[Elecraft] K3/Mini

[Tom]

I just bought a used K3/mini to use with my remote base K3. I've been 
using my home K3 to control the remote base. I needed the separate 
control, as K8AJ, who I share the hack with, would like to have her 
"own" rig.
Anyway, for anyone who has a K3/mini, when you power it up, and it is 
not plugged into anything, does it act like it is looped, and all the 
knobs seem to work, and the VFO's etc move? Or does it act like a K3 in 
the remote mode, but with out a RS-232 connection, and just sit there?

Thank you

Tom K8TB