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Brand new Locomotive with catalog number 30050 do not respond to IR control
Joined: 20/10/2011(UTC)
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Location: chapala, mexico
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Hello, Iàm glad I found this forum hoping to find some gentle help. Iàm new to the forum, and also to Marklin trains. Last year I bought in France a small Kit of Marklin train which included an IR remote control (which not even appear in the current catalog). Back in Mexico, my son was so happy with the train that last summer my sister bought him from a trip to Germany a used high speed Locomotive, which worked fine with the IR Control but now the rails were too small for it, so I decided to enlarge it by buying new rails, cars, and a new Locomotive directly from the online shop in Germany... Now my problem is that the new Locomotive, which has a current catalog number 30050 resembles Forrest Gump because only runs at top speed without stopping and doesn`t respond to the IR Remote Control when we try to stop it, slow the speed, activate the reverse mode or anything else. The troubleshooting page of Marklin is in German and I don`t know a word  , so I had no idea what to do until I found a light of hope in this forum  . Any help will be welcomed and a friend from backyard will be very, very grateful  . Regards to all of you: Chatiuxx
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Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC)
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Hi!
Have you tried changing the address of the loco as described in the IR controller manual?
IIRC you have to press a button on the controller while you apply power. Try it several times if you don't succeed at first.
Loco probably starts running immediately because it was still running when they took it off the test track. This could be a problem when you try to change the address, so try it a few times. |
Regards Tom --- "In all of the gauges, we particularly emphasize a high level of quality, the best possible fidelity to the prototype, and absolute precision. You will see that in all of our products." (from Märklin New Items Brochure 2015, page 1) ROFLBTCUTS  |
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 Joined: 19/03/2004(UTC) Posts: 976 Location: Gorizia, Italy
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Hi Chatiuxx,
Welcome to the forum.
I am sure you will find a lot of people who can help to solve your problems.
Cheers
Renato
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 Joined: 15/12/2005(UTC) Posts: 3,594 Location: Spain
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I think that those are the symptoms of an analog loco running on a digital layout.
You might want to open the loco and see what it has inside (show us a photo here, please).
Depending on the inside, it might have a decoder strapped to analog mode.
As you state that the loco was bought USED, there is really no way of telling what it has inside. It might even have an old-fashioned electromagnetic reversing relay! |
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 Joined: 06/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 95 Location: ft lauderdale
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welcome to the forum
had a friend with the same problem it was set to analog
Roger
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Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: hxmiesa  As you state that the loco was bought USED Where does he state that? The used loco works fine, the "brand new" loco #30050 does not work correctly. Roger, how do you set an mfx decoder to "analog"? I'm not sure if that can be done - and it shouldn't be the default setting of a "brand new" locomotive. |
Regards Tom --- "In all of the gauges, we particularly emphasize a high level of quality, the best possible fidelity to the prototype, and absolute precision. You will see that in all of our products." (from Märklin New Items Brochure 2015, page 1) ROFLBTCUTS |
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 Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,692 Location: United Kingdom
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Hi Chatiuxx,
Welcome to the forum. |
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