charliepetty

Just a little feedback on the ESU Free Sound Files, this will probably not worry a lot of people, but I thought its worth mentioning. Class 47 & 57: Does not have the distinctive 'Spoon' sounding horns. plus these two seem to have multiple generic auxiliary sounds, plus the radio announcements with lots of shunting instructions with a few that would suit a mainline locomotive, but half of them are suitable 'possibly' for an 08 shunting in a marshalling yard or large depot !!!.

No problems, happy to help. Charlie

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Return it to DCKits, 111 Norwood Crescent, Leeds LS286NG and we will swap in Free Of Charge, put in a couple of quid to cover the postage. All ESU Decoders have a No Quibble warranty. Charlie

These are £20.00 with a no quibble 'If your not happy we will swap for any different sound' Please see: https://www.dckits-devideos.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=282_284 Charlie

Legomanbiffo sound files can be ordered and delivered 'On Line' with no postage to all those who have programmers. BUT you have to pay for them !!!!! Depends what you want really. Not sure with the ESU Hi-Fi 08, why you get station announcements !!!! and the function layout also seems a bit wacky. They are FREE though. Charlie

There has been an issue with a batch od Next 18 decoders earlier this year. Rapido will be aware of this. Charlie

Did you try CV54=0 This reads the back EMF and should re set this. Charlie

Try pacercharlie2@gmail.com

If thats your intention I suggest you get a Lok Programmer. as its going to cost you £5.00 to post it and cost us to post it back, + Time doing it say £2.50. So it roughly a total of £12.50 in round terms. Charlie

Any decent 8Ohms speaker will do, but never use 4 Ohms ones. On Railroad Diesel locos there is loads of space inside the models, so these are good: https://www.dckits-devideos.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=223_75&product_id=379 But on the normal Hornby Range where space is more restricted, these are ideal: https://www.dckits-devideos.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=223_75&product_id=380 The TTS Decoders due to there old design have a restrictive 8Ohms output, but with some of these modern speaker designs, they can be improved dramatically. Charlie

I take it the Hornby Direct sale approach did not work then !!!! More people to retire I assume.

To make it louder the speaker wants a shallow box putting on the back of the speaker (IE a Sound Chamber) this if sealed airtight will make your sounds far louder. Charlie

Its still a full fat V5 decoder, but has the 'Free' ESU file on it, we obviously sell our Legomanbiffo range, which in our opinion is of a High standard, with our logical standard function layout, some unique sound features and perfect sound transisitions. Also out there are other makes of excellent sounds from various leading suppliers. These 'Budget' decoders are aimed at customers in these difficult times who want to fit a reasonably good sound into models at a budget price and I am sure they will be happy with these sounds. If you order and pay by PayPal, then if your not happy with them its easy to refund you quickly. I believe ours to be a BMW and the Budget ones a Vauxhall, no where near to some of the Lada ones that are out there. This also saves the end user buying a new decoder and a programmer: https://www.dckits-devideos.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=59_84&product_id=476 The choice is of course yours, but we believe getting new people into DCC and all that it offers is a good thing, we of course are still offering our vast range of Diesel & Electric sounds from Legomanbiffo. PPs There is available out there some dearer decoders, sadly at a far lower quality, but you do have a choice, please note that good speakers do make good sounds !!! Charlie

OR you could get these on new V5 decoders without getting a programmer: https://www.dckits-devideos.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=68&product_id=228

Or Order these as it seems a far better deal: https://www.dckits-devideos.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=68&product_id=228

If any one wants a Class 156 in The now 'Sold Out' East Midlands Trains Livery, well I have just found six !!!!!!!!! While reorganising the stock room to fit in the new run of Northern & Strathclyde units ready for sound fitting, I stumbled across these: 1 off RT156115 Sound Fitted (156405 Derby to Crewe) https://realtrackmodels.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=59_69&product_id=180 2 off RT156116 Sound Fitted (156473 Lincoln to Leicester) 2 off RT156116 Analogue https://realtrackmodels.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=59_69&product_id=181 1 off RT156118 Analogue (156410 Nottingham to Skegness) https://realtrackmodels.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=59_69&product_id=175 If you dont want to miss out. BE QUICK.

All decoders need the CVs mapping to work all the lighting featues. Charlie

ESU Next 18's

Any Next 18 Factory fitted or not. We here have found a 75% certainty of a soloution !!! With the Revoloution Pendolino in N Gauge have aqquired a pair of the chassis units, thus we can test in 'real time' the decoders in the model, adjust CVs and run them under load. This then can highlight most of the suspected IC faults, but not all. Charlie (Legomanbiffo-DCKits)

These sound ok and suit the model and space within it. These 25X25X7 Mini Cube speakers pictured are actually 6 Ohms on the spec from the factory. Frequency Range 800 Hz ~ 20 kHz Frequency - Self Resonant 800Hz Impedance 6 Ohms Efficiency - dBA93.00 Efficiency - Testing 1W/100mm Efficiency - Type Sound Pressure Level (SPL) Power - Rated 1 W Power - Max 1.2 W Port Location Top Shape Square Material - Cone Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Material - Magnet Nd-Fe-B Ingress Protection IPX7 Termination Wire Leads Size / Dimension 0.984" L x 0.984" W (25.00mm x 25.00mm) Height - Seated (Max) 0.276" (7.00mm)

It can be re-programmed for a small fee, thats assuming its not faulty!!! Let us know. Charlie

Please Note: There is a batch of faulty Next 18 decoders out there that do 'odd' things. Charlie (Legomanbiffo-DCKits)

I dont think they are all SWD Sounds, but the Class 08 is because some of the auxiliary sound are totally wrong !! They are all basic but are OK and they are FREE.

Well that is fantastic, shame no one told me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Charlie (PPS I eat my words)