Remote control triggering not working

Moab Man

Senior Member
I have a JJC RM-E2 Remote Control for the Nikon D5100 that on day one would trigger the camera. My second time using it today I get nothing.

1. I know to select the 2 sec delay or instant release.
2. I know it times out at 60 seconds so I changed the setting to 15 min.
3. I know the remote is transmitting.

Any ideas why I can't get this to work or what I might try? The camera is about 30 days old.


For those that don't know. You can test an IR remote by pointing it into the lens of a camera while viewing it on the cameras digital display. If the transmitter is working you will see the LED flashing.
 

KWJams

Senior Member
Tough question to guess at an answer.
Is the camera set in a scene mode or something not compatible with remote settings?
 

KWJams

Senior Member
Scratching my head??

It seems like I recall reading somewhere that there is a sensor on both front and rear of the D5100. Not sure if there is something in the menu that disables one or the other.
 

Dave_W

The Dude
My D7000 would only work with the wireless when I had it set on wireless using the option just below the "P,S,A,.." knob.
 

Moab Man

Senior Member
Thinking I will have to go down to my local camera shop and see if they can try out another remote to narrow down the issue.
 

Moab Man

Senior Member
Thank you everyone for the input and suggestions. I kept hoping someone might come up with something I was missing. In the end I headed to my local camera shop hoping they would assist me in trouble shooting the problem. Good news! Turns out it was the remote and in spite of the fact it was firing it was apparently not firing correctly.

Thank you for all the help everyone.
 

Marcel

Happily retired
Staff member
Super Mod
Thank you everyone for the input and suggestions. I kept hoping someone might come up with something I was missing. In the end I headed to my local camera shop hoping they would assist me in trouble shooting the problem. Good news! Turns out it was the remote and in spite of the fact it was firing it was apparently not firing correctly.

Thank you for all the help everyone.

Thanks for letting us know what the problem was. Isn't nice to deal with someone close so we can deal in person with these hiccups?
 

ejmccoy

New member
I have recently purchased a Nikon D3200 and after scouring the included documentation, cannot figure out how to put the camera in "remote" mode
 

Raju Al

New member
Hi,
I had the same problem with my D7000, the remote worked the night before...but. The remote didn't work even with a new Nikon ML-L-3 remote, I ordered later.
After all the internet search, I did set the camera to auto focus from manual focus and then tried the remote, for it to work. Now my new remote works both on auto and manual focus settings.
-Raju
 
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