by Ecbill » Fri Feb 26, 2016 6:29 pm
Wish I'd seen this thread before getting one of these. The problems listed here pretty much mirror those that mine has.
Had to elevate the track to get it to work, but not consistently. Finish tower did not read dark cars. Dots didn't really help but I only tried one per car. Unlike yours, mine seemed to work best with the sensors biased to the outside of the track, away from the rails. It occurred to me that reflections off the rails might be confusing the sensors, so I blacked them out with a sharpie. Unit would also frequently default to lap counter mode.
Sometimes it declared the wrong car the winner. Other times the ETs were out of wack. As mentioned the timer only going to tenths of a second is useless.
Don't know if our units were part of a bad batch or if they're all like this. Attempts to get support from the manufacturer have been un successful. Phone cars go unanswered, messages don't get returned. Got a response to one email saying he would call me that evening but never did. Susiquent emails went un answered. :angry-tappingfoot: