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I have an older, (MRC probably) Athearn HO Genesis Challenger. (#3985)
It's essential "dead" and un-responsive to any commands. I've tried reprogramming CV 8 to 8 (and to 143, mfgr ID #). No luck...
She last ran quite well, but might have been consisted at some point while she was at the club and I was not around. (The club runs NCE).
Any suggestions before I ship her off to Athearn?
Have you tried changing out the decoder?
There's a factory reset on those decoders, try setting CV29 to 6, this should reset it. If that does not work, then try CV125 with a setting of 1.
no joy josh...
I'm holding off replacing the decoder so I can try shipping it back...
If it was me and I had to do it over again, I would save myself the time (4 months there and back), about $20 S&H and just put a sound unit in. However I understand the simple idea that you pay "X" amount for the unit and it should work like it was intended. Good luck and keep us informed.
no joy josh...
I'm holding off replacing the decoder so I can try shipping it back...
Darn, I'd say call Athearn and see what they can do.
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