Only with ONE of the three Lionel Universal Remotes do I experience some random Horn triggers, and sometimes an engine would just stop momentarily, like it lost the RF signal from the remote . I don't experience this using my Legacy or CAB1, just the Universal Remotes. Of course, the Legacy and the old TrainMaster is a different technology altogether. Is it possible some structures on my layout itself are affecting the Bluetooth radio wave?? Maybe some of the taller metal structures? The two engines are a Legacy 4-6-0 Camel Back and the Amtrak Genesis 40. Strange why I don't experience this with my 2 other Universal Remotes programmed with two LC+2.0 ET44AC Diesels, a Legacy Cotton Belt GP7 , an A5 0-4-0 Switcher , the little Granite 0-6-0T Switcher ?? I'm think perhaps it's the profile height of the engines, or where the internal antenna is??? BUT, if that was the case, the tiny Granite 0-6-0T Switcher would also be problematic. Totally STUMPED by this.
Or, of course, it could just be that ONE UNIVERSAL REMOTE??? Just wondering if anyone else has experienced a "flaky" Universal Remote?? Can it be that some engine's boards are just more sensitive to the Bluetooth signal, and some are not? Here are the two engines that don't "play nice" on the same Universal Remote, but programmed SEPARATELY on TWO DIFFERENT Universal remotes, are just fine- again- STUMPED.
One more "quirk"- If I raise the VOLUME of both engines FULLY (pressing and holding the "Shift" button while turning the knob), I can eliminate the random horns and engine stalls. I'm certainly no electrical engineer, but it's almost like turning the volume down somehow is decreasing the signal strength, which may be causing these random "dropouts" ????? Anyone experience this??
And, finally, here's my totally overcrowded 5x8 Layout- a work that's been "in progress" FOREVER.........