Silly me.....
last night I thought I would plug by 69 into the laptop and check for updates.... (lately it seems whatever updates (not just L6, I mean all windows based music software) I apply seem so screw things up...you update one thing and break 2 others....)
All seemed to go well until I connected the guitar to USB device and tried to connect Workbench HD. I am not sure what exactly happened, but I know monkey could see the variax USB device, but old work bench 1.75 and new work bench 2.0 could never connect to the guitar. USB device was lit green in and out.
Then for some strange reason the model selector knob and alternate tuning knob started flashing red. Now they are stuck like that. Every time I plug my 1/4 guitar jack in the 69, both selectors start flashing red. The only way to play the guitar right now is to take the battery out and use it as straight mag pick up guitar.
Before you ask...battery is full, 1/4 jack was plugged in, volume knob was up, and as indicated above, I logged into monkey and updated everything first.
I try holding the model selector know down for 2.5 seconds to cancel the function, but nothing happens.
Hopefully there is something I can do at home and do not have to ship it back.