the transmitter device information, about 2 minutes.
2) All filenames in the SD card only support English. If you change the filename to other languages, the filename will display garbled characters. 3) If the SD card is pulled out and then insert into the RC8X, the RC8X needs to be restarted to see the modified contents in the SD card.
The wheel section left and right installation direction can be reversed. The wheel is default at the right of RC8X, users can reinstall it by a Phillips screwdriver. The following operation takes the right-hand use modify to the left-hand use as an example: 2.10.1 Remove the Wheel...
Use the Phillips screwdriver to remove the two mounting screws (HA3.0*12mm screws) on the left wheel installation port cover. Gently pull off the left wheel installation port cover. Gently pull out the USB port motherboard. Remove the cable from the RC8X PCB board.
Insert the 14pin plug, 3pin plug and 4pin plug on the steering wheel into the corresponding socket in the middle of the PCB motherboard on the left side of the RC8X. Insert the plastic steering mounting plate. When inserting part of it, gently insert the extra part of the 3 connector wires into the interlayer of the RC8X PCB board.
The picture is as follows after modifying the wheel from the right to the right: 2.11 Wheel or Trigger Mechanical Adjustment The wheel or trigger of RC8X can be adjusted mechanically according to your needs. 2.11.1 Trigger brake lever adjustment Make this adjustment when you want to decrease the stroke of the brake side of the throttle trigger for operation feel.
RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com Adjustment steps: Using a 1.5mm hex wrench, loosen the trigger tension screw (1.5mm) by turning it slightly counterclockwise. Note: Adjust the stroke while observing the screw. Once the mechanical stroke of the throttle is changed, please re-calibrate the throttle trigger. The calibration method refers to 2.1.10...
If the trigger tension screw is turned too much, the screw may fall out. 2.12 Firmware Update RC8X will keep to update the firmware to add new functions. Please pay attention to our website www.radiolink.com to get the latest firmware.
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RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com ② select update mode > The following four options will appear on the screen, and "USB MODE" is selected by default. > Turn DL1 knob to turn the yellow background cursor to “Update the latest” ③ upgrade the latest firmware >...
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“firmware reads fail!” pop out at the bottom of the screen means the transmitter RC8X have not find out the firmware from the microSD card, please copy the latest firmware to the microSD card first, and then reupdate follow the steps above.
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RadioLink Electronic Limited www.radiolink.com ② select update mode > The following four options will appear on the screen, and "USB MODE" is selected by default. > Turn DL1 knob to turn the yellow background cursor to “Update the specified” ③ upgrade the specified firmware >...
> Short press the power button to exit the upgrade mode. 2.13 Customized Voice Production Not only the voice package that comes with RC8X, but also the customized voice is available for user to set the Audio source. Users can make custom prompt voice production through text-to-speech software, and then copy the voice file to the transmitter, where they can choose their own voice.
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16KHZ or 32KHZ, monophonic, and 16 bits depth. After selecting the save location, click OK, and a qualified voice file will be generated. Note: Don’t tick "Include markers and other metadata". 2. Copy the voice file to RC8X. Please refer to 2.8.2 SD Card Files Copy Methods to copy the modified audio to RC8X_EXT(H) -sounds-USER.
3. If the product is purchased from the local distributor, you can also ask them for support and repair as prefer. A 32G SD card will be packed with RC8X, it can be used for transmitter upgrade or save the font, icon, screenshot, sound, and other customized files you have designed for your RC8X.
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