Glider65 Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Is it possible to alter the maximum speed on Hornby decoders. CV5 and 6 do not appear in their CV tables. Any help would be appreciated as trying to match it in Railroad & Co speed profiles. Any help would be appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Burgess Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Is it possible to alter the maximum speed on Hornby decoders. CV5 and 6 do not appear in their CV tables. Any help would be appreciated as trying to match it in Railroad & Co speed profiles. Any help would be appreciated. Well you are right that those CVs don't feature in the sheets accompanying decoders R8215 and R8249 (R8249 also applicable to X9719, its 7pin version). The fact that they are not mentioned may not mean they do not feature them, though, particularly CV5. Have you thought of enquiring at Hornby about this - help.dcc@Hornby.com might each them. I would be extremely surprised, though, if their high-cost "Saphire" decoders lacked such basic CVs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 The overpriced Sapphire does have them; its the basic decoder that is cut down in CVs to be pretty worthless. Far better decoders are available for similar £. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted May 23, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2018 The Lenz Standard+ decoder is far superior and should give you all you want. Model Railways Direct have the R8249 for sale at £17.85 and the Lenz Standard+ at £18.00. That extra 15p is worth every penny many times over! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Burgess Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 The overpriced Sapphire does have them; its the basic decoder that is cut down in CVs to be pretty worthless. Far better decoders are available for similar £. I've been testing LaisDCC decoders. Amongst the least expensive, and wired for stay-alive. Give one a try, you can buy them in UK. More details via mfr website - http://laisdcc.com/. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJGraphics Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Is it possible to alter the maximum speed on Hornby decoders. CV5 and 6 do not appear in their CV tables. Any help would be appreciated as trying to match it in Railroad & Co speed profiles. Any help would be appreciated. You would get a lot more replies if you post this the DCC section. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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