It appears part of the remote has gone dead - the numbers/buttons 1,4 &7 don’t seem to function. Is this a fatal flaw or can it be repaired or will it have to be replaced??
Experienced railroaders - HELP!
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It will have to be return to Lionel for repair. It should be under warranty but since they are shutdown it may take a while.
Call Lionel, it may take a while to get it back but from my understanding Legacy system is covered for repairs. I'm thinking until they decide to bring out another system. Call Lionel and see what they say. This corna stuff has everything messed up so no idea on repairs
If you can afford it look on ebay or the buy and sell forum from time to time. I got a 990 set barely used for a great price. I run a lot of legacy loco's plus I wanted more than one remote for other operators on my layout some day. the price difference between a legacy 993 set and the 990 set is only about $50.
This way with another 990 set you have a spare base and remote for a backup. my 990 base went bad and lionel fixed it for free. while my defective 990 base was at lionel I just used my other good 990 base. like I said if you run mostly lionel stuff and can afford it it is nice to have a spare set for times like this. I even use my second remote from time to time even running trains by myself. the 990 base just serves to hold the remote on my control panel most of the time. although it can be used at any time if I wish for either a backup if my original base craps out again or on my christmas layout set up during the holidays.
