Iggy,
No offence, This is going to sound stupid..and forgive me if you have already done this.
On the front of the S+S Xmiter there are 3 small black buttons the left is engine start the other 2 are the fire buttons. That said with the Tiger on (with the lights flashing) and red light "on" on the Xmiter press the start (Has a what looks to be a key symbol on it)
HL S+S Tiger1 doesn't do anything till its started
If you have already done so then the issue is most likly the Xtals happend to me too.

best of luck.
Regards,
bullyhys
ORIGINAL: iggysmith
Hello folks I am new to the forum and have just bought a ready to roll HL Tiger 1 with smoke. I have powered it up and all I get is the lights flashing on the tank and a red light on the controller. The instructions say the tank is in programming mode but depite following the instructions nothing seems to work.
I would appreciate if anyone else has had a similar problem letting me know if it can be fixed or is it best to just return it.
I bought a Panther tank non smoking older version and that works fine. The tiger though is completely motionless. the radio crystals are both in their sockets correctly and the batteries are all charged or new.
I have read through the forum before posting this in the hope of finding the answer already there but can`t see it, I have noticed that this tank does seem to be problematic though.
I hope it can be fixed or programmed.
Many thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to reply to my appeal.
Regards
Ian.