Hornby TTS topics

mezzoman253 · January 30, 2018

Over the last few weeks, now months, probably due to the recent release by Hornby of many TTS decoders, there have been various threads started all relating to Hornby TTS sound. Unfortunately, none have tags to allow cross-referencing.

Some have overlapping content, which seems to suggest the search facility is not helping find said threads, or not being used.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++It would help if OPs used the "TAG" feature to be able others to look for similar topics.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

TTS. Install in Twin Bachmann class 20's http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/132360-tts-install-in-twin-bachman-class-20s/

How close to a 66 is a 67? http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/132483-how-close-to-a-66-is-a-67/

Fitting TTS decodes to other models, a word of warning http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/133739-fitting-tts-decoders-to-to-other-models-word-of-warning/page-2&do=findComment&comment=3150403

Bachmann Class 20 & Hornby decoder http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/133922-Bachmann-class-20s-and-Hornby-decoder/

TTS decoder in Bachmann 21 pin class 37 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/134145-tts-decoder-in-a-bachman-22-pin-class-37/

Hornby TTS sound in Bachmann 8 pin 37 lights issue http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/134343-Hornby-tts-sound-in-Bachmann-8-pin-37-lights-issue/

Hornby TTS - Help required to update TTS decoder profiles in JMRI http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/136936-tts-decoders-help-required-to-update-tts-decoder-profile-in-jmri/

Hornby Class 37 TTS decoder "overheating" ? http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/136994-Hornby-class-37-tts-decoder-overheating/

TTS diesel decodes http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/130250-tts-diesel-decoders/

Hornby TTS Valenta HST http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/137526-Hornby-tts-valenta-hst/

TTS sound http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/137710-tts-sound/

TTS consisting http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/138471-tts-consisting/

Hornby Railroad jerky slow running under DCC http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/122713-Hornby-railroad-diesel-jerky-slow-running-under-dcc/&do=findComment&comment=2875785

Random startups of TTS fitted locos https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/141446-random-start-ups-of-tts-fit

Class 50 jerky running ( and remedy) https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/153121-Hornby-tts-class-50-jerky-running-model/

Hornby R7146 TTS Class 08 Sound Decoder https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/153010-Hornby-r7146-tts-class-08-sound-decoder

Hornby TTS start voltage CV (class 47) https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/150542-Hornby-tts-start-voltage-cv

Hornby HST TTS decoder fitting & lighting circuit repair https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/150340-Hornby-hst-tts-decoder-fitting-lighting-circuit-repair

Replacement speaker for Hornby Class 31 TTS https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/149785-replacement-speaker-for-Hornby-class-31-tts

Hornby TTS Queries https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/149260-Hornby-tts-queries

Hornby TTS. Should I remove insulating sleeve? https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/148652-Hornby-tts-should-i-remove-insulating-sleeve

Has anyone put Hornby TTS in a classes 68 or 70? https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/147793-has-anyone-put-Hornby-tts-in-a-classes-68-or-70

Hornby class 47 TTS cannot reprogramme https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/147563-Hornby-class-47-tts-cannot-reprogramme

Fitting Hornby TTS chips to Bachmann Locos https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/147114-fitting-Hornby-tts-chips-to-Bachmann-locos

Hornby TTS Decoders No Longer Enabled On DC Mode? https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/146102-Hornby-tts-decoders-no-longer-enabled-on-dc-mode

Class 31 TTS problems in super detailed Hornby 31 https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/145944-class-31-tts-problems-in-super-detailed-Hornby-31

Hornby TTS stay-alive https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/144536-Hornby-tts-with-stay-alive

Hornby TTS stay-alive solder connection points. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/144642-Hornby-tts-stay-alive-solder-connection-points/

TTS sound Schenker 08. Swap sound to another 08? https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/132057-tts-sound-schenker-08-swap-sound-to-another-08/

Hornby TTS Class 08 (F0 wire live all the time) https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/154448-Hornby-tts-class-08/

Hornby TTS stay-alive solder connection points. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/144642-Hornby-tts-stay-alive-solder-connection-points/

Issue with Hornby TTS chip in Bachmann class 47 https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/157018-issue-with-Hornby-tts-chip-in-Bachmann-class-47/

Hornby TTS Class 66 problem https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/143573-Hornby-tts-class-66-problem/

Hornby TTS sound decoder not working well on Bachmann 2-6-4 BR tank https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/161578-Hornby-tts-sound-decoder-not-working-well-on-Bachmann-2-6-4-br-tank/

TTS into an original Bachmann 37 https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/170910-tts-into-an-original-Bachmann-37/#comment-4770429

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++It would help if OPs used the "TAG" feature to be able others to look for similar topics.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Rob

Edit: 13/03/2022 NEW TOPIC ADDED

Edited March 13, 2022 by mezzoman253
New topic appeared

Lady_Ava_Hay · February 5, 2018

Over the last few weeks, probably due to the recent release by Hornby of many TTS decoders, there have been various threads started all relating to Hornby TTS sound. Unfortunately, none have tags to allow cross-referencing.

