mvpfrank posted:Yes to your questions in paragraph 1. Yes I can also get it to stay in neutral. Did not hear 2 horn blasts after last button press.
Perhaps I'm getting ahead of myself. As John H correctly stated early on, batteries first.
But if the batteries are good, you absolutely need to be able to get the 2 horn blasts. Try it again. Try it a dozen times! It helps to lower the throttle to slow or even stop the engine (as long as the sounds are operating).
By getting it to "stay in neutral" was this by lowering the throttle? You can tell if you are locked in Forward if every time you press the DIRECTION button the engine momentarily slow/stops but then immediately starts running in Forward as soon as you release the button.