Just trying out a nice AA pair of Legacy PAs that we picked up from a Forum member recently and have two questions please
Aren't these supposed to have a MARS light like the earlier TMCC model? The powered A has two lights but they both are steady.
Also, when I hit the bell button, it starts ringing continously and I am unable to get a single ring like our other Legacy locomotives.
Any idea here?
Thanks
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What's the exact Lionel item number?
Hi John,
It's 6-34568 and in reading the features from Lionel's site, I don't see a MARS light mentioned. Several months ago several fellas posted about them and I thought they said that it DID have the light. Cheap bas***ds...
It is supposed to have the single hit bell however and ours is either ringing steady or off...
I wonder if the 1.51 software with the added lighting controls would allow the mars light to function?
Possibly a long shot, but this did allow for the mars light on the S3 to be turned off. Heres the 1.5 manual , page 37 shows the mars light icons that can be accessed when 1.5 has been installed.
http://www.lionel.com/media/se...7V15LEGACYManual.pdf
As far as the bell is concerned, are you sure it wasn't inadvertantly loaded as a TMCC locomotive? This would cause the loco to mimic its functions under TMCC, i.e. no single bell hit.
Just some guesses,outside of that an email to Lionel might be in order regarding what features the loco should or shouldn't have.
Rick, I think you have it - It does appear as a TMCC engine with all numbers showing on the keypad. What do I need to do to have it run under Legacy?
I can try to change it this afternoon.
Thanks so much for the link.
My Legacy manual is packed away somewhere so I'm shooting blind here for the most part...
Press the INFO key and scroll over to the command type, select Legacy. Next, scroll over to the sound type and select Legacy Rail Sounds. Press INFO again and you're all set.
Thanks fellas
Update - John, I was able to do as you say and now she's in Legacy and the bell functions properly.
Rick - I tried holding down AUX2 several times but the screen display didn't change to what was shown in the manual p37 for the lights?
You have to hold it down for three-four seconds.
Have you updated to the 1.5 software on your command set? The lighting menu is not available with 1.3 or 1.4 Pressing the "ctc" button again after the legacy system is powered up will display your software version.
Silly question I know...
It is v 1.3. How do I upgrade it please?
You can use the LSU (Legacy System Utility), and one or two black modules to update it. The black modules are a one-time purchase as you can re-write them for future downloadable updates.
I published a thread on converting existing blue modules to re-writable "black" modules a couple of months back.
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