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QUOTE: Originally posted by JPM335 NEVER get a prodigy or prodigy advance.
QUOTE: Originally posted by JPM335 I would get the Digitrax Zephyr. The lenz 90 or 100 is good too but more expensive. NEVER get a prodigy or prodigy advance. Almost any DCC systems are good in thier own ways. The bachmann system is the bottom of the line and basically just runs trains. I have a zephyr and it works great. I have expanded it with more throttles, throttle panels and a booster along with a PC interface. But the system in the box is great to get started with. But Dont even get your locomotives near an MRC DCC system. The prodigy and prodigy advance sound tempting with lots of features at a low price but they are complete junk! We ordered a prodigy advance for the modules almost a year ago, hooked it up and started running trains. HUGE mistake. the thing randomly decides to stop running trains and maybe 10 seconds later will start up again. If you run a consist, all you can run is the consist and no other engines will respond. Not to mention the thing puts out 22-25 volts instead of the correct 16-18. After a couple months we had some decoders succumb to the beast so we sent it back to MRC. They sent us a brand new one and we had the same problems! Plus the programming interface is absolutely rediculous. Trust me, MRC makes some good DC power packs, but thier digital systems arent worth the box they come in. As I mentioned above I like the zephyr best, but if you go with MRC you are just asking for trouble.
QUOTE: Originally posted by rolleiman QUOTE: Originally posted by JPM335 NEVER get a prodigy or prodigy advance. Why don't you tell us what you REALLY think?? Did your locos take off like a bat out of he11 after that 10 second delay?? Like my MRC Command 2000 use to do?? Good luck Jeff [8D]
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Noah Hofrichter As a fellow Teenager who knows the value of a hard earned dollar from my Parents, I would recomend the Digitrax Zephyr. It's got very little learning curve, and it's easy to use, and it's a fairly good value for the money. I wasn't sure about it when I first parted with my hard earned money, but in the end, I am awefully happy. About the only limitation is that you can only run up to ten engines at a time, but for me that's plenty. You also ahve the ability to add more throttle ports through the loco net system Digitrax offers; a thing I like because I can add a walk around throttle to the opposite side of the layout. Noah
QUOTE: Originally posted by accord1959 Spend your allowance on a Tutor, you need the help spelling!!!!
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QUOTE: Originally posted by elrod this is elrod .Elrod is NOT my real name .And ACCORD1959 or wat ever you need to stop pickin on a boy about 78 years younger than you l.o.l and i am serious!And YES i do read ALL of my responses. ACCORD1959 does it relly matter how i spell i do a lot of I.M ing ACCORD1959 this is NOT OVER!!!!!!!!