HELP! my controls are possessed!

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    • January 6, 2003 at 4:31 am #9557
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      HI, I’ve only had my car a week or so, but recently it has been acting a bit wierd. I think that the IC board is fried. Here are the symptoms:

      Currenly the controller’s forwards/reverse buttons don’t work. The left and right buttons make the car move forwards and turn in the correct direction at the same time.

      I opened up the car andnothing seems to be shorted out – does anyone have a suggestion on what to do?

      Thanks!

    • January 6, 2003 at 6:40 am #17487
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      I need an old priest and a young priest… THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELLS YOU…..

      sorry.. um yeah have you tried it with another controller..that’ll let you know if its the car or the tx

    • January 6, 2003 at 7:25 am #17490
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      hehe

      Yeah, I’m thinking that I’ll have to find another controller to see if the problem is with the car or transmitter. I did just take apart the car and short out some of the terminals – I got the car to move in all directions. SO, it’s electrical, either with the car or controller

      thanks!

    • January 6, 2003 at 7:44 am #17494
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      is the motor moving ?? maybe the connection to the motor from the pcb board has come undone ?

    • January 6, 2003 at 8:51 am #17500
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      Yup, the motor turns and the steering works. I took off the cover to expose the pcb board and then took a paper clip to connect the L,R,F and B terminals to the GND terminal (individually). Each function of the car works – it’s just when I try to run the car normally (with the controller)that I have problems. When I hit the forward and reverse buttons, nothing happens. When I hit either the left or right buttons, the car just turns left and goes foreward.

    • January 8, 2003 at 5:41 pm #17736
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      refund it?

    • January 8, 2003 at 8:33 pm #17746
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      hehe – I wish I could. It was a christmas gift (without recipt).

      I’m thinking about getting another one – anyone know which brand is best? Has anyone else had to pitch a bad car – why?

    • January 9, 2003 at 5:36 am #17756
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      TOMY bit char-G, Hbooico Microsizers and Tomy Compact Char_g are the brands to look for, they are the exact same thing but with different packaging pretty much

    • January 9, 2003 at 10:31 am #17766
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      buy another one of the same brand then return your old one with the new reciept + packaging…

    • January 9, 2003 at 12:37 pm #17773
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      LOL @ Gt-ahh, berry beryy sneaky sir

    • January 9, 2003 at 8:14 pm #17789
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      hehe – wish that I could say that I hadn’t thought about that myself 08^] … of course I’d be sure to keep the fastest motor

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