Thank y'all for helping me understand how things work. Before I spend the money let me ask this.
If I have a CW 80 transformer, can I work my legacy loco with the universal remote? Or do I have to use the transformer?
I guess the simple question does the CW 80 render the universal remote to dust bin? Personaly I like the remote. Lionel doesn't mention this in any of the details posted that I can find.
The lionel rep who advised the reason I have no audio was the tender needed AC power was most helpful, I didn't know that. I suggest they put that in the manual because I thought something was wrong with the unit itself and was about to send it back. All I knew was everything else was working fine on the track.