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Thanks Paul All working now, used my Gaugemaster Prodigy to program them couldnt find any decoder version in DecoderPro that even showed those CV's for Zimo non sound decoders. There was me thinking DecoderPro was the dogs danglies for programming

Just a thought are you running it on DC or DCC, it needs a right angled pin decoder and the only one available, from Bachmann does not give the smoothest running loco, it's the same with their 64xx, nice and smooth on DC but a bit of a dog on DCC, well my three are

I at first tried decoderpro and was sure I selected the latest version of decoder, but will double check tomorrow, I also tried reading those CV's with my Gaugemaster Prodigy and that returned 000 for both CV's In Decoderpro the highest CV shown for the MX622N is 250, I know I have the latest version of JMRI as it was just updated. With CV309 what do I enter to use F2 as it's F2 used on the sound decoder. Thanks for your help with this

Thanks for the reply CV7 is 37 and CV65 is 3 This was a brand new decoder just supplied so hope its not got old software on it Paul

Hi Can the active braking feature be activated on non sound zimo decoders Hi have a Farish Blue Pullman that has a Zimo Sound decoder at the front and a standard Zimo at the back and am struggling to get them speed matched and it would be helpfull if both would apply active braking on the press of F2 as it is only the front decoder has active braking on F2 I did read the CV's on te rear decoder but it did not show CV's 309 or 349. Front sound decoder is a Zimo MX649N Rear motor decoder is a Zimo MX622N I have set CV1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 to be the same on both decoders and have got the speeds close but start and stop are not matched close enough and the rear stops far to fast as it does not have active braking enabled. Can it be enabled on the Basic MX622N or do I need a higher grade decoder to get that option like the MX617N.

Hi I have the DCC80's on all my points and have a selection of decoder brands in my N-Gauge locos from Zimo (standard and sound) CT, Lenz, Gaugemaster, Laisdcc, Hornby TTS and get no issues going over the points, even the sound fitted 08 gives no issues, all I get it the sound of the relay clicking if the polarity was was wrong as the first wheelset hits the frog. Might be worth trying a different decoder Paul

Hi All I did with mine was buy some mp3 players from eBay, they were about 99p from China, then searched YouTube for ambient factory sounds,there are loads each many hours long, so no looping needed, I recorded the sounds on my PC, wrote them to a number of memory cards, the with the cards in each player I can select which ones or combination if I want more than one sound. So I can have country sounds at one end, factory sounds at the other and train station sounds in the middle, if I wanted to. This is the sort I got, other types are available;) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/F343-TF-card-U-disk-MP3-Format-decoder-board-amplifier-decoding-audio-Player-mod/192638831210?epid=2291424163&hash=item2cda2b4a6a:g:NVUAAOSwlUhbg3E6

I stand corrected

Thanks for the links, but the ones I am looking for are smaller, the ones I need have a 1mm screw hole. They don't have to be crimp but could be solder tabs. I have been making my own by drilling a 1mm hole in some thin brass strip, but was looking for something a little neater looking. Thanks

The Prodigy Advance2 (Squared) comes with illuminated screen as standard as does the Express2 (Squared). The non squared versions of both do not.

Thanks, 37 pages of new content to keep me busy, don't know how any filter were selected, it was not done deliberately:(

The view new content button is not working for me, just says no new content when there are loads of new content, anyone else got this issue.

Hello I am trying to find a supplier of very small ring crimps or solder tabs, like those used by Dapol on their tender connection wires. Anyone know of a UK supplier of such small items. Many thanks

Good luck getting a sound decoder replaced under warranty, all they will say is you must have damaged it when you soldered the extra wire on. I suspect it almost impossible to make a warranty claim on any decoder the customer has done anything to. There are even stories of some makers not accepting decoders under warranty because the customer changed the supplied speaker or cut the 8 pin plug off to hard wire it, so good luck when you have added wires. The only good news is that a decent supplier will replace it at a lot lower cost than you bought it for.

I did build one and got it working, but more the just because I could reason than to actually use it, but if my Sprog3 bit the dust then I would use it. Its a good solution for not a lot of money that does just what it says on the tin and more

For cutting Piano Wire I use and can highly recommend these from Exon Tools https://www.expotools.com/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?WD=cutter&PN=Hard-Wire-Cutters-75580%2ehtml#SID=97 Never failed to cut and never been damaged by piano wire. Paul

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Greetings Assuming The DCC23 supports the full CV implementation, then dropping CV5 (top speed) to something like 128 and CV6 (mid speed) to something like 64 would be a good start. Also check what CV (start voltage) is set to, set it so that the loco just starts to move on speed step 1 Also depending on your controller it might be with switching from 28 speed steps to 128 speed steps Hope this is of help

Greetings First post here so excuse me if I have misunderstood your problem I have fitted a few Hornby TTS Decoders to Bachmann Locos and found the following issues. (1) don't insulate them with heat shrink or Kapon tape, they don't like being enclosed even using a bit of loose fitting heat shrink is no good as they get hot enough to shrink it, put insulation underneath it on the chassis. (2) I also found that the Resistors used in the Bachmann lighting circuit to be not enough for the TTS decoder and always put a 1kohm resistor in the blue wire from the decoder. Once I started doing this I have had zero issues with them and have used them in both 00 gauge & N-gauge without issue. Hope this has been of some use.