70E Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Hi I was just wondering if anyone has fitted a TTS class 66 decoder to their Hattons class 66 and if so was it ok, straight forward etc? I know a six function decoder is required and the TTS is 3 function so what are the ones that are lost? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF96 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 (edited) TTS is limited to basic directional lighting on white and yellow wires F0 and an Aux function on the green wire F25. Hattons 66 according to here https://www.hattons.co.uk/newsdetail.aspx?id=288 uses a 21 pin decoder and has provision for additional lighting variation by way of switches. Also has space for a specific passive radiator speaker. Edited February 1, 2020 by RAF96 Added speaker details Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Superb Fully functioned model should really have a decent decoder with a powerfull 4 Ohms speaker, not TTS 'Please' Charlie 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erixtar1992 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Tts sounds fine with a single iphone 6 speaker in fairness 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erixtar1992 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 You could always add a second function only decoder perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted February 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2020 You will also need an 8-21 pin adaptor, or to hardwire the decoder. I think with the number of lighting options available, the Hattons 66 deserves a "full-fat" sound decoder. My son has got TTS in both a Hornby and a Bachmann 66 and thats more than adequate. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
70E Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 Thank you for the responses, I think I will fit it in a Bachmann 66 and save up for the full fat decoder for the Hattons one 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnfromoz Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Revisiting this, not for eliciting views on the quality of TTS etc, but purely to establish if anyone has actually used the 66 tts chip in the Hattons model? I have a sizable fleet of the H66s and looking to economically fit sound to a few of the dcc ready versions I have (after using the 8 to 21 pin adaptor) I will be happy to get basic light functions, Forward and reverse. Anyone tried this yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooderz Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Buying a Hattons 66 and putting a TTS sound decoder in it is like buying a Bentley and putting a 1970s Skoda engine in it 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 5 hours ago, Johnfromoz said: Revisiting this, not for eliciting views on the quality of TTS etc, but purely to establish if anyone has actually used the 66 tts chip in the Hattons model? I have a sizable fleet of the H66s and looking to economically fit sound to a few of the dcc ready versions I have (after using the 8 to 21 pin adaptor) I will be happy to get basic light functions, Forward and reverse. Anyone tried this yet? The Hornby TTS decoder is 8 Ohms, thus you cannot fit a good speaker into the loco, all you will get in the tinny sounds that these 50P speakers produce. Seems a shame on the cracking loco. Charlie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnfromoz Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Richard Croft said: I'm not sure what the switches might allow but the front and rear lights use aux1, 2, 3 and 4, this is a problem because TTS only has Aux1. Someone may be able to suggest a way to get extra lights to come on by using the switches but if not then you would have directional marker lights and maybe a tail light at one end controlled by F25. Richard Thanks Richard, as I suspected, not even sure the basic directional lighting would work properly with TTS. to the other respondants; you’ve. missed the point entirely! I have 15 Hattons 66s, 6 with factory sound. Was just wanting to add further sound to the fleet economically. Fully aware of the limitations of TTS. Hey ho. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium spamcan61 Posted November 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 27, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, gooderz said: Buying a Hattons 66 and putting a TTS sound decoder in it is like buying a Bentley and putting a 1970s Skoda engine in it Better option than no engine, anyway there's quite a few VAG* bits in Bentleys! *I know they're not called that any more. Edited November 27, 2020 by spamcan61 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroborus Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) On 26/11/2020 at 18:20, gooderz said: Buying a Hattons 66 and putting a TTS sound decoder in it is like buying a Bentley and putting a 1970s Skoda engine in it Your opinion, others may have different views. His model, his choice. If he likes TTS, so be it. Edited December 1, 2020 by Ouroborus 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
letterspider Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 LikeThe Porsche 944 with an Audi engine, Lotus Elise with Rover engine...all good cars Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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