RobOO

Gwdriver16 you sir are a star! A but a 37 TTS chip in my oldest Bachmann 37 (8pin) yesterday and it was awful low end, really judgering. Did the CV 150 to 1 as I'd already seen and I'd say it was better but in no way workable. Followed your instructions to the letter this evning and it runs brilliantly now. Actually ran it alongside another 37 I have with ESU SWD chip to see how they compare. Ok not in the same league when it comes to horns, brake and flange squeel, but the price is fantastic. What I do like about the Hornby chip is the basic engine and thrash. Mixed in with the rest of my much more expensive sound chips these Hornby ones are holding their own. Done one 37 (of 6), one 50 (of 4) and all the HSTs now (3). The Hornby ones have freed up enough chips to reblow the SWD ones to finish the rest of my fleet off I reckon. Thnk you very much.

. Rob (RAF96) does a lot of product testing and experimentation. He openly admitted in previous posts that the broken Elites he has were his own user error fault (connecting things together that shouldn't have been done) and not due to just normal 'wear-n-tear'. Thus his Elite failure experiences are not typical of the normal life of an Elite. That's fair enough then. I'm just saying how my experience has been. Given that I bought it new I can't blame any previous owner for its faults and given that the USB on the Elite was eratic from the start I've never had a great time with it.

You've got two dead elites; and that is okay? I've got one and given the cost to buy it and Hornbys last letter to me with regard it being knackered and there's nothing to be done I've bought something else. I had loads of trouble with my Elite and reading this thread reminded me of all the frustration and anger I had while trying to use what I thought was supposed to be simple. Turns out it was probably always working well below par. It seems the Elite is a consumable item then, not repairable.

I thought that was very informative thanks. Can't wait to get my Elite back from Hornby and see if my problems have been sorted or not. Maybe then I can get round to doing some CV settings of my own. Cheers, Rob