Getting an Extreme to connect to existing Express network

I have a 4 node Express network with one node connected to the internet via a wired router and the other 3 as remotes. This works perfectly.
I've bought an Extreme node so I can connect a hard disk but no matter how I try I cannot get the Extreme to connect to the network. It either just dissapears with a flashing orange light and need to be reset or will appear in the node list of the Airport Utility but gives a WDS error saying it cant see the express nodes. It is configured as a remote rather than a relay. It is in range (same room 3 feet away - for the moment ) as the WDS Main so I'm a bit perplexed.
I've searhed on the Forums and one or two people seem to have similar issues - is this a known issue or am I getting something wrong?

If your current setup is using channel 12 or 13, try changing to use a channel between 1 and 11.

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