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>>Tony, just click on the link above, it should appear, it does when I do it?

>>Mat:

Before you attempt this feat, please ensure that you have a fully charged set of batteries in your tx, and a fully charged battery in the tank. If you are using a 1700 battery it will drain to the point of useless in 5 mins, and I am not joking. a 2000 battery will last slightly longer, but for any real use from an Elmod you will need a 3800+. They eat power. If you have the tank switched on for 20 mins while you are faffing about with getting the channels done it will go flat.

You cannot sort out the channels unless there is an excellent power source, I learned the hard way. Once it is up and running you will discover that everything stops working when the power drops off.

You can safely ignore the colour coding in the Elmod manual. That simply refers to where each Elmod channel sends a signal received from the tx/receiver.

What you need to do is establish which channel from the tx activates which channel on the receiver. Then you plug the Elmod lead into the appropriate receiver socket.

If you don't have any documentation with the tx/receiver that links the tx controls with the appropriate receiver box output sockets then the only way to find them is by trial and error.

Connect the power lead from the Elmod into the receiver box.
The first one to find is the one that provides the engine start up.
If the tank engine is not running then nothing will work apart from the turret controls.
Take one Elmod lead and try it in each receiver socket. Try the tx control that activates the ignition each time you try a different socket. By process of elmination you should find it.

Once you have ignition, you can find the others by following the same procedure.
Remember, if you activate the control for ignition off, then you won't get anything to work!

See how you get on, and shout again if you get stuck....and remember what I said about the batteries! 

Cheers

Rob G

matt what rob said sounds the right way to go, here's some pic's of the elmod intruction sheets that came with the tls and booster, just in case you need them. rob i still cant get on youre site, it comes up  "HTTP 404 Not Found" i'm on aol if that makes a difference

                Tony

hey thanks rob and tony,

@ Rob, i have a 1700 in their, but also have a 2000 in their, but ill swap them out for 2 4800 batteries ill try and figure it out, i couldnt get the thing to respond with my 4 channel tx i have for the jagdpanther either, and its hard to tell when its on or off (ignition) because i dont yet have the baster! you say its default channel six, ive twisted that knob to oblivion to try and get it to work (sorry if that sounded really wrong and disturbing LOL ) but it wont respond

@ Tony, thanks for the PDF's ill download them straight away!

cheers guys,

Matt

its just a thought matt, but what tx and rx are you using?, i say this because some sets are not compatible with elmod, i think they have a list of whats not compatible on thier  web site,

              Tony

erm... just clipped in the turret, and even before i press anything to try and find ignition, the turret wont move, the only response i get from the el-mod it the little red light, thats it.

cheers,

matt

@ tony im using a Graupner JR x-412 FM transmitter 6 channel ...

hope thats ok

Matt

the graupner should be ok, its just a few sets that they say dont work, it sounds well baffeling!!!, why not take out all the wireing and and put it back in more slowly looking at the pdf's you downloaded, its dead easy to make a mistake and not realise it, and make sure all the wireing is in the relevant plugs firmly with no loose wires

                  Tony

checked it all over seems fine, still cant figure the problem

Ok, you say you are working on a 6 channel set up? First of all set it up as a 4 channel. It will be a miracle if you ever get the switches to work, there is more to that than Elmod let on.

If you haven't got the sound card, it won't make the job easy as you will have to wait 10 seconds for the silent ignition to start the tank. The best bet is to junk the HL battery, mine was next to useless. You will at least have a fighting chance with a fully charged 4800 one. Its amazing how the time flies when attempting to problem solve and they drain down without you realising it.

Double check that you have the 8 pin plug in the right way around, there are two slots in it and they must face inwards. If you have plugged it in the wrong way around there is an outside chance that you have blown an onboard fuse that looks after that socket. It's about 1mm square and only Elmod can replace it (unless you are a soldering guru, in which case they will post you one). If you have blown that fuse you can spend the next millenium trying to get the thing working and nothing will happen. The 8 pin circuit controls everything apart from the motors.

So...make the first test the one to get the motors working.

Do they run if you pull the jumper specified in the Elmod instructions. You need to disconnect everything from the Thinktank board except the motor wires, and the wiring (you did include the 20amp fuse?) from the battery and switch.

Switch the tank on, and pull the jumper. The motors should run. (Make sure the hull is jacked up when you do this!).

If the motors do not run then there is a problem with the board.
If they run in opposite directions, switch the wires over where they connect to the board on one motor so that they both run forwards.
If all is well, then switch the tank off and replace the jumper.
Then..start the 'Find a channel' process again.

To be continued...this is so much fun, I know I went through this when I installed mine!

Rob G

matt youve only got the 4 channel 1.19 prop chip in the tls so its a 4 channel set up  so the starting will be on the left stick , for the six channel set up you would need the c4 chip in the tls, plus the tx worked on , is your booster chip a hl one or a prop chip