That's your best bet, having a local hobby shop that sells the stuff means they should be pretty good at setting it up. If you can gleen what they say "was wrong" or needed to be done, or done different, I would love to know so I could try to help others.
so.. i think is doesnt work with the AR610 because of the spektrum protokoll..
Ordered now a 'Spektrum Quad Race Serial Receiver'. This will work fore shure