I recently bought a Lionel Legacy command set from Just Trains. I've plugged it in and I see lights, but the manual is a little sketchy on whether I have to load the software or is it preloaded?
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The Legacy manual is kind of sketchy for beginners.
Try going to this site and watch the Legacy videos
from Lionel.
http://www.youtube.com/user/LIONELCS2011
You'll learn more by watching than reading
the manual.
You have to load the locomotive module into the remote to get full legacy operation. Heres Lionels video page as well, may be more direct than youtube. http://www.lionel.com/CustomerService/ProductInstructionalVideos/index.cfm?doAction=&startRow=85&orderby=date&resultsPerPage=12&display=grid
thanks for the info guys i to will be new legacy on monday when mine gets here
Originally Posted by RickO:
You have to load the software into the legacy remote to get full legacy operation. Heres Lionels video page as well, may be more direct than youtube. http://www.lionel.com/CustomerService/ProductInstructionalVideos/index.cfm?doAction=&startRow=85&orderby=date&resultsPerPage=12&display=grid
No you should not. All the Legacy units are shipped with the software installed which is current v1.4 if I remember right. You will have to load engines into the remote or set them up manually in the remote.
Originally Posted by Captaincog:
No you should not. All the Legacy units are shipped with the software installed which is current v1.4 if I remember right. You will have to load engines into the remote or set them up manually in the remote.
Correct, I was referring to the legacy module for the locomotive.
Originally Posted by RickO:
Originally Posted by Captaincog:
No you should not. All the Legacy units are shipped with the software installed which is current v1.4 if I remember right. You will have to load engines into the remote or set them up manually in the remote.
Correct, I was referring to the legacy module for the locomotive.
Good. Just remember you will have to assign an engine ID to the locomotive through the remote and then load the module for that engine into the remote.
Originally Posted by MikeAA9ZY:
I recently bought a Lionel Legacy command set from Just Trains. I've plugged it in and I see lights, but the manual is a little sketchy on whether I have to load the software or is it preloaded?
When I received my second command base I had to load the operating software. If you do not get anything on the screen just put the correct blue module in, even if the software is loaded you will not hurt anything.
Thanks for the info, guys!
I watched the Legacy set up instructional video and the system seems overly cumbersome to me. However, kudos to Lionel for a rechargeable wireless controller. This will definitely be interesting to play with this winter.
I think after you run for a very short time with Legacy, any feeling of cumbersome operation will be gone.