Some have overlapping content, which seems to suggest the search facility is not helping find said threads, or not being used.

There are 6 threads as shown below.

TTS 06/01/2018 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/129827-tts/&do=findComment&comment=3025445

TTS diesel Decoders 17/01/2018 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/130250-tts-diesel-decoders/page-4&do=findComment&comment=3025001

Programing problems 24/01/2018 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/130515-programing-problems/&do=findComment&comment=3025422

TTS problem 29/01/2018 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/130672-tts-problem/&do=findComment&comment=3025414

Assistance sought ( Fitting TTS into Bachmann Cl.37 ) 30/01/2018 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/130691-assistance-sought-fitting-tts-into-Bachmann-cl37/&do=findComment&comment=3024978

TTS Decoder install in Class 67 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/130771-tts-decoder-install-in-class-67/

Maybe all, or some, of these could be combined into one TTS thread?

Rob

Edit: For another TTS thread to be added.

This topic duly pinned. This means that your post will remain on the topic list and not go 'out of date'. You are required to maintain it with extra posts and/or links to aid research by others.

Combining posts is very difficult to do and takes far too much time for the admin crew.

Although pinned posts are reviewed from time to time, I cannot recall one being unpinned whilst still relevant.

mezzoman253 · February 8, 2018

A new topic added to 1st posting.

Rob

Roger Sunderland · February 8, 2018

Yes at least 6 threads, few of them very complimentary.

chriswright03 · February 8, 2018

I would disagree with that in as much that lately quite a lot of people (me included) have said how good they are. I accept that there have been issues but it is plain to see that Hornby have been sorting these and the latest decoders seem to be less troublesome.

OK there is a view that Hornby are using us the customer as Guinea Pigs and letting us test the items for them to iron out any issues and whilst that is possible they are also letting us purchase them at about a third of the price of one of the main players in the market.

So whilst in the first instance some of them were not that complimentary the ones I have been reading of late are far more so,

MikeParkin65 · February 8, 2018

Yes at least 6 threads, few of them very complimentary.

I have been very positive about diesel TTS and have shared my successful experience of its use in Hornby, Bachmann and Heljan products. Steam TTS is a different kettle (pun intended) of fish. Until Hornby sync the exhaust beats to piston, rod and loco movement it is a waste of time in my opinion. But as ever, each to their own.

geoff · February 14, 2018

Ladies and gentlemen, does anyone know if it is possible to re-assign sounds and functions to different buttons on a Hornby TTS decoder, specifically the class 31?

Geoff

Nigelcliffe · February 14, 2018

Ladies and gentlemen, does anyone know if it is possible to re-assign sounds and functions to different buttons on a Hornby TTS decoder, specifically the class 31?

There are no published CV's to make such changes.

geoff · February 14, 2018

There are no published CV's to make such changes.

Thank you Nigel that helps me decide to stay with Loksound or Zimo which have that facility.

Geoff

mezzoman253 · February 20, 2018

As this is relevant to TTS, http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/125527-ECoS-and-latest-tts-decoders/

I'm adding it to the list in the 1st post, although the topic has been running a lot longer than the others.

Rob

Edited February 20, 2018 by mezzoman253

richard.h · February 22, 2018

Assuming that this is now the correct thread for all things concerning TTS Sound does anyone know if there is a suitable place on the decoder where you could connect a capacitor to perform the Stay-Alive function.

My preferred choice of decoder is Zimo which has this facility available and while TTS is not in the same class, for me it does a decent job for a third of the price on some locos, but I do feel that Stay-Alive would be a benefit for slow running over complex pointwork.

drgj · February 23, 2018

Listening to tts sound locos on youtube the class 47 and 31 sounds pretty good but the class 40 sounds terrible. The start up seems too fast and then it settles into a distorted racket. The Bachmann D211 sounds much, much better and as good as any other available, I would say.

Dave

RAF96 · February 24, 2018

Assuming that this is now the correct thread for all things concerning TTS Sound does anyone know if there is a suitable place on the decoder where you could connect a capacitor to perform the Stay-Alive function.

My preferred choice of decoder is Zimo which has this facility available and while TTS is not in the same class, for me it does a decent job for a third of the price on some locos, but I do feel that Stay-Alive would be a benefit for slow running over complex pointwork.

