New MTH Engine Question

I suspect this might have to be repaired.  I had a Premier Mikado that had a similar issues, except that the lights would flicker when the smoke unit was activated.   The train still ran, but it was disco time until the fix.   The engine ran well enough, and in my case when the smoke was off seemed fine.   

Hopefully someone here can shed more intelligent light exactly what might be amiss under the shell.  Either that or it could just the the 'Ninja Train'...  

When you say new, what model?  Is this PS-2 or PS-3?

So if smoke is on does the train function with lights and when you turn smoke off lights and smoke go off?  That would be a totally new symptom I have not seen.

I would do a factory reset and see if that works.  After that I would inspect it for miss-wiring.  If that was good, reload the sound file.

If this is a new PS-3, try the factory reset, and if still doing it send it in for warranty repair. 

If this is PS-2 I can think of a chip on the board that might do this, but again I have never seen it.  G

Hi, this is a new PS3 model. All other functions work flawlessly. Does not matter if  smoke is on or off, but "sometimes" (more often than not) when I press the smoke button the lights will go out.

I'll try the factory reset and report back. Thanks very much.

Paul

If that doesn't work I would carefully remove the 40 pin plug and reinsert it.  Must pull out by connector not wires and must push in straight and aligned not to bend pins.  If that doesn't do it, I would reload chain files.  After that in for warranty.  G

Thanks again for all the suggestions, looks like the factory reset worked. 

That was strange 

Paul

Great!  The easy step.  Lot more stuff going on with PS-3 code.  Glad it worked out.  G