Alan Burch
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I have a Stainz loco which has factory fitted sound. If I fit a DCC Concepts decoder, will I lose the sound, or is there a way of keeping it?
Alan
Alan
DCC with analog sound
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don't know if other decoders work the same.
beavercreek
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I do not have any experience with the Stainz, but I have used LGB built-in analogue sound modules that were taken from LGB Uintah Mallets and have used them in conjunction with a DCC decoder (but not wired to it) in Bachmann 'Annies'.
The LGB analogue sound units are pulling power from the DCC track and work fine with a hall sensor on the loco wheel as a chuff trigger, whilst the loco uses the DCC decoder to operate motor and lights.
It seems that a lot of the LGB analogue sound modules, fitted to their locos will also work on DCC 'provided that there is a chuff sensor to tell the sound unit what speed it is going at (but not a motor load dependent sensor which would just see the DCC voltage and only give one level of chuff)
The LGB analogue sound units are pulling power from the DCC track and work fine with a hall sensor on the loco wheel as a chuff trigger, whilst the loco uses the DCC decoder to operate motor and lights.
It seems that a lot of the LGB analogue sound modules, fitted to their locos will also work on DCC 'provided that there is a chuff sensor to tell the sound unit what speed it is going at (but not a motor load dependent sensor which would just see the DCC voltage and only give one level of chuff)
Zerogee
Clencher's Bogleman
If you use a direct-plug-in decoder straight to the loco main board (either a Massoth L or an LGB 55021), assuming that the Stainz is of the "direct decoder" era, then the factory fitted sound will definitely still work on DCC; I can't say whether that would still be the case with any other decoder type.
Jon.
Jon.