Hi Matthias. Sorry to be a pain. I have tried the red button on the APU as suggested. I have also tried CTL+E then the red button an APU, but I still can't get the engines flashed up. Are there switches I need to turn on before I can use the red button. I admit I haven't tried the extensive start up from the checklist yet, maybe I should, but I was just checking for short cuts first.
Thanks
John

For what it's worth, I have also not been able to get the autostart to work properly. I get a startup sound, but then the engine shuts down again.

I am using the HJG plane running under FSX Acceleration on Vista SP2.

Learning to do it manually is actually really fun. Now I use manual startup for most of my planes, and I was a solid CTRL-E addict....