The stay alive installs at the positive and negative junctions of the decoder voltage regulator. The positive can simply be found at the blue cable pad but the negative you have to follow the four diodes making up the voltage regulator to spot this junction. Somewhere on the forums (Hornby DCC) there is a picture of an R8249 decoder annotated for stay alive as part of this same discussion over there some time ago.

Rob

Chrisr40 · February 24, 2018

Listening to tts sound locos on youtube the class 47 and 31 sounds pretty good but the class 40 sounds terrible. The start up seems too fast and then it settles into a distorted racket. The Bachmann D211 sounds much, much better and as good as any other available, I would say.

Dave

I picked one up for forty pounds last saturay at a toy fair (class 40). If you use the cold start option it has a longer start up sequence. My particular example had been weathered nicely but more crucially perhaps had a replacement speaker which improves things too.

Best regards

Chris

RAF96 · February 25, 2018

TTS has 2 cold start variants according to firmware version.

The original TTS diesels had F9 which effectively pulled the choke out and then selecting F1 sent the normal start sequence into a longer set routine of huff and puff then into normal start. Much like a Morrie Minor.

The newer TTS with ECS has a random loop of can’t start, won’t start noises again invoked by F9 and F1. The loco will huff and puff endlessly failing to start until you deselect F9 whereupon it will enter the final startup sequence and settle to an idle. Much like a Ford Cortina.

What your loco has for these options is where it was in the production cycle i.e. how old it is. The TTS Class 08 introduced the new ECS (extended cold start) so anything after that in the catologue should have ECS. Unfortunately Hornby Marketing introduced the 08 as having this unique feature but failed to fully elaborate on it, so it largely went unnoticed by the public.

Rob

Chrisr40 · February 26, 2018

If it is Richard then well done

pheaton · March 2, 2018

Have just tried a TTS 31 in a limby class 31 with a lima trainsrail body, have to admit although I was a sceptic of TTS the class 31 sound chip is quite superb!!! didn't have any issues with my ECoS all seems to be running ok, the sound project is very good, and is a decent volume, and making the CV changes recommended on here allowed the motor to run super smooth, I'm just about to buy 4 more chips to fit to my remaining limby class 31s for 35 quid its superb value for money. True its not as flexible as a loksound or a zimo but if the project sounds decent which the class 31 does there no reason not to consider it especially for a cheaper model like a limby 31.

Thumbs up to Hornby one very satisfied customer!

Izzy · March 2, 2018

Assuming that this is now the correct thread for all things concerning TTS Sound does anyone know if there is a suitable place on the decoder where you could connect a capacitor to perform the Stay-Alive function.

My preferred choice of decoder is Zimo which has this facility available and while TTS is not in the same class, for me it does a decent job for a third of the price on some locos, but I do feel that Stay-Alive would be a benefit for slow running over complex pointwork.

You may like to look here at post #32 which gives good info on adding stay-alive to TTS.

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/124592-some-rtr-rolling-stock-for-all-saints-east/page-2&do=findComment&comment=3053277

I have just tried it out with a spare TTS decoder in a Bachmann 08 - much modified which I have yet to write about - and it works well.

Izzy

mezzoman253 · March 3, 2018

Another TTS topic added to the list.

Another with no "tags" subject to help searching. :no:

Rob

mezzoman253 · March 5, 2018

And another with no "tag" http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/131938-cant-programme-Hornby-tts-decoder-with-new-long-address/

See 1st post for the full list and a useful URL for Hornby

Rob

Edited March 5, 2018 by mezzoman253

nse47 · March 8, 2018

Has anyone tried fitting the Hornby TTS 08 coder out of the new model into the Bachmann version?

I'm impressed from the sounds I've seen on youtube but the DB livery is far too new for my interest or layout so am looking to fit to my NSE version.

Edited March 8, 2018 by nse47

pheaton · March 8, 2018

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=L5KpEV2zrHw

2 31s both fitted, standard speaker

nse47 · March 12, 2018

Someone put one in a Dapol o gauge one with no issues so it should be fine in a Bachmann, you might just need a smaller, sugar cube speaker because there’s not that much space in Bachmann 08’s

Richard

Thanks for the info. Toying if to give this a try or wait and see if a more suitable livery version comes out in future.

cravensdmufan · March 12, 2018

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=L5KpEV2zrHw

2 31s both fitted, standard speaker

Hi, very impressive sounds from both locos.

Did you manage to consist the locos and double head on 128 speed steps?

I found I could only use 28 steps on mine, so I assumed TTS decoders do not support advance consisting.

mezzoman253 · March 18, 2018

Another thread added, the 14th. See 1st post for full list.

Rob

Edited March 18, 2018 by mezzoman253

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