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Its kind of funny when people run on your track for the first time and they keep setting the controller down when they go put their car back in the slot. Takes some getting used to. It is funny to see when there are 6 guys wireless slowly moving around the layout to drive from a different place to get a different perspective.My only tip to give pn these is dont be discouraged if all of a sudden one of them doesnt work. Just unplug the battery for a few seconds and plug back in .I found that once in awhile my wireless box on the tv would interfere and I have to REBOOT the controller...Great review Harry
Fred

Used the wireless controllers at Fred's and they really do work great. Does take awhile to realize you can move around and don't have to put them down. Nice to have when racing at a big track like Fred's, that is when Fred invites us.... :o

Heeeeellllo I'm sitting right here !!! Tom pick Harry up in October and bring him over here .I'll even wear something cute for him.
Fred

Ok, its Halloween right? I hope so, l'm scared.

Man I would love to move around my track with remote controllers

great write up Harry, that video and your detailed instructions will sure help out a bunch of folks

good job :text-bravo:

Also had Carrera Wireless with my last digital set up.Sure is nice not having to worry about cords..
Nice one Harry.
Rusty

Think anybody'l come up with one to adapt to our routed home tracks????

Do you think people are gonna give up their fancy controllers with all the gadgets and do-hickeys on them for a basic controller without wires? :think:

Dave

I saw these in action last night on a large digital layout, and the overall feel was positive. While I remained happily tethered to the track due to my choice of using a third-party trigger controller, it was nice for the other guys to be able to stand anywhere they wanted all around the track. That alone made marshaling wrecks a lot easier and lessened the amount of times that the grabber needed to be used.

That said, when these suckers run out of juice without warning in the middle of a race, it's a major buzzkill. Only a few laps in to one of our 6 car D124 races, two of the wireless controllers both lost their charge, effectively removing those cars and drivers from the race and putting a halt to the festivities until they charged back up.

The inability to use the controller while charging is a major drawback. It would be nice to see Carrera offer a charging cable so that you can still run your car while the battery charges instead of being forced to set them as giant monuments next to the start-finish line. I own a Playstation 3, and while that game system does sport wireless controllers, it also charges them via standard USB cable, enabling you to keep playing while your controller is charging. Hey Carrera, take note of that!

Scorpius had a system getting close so you could go wireless with any controller, it was a few years back but I have not seen anything from them for some time

I think it was like $225.00 for 1 station

Sure makes the Carrera look good as price goes.

with everything going bluetooth I am sure its just a matter of time