Locksound V: 1 Info sought

[Shedmaster 47]

Hi Folks;

   I Have the chance of aquiring a Mehano DE-AC33C  " Blue Tiger " loco fitted with a Locksound V:1 Sound decoder !!  Can anyone advise as to the CV to change the master volume ,also what ohmage is the speaker output please ?? Ive learned it may be 100 ohm ??   Tried looking online but  can only find info relating to V3:3 ESU  and upwards !!   Any help greatly welcomed ..thanks Allan .....

[Shedmaster 47]

Thanks Richard .very grateful ..

[Nigelcliffe]

There are manuals for ancient products on ESU's website.  Including a LokSound "Classic" which may or may not be the "V1".   The volume CV number and values are not the same as a v3.5.    

 

 

- Nigel

[GoingUnderground]

LokSound 3.3?

 

There was a LokSound 3, but the model after that was the 3.5, followed by the 4 and the current 5.

 

Before that there was a V2 and the original LokSound.

 

The 3 and 3.5 used 100 Ohm speakers, so the earlier models may also have used 100 Ohms. The 4 and 5 are designed for 4 Ohm speakers.

 

As Nigel has already said, ESU do have the manuals available to download for almost all of their discontinued products. Unfortunately, ESU have been, and still are sadly, the subject of a sustained DDoS attack since mid-August, and it can be difficult at present to get access to their website. I was able to access it earlier this morning, but it's timing out on me at the moment. They are trying to take steps to mitigate the problem. Why anyone would want to target a small company like ESU that specialises in model railways is a mystery to me.

 

Once you can get on to their website, you'll find the manuals in the Downloads area. They will either be under "Digital Decoders" or in the section dedicated to discontinued products. [EDIT: I was able to get on to the website again, and the manuals for the "Classic" and the V2 LokSounds are in the "Former Products" part of the download area. Both manuals seem to date back to 2002, 19 years ago. The impedance of the "Classic" isn't given in the tech spec part of its manual, but the V2 manual says that it is 100 Ohms, so the Classic may well be 100 Ohms also. If in doubt work on the basis that it is at least 100 Ohms.]

 

But are you sure that is is a V1 in the loco? If it is a genuine V1, then that will be a very, very old decoder indeed, possibly more than 15 years old? Should you buy the loco you might do better to replace the decoder, and speaker, with a new V5 preloaded with the Blue Tiger sound project, I think that there is such a sound file on the ESU website, but, as I said, it's timing out at the moment so I can't check. [EDIT: There is a sound project for the Blue Tiger for the V5 decoder.]

Edited September 9, 2021 by GoingUnderground
Updated info from ESU website

[Neils WRX]

I do have a couple of early Mehano Sound Fitted locos and one of those is a V2, all the rest are V3 or V3.5.

 

Thanks,

 

Neil

[Shedmaster 47]

Thanks for the in depth details gents ,all i am going on is a manual that is packed in the box that is in Four / five languages !! 

   Its got a line drawing of a tank loco on the font cover ,below is the half black half white word 

  LOCKSOND   V:1   

Inside it says congrats on buying a Mehano blue tiger  with pre fitted decoder !!!  

   I assume its NEW , but been sat in the stockroom for donkeys years !!!

   The only funtions mentioned are F1 for engine on and off and 

  F2 and F3  for horns !!

    Strangely ,it says its set to  ADDRESS  " 33"  as default !!    NOT   3  

    Hope, this may help ?

 Thanks to all for your assistance ..

     regards 

           Allan

[wiggy1]

This might help.

00100_LS_US_UserManual_01.pdf

[GoingUnderground]

1 hour ago, Shedmaster 47 said:

Thanks for the in depth details gents ,all i am going on is a manual that is packed in the box that is in Four / five languages !! 

   Its got a line drawing of a tank loco on the font cover ,below is the half black half white word 

  LOCKSOND   V:1   

Inside it says congrats on buying a Mehano blue tiger  with pre fitted decoder !!!  

   I assume its NEW , but been sat in the stockroom for donkeys years !!!

   The only funtions mentioned are F1 for engine on and off and 

  F2 and F3  for horns !!

    Strangely ,it says its set to  ADDRESS  " 33"  as default !!    NOT   3  

    Hope, this may help ?

 Thanks to all for your assistance ..

     regards 

           Allan

Thst sounds like a customised version of the manual specific to Mehano. for a start that isn't how you spell "LokSound"

 

I suggest that you download and read the manuals on the ESU website, I see that someone has saved you the bother of finding it on ESU's website. However, the manual won't tell you what each function does, as that will depend entirely on how the writer of the sound file in the decoder assigned actions and sounds to function buttons.

Edited September 9, 2021 by GoingUnderground

[Shedmaster 47]

Thankyou very much Wiggy 1 .very helpful .

  This is the same as the one in the box ..My phone 

Misspelt the word 

  Loksound ..sorry ..

  Thanks .again .