Which Decoders were fitted in Factory Sound Fitted Castles?

[Tallpaul69]

HI all,

Hornby issued two sound fitted Castles in the early 2010s. R2897XS- 4098 Kidwelly Castle in 2010 and R2994XS 7029 Clun Castle in 2011.

Were these TTS chips or another chip?

Many thanks

Paul

 

 

[The Black Hat]

To my knowledge - TTS still wasnt done then. Think your looking at a ESU 3.5 Loksound decoder into that. 

[Tallpaul69]

7 minutes ago, The Black Hat said:

To my knowledge - TTS still wasnt done then. Think your looking at a ESU 3.5 Loksound decoder into that. 

That was my thinking, but needed confirmation!

[Fireline]

XS denotes full fat sound. TTS denotes TTS. There was a fair gap between the two in terms of time.

 

[RAF96]

-XS is indeed the 21-pin early ESU sound decoder.

-TTS is the 8-pin cheaper sound decoder.

[Lyonshall Castle]

Just seen this thread so am probably much too late.  I have a number of Hornby XS Castles and discovered that Kidwelly Castle with the Hawksworth tender has a 21 pin ESU Loksound v3.5 whereas Clun Castle with Collet tender has an 8 pin ESU Loksound V4 decoder.   Both sound similar but need different tweaks to their CV settings to get the best results.  The v3.5 needs a 100ohm speaker whereas the v4 needs a 4 ohm one.   I discovered this as the sound died on one and I discovered it was the speaker when I put the decoder in another Kidwelly.   You can get replacement 100ohm speakers (bass reflex or 28mm round) from DCC Supplies to replace blown ones.   Hope that helps.