i recently bought a hitech lynx 3d radio, my question is that it only comes with a chargeable battery pack, after using the radio when i turn the on/off switch "OFF" it stays on. this is especially disturbing since the unit was well over $250.00 (i also got the spectra module.) this has happened once before and a few days later the switch/batt pack worked fine, but last night again, after use it stayed on, it does seem to only do this after the unit is in use, is it possible that some residule battery power is causing the light to stay on, i do not want to drain the battery, so i take it completely out of the radio. please advise, i love the radio, and would hate to lose it for awhile if i had to send it in for service???

Do you have the "Display" switch turned on?

It's the switch above "ON/OFF".

most likely, i have the display switch turned on. oops.....
i do not have it in front of me, i am at work, but i was thinking last night, whilst eating dinner, (i wasnt racing because it was raining)that when the "display" is on the car does not receive any signal, untill i manually turn the transmitter on. so i started to think, how do you check the battery volts w/out turning on the radio?
i usually do not ask questions, for this reason, it almost always is something little, and in time, or by reading the entire manual, lol i probably would have figured it out, nice feature to have on a radio, kinda suprised me, but witha radio of this caliber, i really like the radio it is super, thank you for your quick response. and am eager to get home and see, i hope that is all it was....
gary

No prob, just let us know if that was it...

Hitec,

Question for ya. I race with a front 1-way on my electric car and a tuning technique is to set the Brake EPA between 60-80% depending on traction to prevent spinning out. However, whenever I do this, my neutral point creeps and my car will start creeping forward. Am I doing anything wrong or is this normal? Why does EPA affect the neutral setting? This is done with a 3D, DCX receiver, LRP Quantum competition speedo.

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I will check it on mine...
I always put a little foward roll in mine for stock...
It tends to help carry a little more speed through the corner.

Plus, it makes the stock motors feel more like a mild modified..

yep, that was all it was, thank you.

Thanks for checking. Yeah, I always put forward roll for stock. However, I hardly every race stock...almost always modified. I first noticed the problem last weekend at the Tamiya Nats. My car was rolling forward at the starting grid

an easy way to put a little forward roll with the 3D is to use the "idle-up" switch

Hows goin Hitec,
Could you please give me the part number for the
AA alkaline battery cradle for the Lynx 3D. The importers here in Australia deny that it exists yet I am sure I saw them online at some stage.
Also whats the Hitec web site address thanks.

Geoff.

PS these transmitters rock.

squizzytaylor, Here you go:

Unlike the Yeti & Bigfoot, I have seen and own one....LOL

Lynx 3D Transmitter Battery Tray (Alkaline) 54405

www.hitecrcd.com

Hey, I'm sure someone asked this at some point before, but I can't remember the answer.

The switch included with the Lynx 3d is kinda wierd. It has an extra plug coming out of the switch casing that has only a positive and negative wire. What is that for?

Also, it has a three wire setup going to the other two plugs, and both plugs have male connectors.

What the heck are we supposed to use the switch for, cause I don't see how it could work in a gas car.

There is the plug to go to the batt on one side, then the other side is reciever & Charge jack. When the switch is off, the charge jack is "live" ...or on...

-Troy

OK, here is what the switch does........

You have 2 sides of the switch.
Side one:
Has 2 leads coming from it
One has red & black wires(a)
ones has Red, black & yellow(b)

Side two:
Has one lead coming from it
Red, black & yellow(c)

All the switch does is switch the red wire.

It connects the red wire from(a) to the red wire from either (b) or (c) depending upon switch location.
The yellow from (b) connects directly to the the yellow from (c)
The black from (b) connects directly to the black from (c)
Neither one is controlled by the switch.

With the switch in the ON position:
(a) connects to (c)
This is the position for RUN/DSC

With the switch in the OFF postion:
(a) connects to (b)
This is the postion for charge

(a) connects to the battery
(b) is the charge/DSC connector
(c) connects to the Rx

Click on image below...

Is this what you where looking for?
If not, let us know....

Tres: Man, I had to read your post about four times before I got it. What was really getting me was two things. One- the connector sex, those two male plugs had me all confused. I forgot that the DSC cord has both a male and female plug on it...and Two-the (a) wire was so short, I thought it was for the DSC/Charging, but I guess the battery's wire is long enough to reach that cord.

So...

(c) has a male connector to plug into the reciever
(a) has a female connector to plug the reciever pack into
(b) has a male connector to plug the charger extention or DSC cord into.

Got it.

But why the heck is the (b) wire so long? Where in the heck is that trying to reach to?

Thanks for the explaination.