dougdee

Has anyone tried to use the power adapter 8887 with the Control Center II? From the photo of the power adapter for the train speed regulator, it looks like the socket is too large to fit the 8887. Also, the amperage for the 8887 is 700 mA.

The listing of the 8285 Tow Truck is not a mistake. I happened to be browing Shop@Home when I noticed this set, which originally was from 2006. When I phoned customer service about another issue, I asked the person about the availability of this set. The customer service person did not know why this set is now available but he told me that if I wanted one I should order it soon as the inventory of this item was low. Immediately afterwards, without giving much thought, I put an order through for this set. Immediately after my order was accepted, I checked Shop@Home's Technic website and the set was no longer available for order, i.e. "Call for availability". I imagine that the set was available for only a few hours before the inventory was sold off. It was just luck that I was browsing Shop@Home at the time the set was still available. The set has still not shipped.

Thanks to all those who replied to my message. I found the photos of the control centers especially useful as other photos I have seen did not show clearly the top of the units with the studs to connect to the cables and the location of the power port. I just wanted to add that the Control Center may seem simplistic to adults but this is not the case with a 10 year old. I want to introduce some simple examples of programming to my nephew as motivation for the greater capabilities of Mindstorm Nxt.

Hi, I am interested in obtaining a used Technic Control Center. There seems to be two different versions, the part number 2840c (Bricklink part number) corresponding to the Control Center I and 2840b corresponding to to Control Center II. The 2840b came with the Dacta Set 9752 and the Technic Set 8485 while the 2840c came with the Dacta Set 9753 and the Technic Set 8094. It seems that the colour of the buttons are of different colours between the versions. Is it correct that the Control Center II has a power port that an AC adapter (from the Train speed regulator) can be plugged into to supply power to the Control Center and the attached devices rather than from C batteries? Is there any other differences between the two versions? How does the programming work? Are the keystrokes as well as the time between keystrokes recorded in memory? How many keystrokes and/or time limit can each of the two memories record? (I could only view the instructions for set 9753 from Peeron as the instructions from set 9752 are not available on that website) Is the Control Center fully compatible with the power function motors if the power function extension cable is used to connect the Control Center to the power function motors?