Comments on: DCC Decoders

By: Lou

Lou — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 22:54:56 +0000

Possibly add the speaker to the tender or another car?

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 03:50:16 +0000

In reply to Gary Stasinowsky. You can get general background sounds, maybe even specific to the loco you are using, but I don't think you can get anything synchronized to what the loco is doing.

By: Gary Stasinowsky

Gary Stasinowsky — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 02:47:37 +0000

Hi Guys and Girls, with a small layout of 8 x 4 [which is the whole point of having an n scale or z scale layout], can you cheat with the speakers and conceal them in a building in the centre of your layout. The sound still can be controlled cannot it not? and who would know (other than the chief controller, not the fat controller, Tee Hee!!) other than the owner of the small layout. You get the best of both worlds, the trains to play with, and the appropriate noises to go with them. Please note this is a passing thought, as I have not done this, it is purely in my imagination!

By: Dave B.

Dave B. — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 01:32:37 +0000

>> But you need, of course, to add a speaker for the sound.

And there in lies problem where squeeze a speaker. I’ve had good luck using cell phone speakers but that is in HO. Even those can be a tight fit in diesels. At least with steam you can but it n the tender.

By: geoff

geoff — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 15:42:20 +0000

I don’t have any recommendations for which decoder to use, but I see from Kato’s website that they use ESU LokSound DCC boards on their DCC ready locomotives.

As to your other question, yes, a single decoder can do movement, lights and sound. But you need, of course, to add a speaker for the sound.