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So if I buy it just get a reccomended power source, got it. Thanks everyone!

I looked into it, seems 15-19V and 1-4A is recommended. This is 16V and 1A, so given that should it be fine? Here's where I got those recommended numbers: https://d63oxfkn1m8sf.cloudfront.net/3216/8717/6518/HM7000-TXS_TRI-MODE_-_Compatible_Controllers_and_Power_Supplies.pdf

Considering buying a Hornby loco with TXS sound, however all I have controller wise is the basic Bachmann DC controller, though I do have the HM|DCC app installed on my phone. Although I'd like to jump into a DCC controller soon I don't have a proper layout to justify that. I've seen that you can use your pre-existing controller as a power supply for the track, but just to make sure, if I put my current controller on max power would I be able to operate this loco via the app just fine, and both play sounds and run the model?

So it's much more a decoder-by-decoder basis, right? Not to sound stupid but I just want to make sure, say I have 10 sounds available to use, that would only be under the 1 function of sound, yea? Or all 10? Good to know, thanks

I don't have a permanent layout and only have 2 models, so DC works fine for me right now, but I'm looking to buy a sound chipped model sometime soon so I'd like to chip the two models I have. They're both Hornby Pacifics and are 8-pin DCC models. All I'd like to know is if I'll be able to have sound and smoke eventually fitted to these chips alongside the flickering firebox (new tool Princess Royal and diecast footplate A3) that they come with (I assume that you can adjust that on DCC?) I've seen that 8-pins have 2 or 3 functions, but I'm not sure how the more technical aspects work, whether the motor is a function, how the "sub-functions" (I guess that's what I'll call them, where you have multiple sounds for example), etc, that's why I'm asking. I guess also a good DCC chip would be helpful, but that's not really the main focus of this post. If you have any recommendations though, please let me know!