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New MRC Prodigy Adv 2 function f5 and above does not work.

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New MRC Prodigy Adv 2 function f5 and above does not work.
Posted by hawkhero on Friday, November 8, 2013 2:44 PM

I just got a new MRC Prodigy Advance 2. Testing it today with 2 locos and function F5 and above does not work.Function 0(lights) and F1 to F4 work fine. Anyone have this problem? Sending it back to Amazon for a new one!

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Posted by ba&prr on Friday, November 8, 2013 3:29 PM

What brand decoders? Are they sound decoders?  Joe

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Posted by hawkhero on Friday, November 8, 2013 3:35 PM

One loco is a Athearn Genesis GP38-2 w/sound and a Atlas Gold with sound. When I press F8 it does not mute the sound. Any function above F4 does not work or the link light flicker.

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Posted by LIRRs on Friday, November 8, 2013 7:59 PM

Hi Hawkhero,

Before sending the unit in try setting the Master Cab by pressing SYS,6,1 and ENTER.  Make sure you have no other Master Cab in the system (no other throttle).  Hope this works for you.

All the best.

Reinhard

 

All the best.

Joe F

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Posted by hawkhero on Saturday, November 9, 2013 4:28 AM

I tried that also! Tried a different cable and a other hand held control. Same thing. 

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Posted by hawkhero on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 1:15 PM

Just got my replacement Prodigy. Works great! Nice blue lit display on the controller.

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