heraldcoupe Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 (edited) I recently picked up a Hornby 2884/3800 ex-GWR locomotive in "untested" condition (which I always take to mean not-working). Having tested the drive with the tender disconnected and jumpers across the 4-way plug, the mechanism works well enough. Opening up the tender I was surprised to find a speaker and sound decoder installed, but not using the factory mountings. Can anyone tell me what decoder manufacturer and type this is? During testing on a DC track, it hisses for a few seconds, lurches forward, then stops dead. The only DCC equipment I currently own is an old Bachmann starter setup with 9 channels, no response from any of those, nor does it respond to the DC channel on that controller. I have no way of interrogating the decoder. I'm hoping my son will be able to help as he's been dabling recently with DCC programming, but that's likely to be a few days away at least. Any help much appreciated. Edited September 17, 2020 by heraldcoupe Typos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Possibly ESU. Try a CV8 = 8 Reset. Charlie (Legomanbiffo Team) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldcoupe Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Richard Croft said: It looks like a loksound 4, it’s a good sound decoder That's great, thanks, certainly looks right. DCC wasn't on the immediate agenda but that's just changed... Cheers Bill. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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