Mickky Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Hi,I recently purchased this loco at a model railway exhibition. I would like to fit a sound decoder but am not sure of a suitable one due to the limited space. It is not dcc ready but I am confident enough, could anyone recommend a decoder please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howbi Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Had a look inside my N2 to see how much space available...../media/tinymce_upload/12916d12604526d921b302a08e57eff4.JPG....as you can see mine was already fitted with the 8 pin socket so it was a simple task to plug in a basic decoder. The Hornby TTS decoder is slightly bigger than the one shown and with it's wiring harness folded up would need most of the available space on that flat area of chassis resulting in no space for a speaker, however, there is a good size space in the cab for the speaker...../media/tinymce_upload/b3ed4efcf451d0ecefe64442cd98bc81.JPG..the one shown is known as a 'maxi tablet' and measures 15x8x12mm and is stuck to the top of the motor via Bluetac..........hope this helps........HB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howbi Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 As for choice of sound decoder, I tried the Hornby P2 TTS and it sounded just the job in the N2........It is on pre-order at present but worth the wait........HB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howbi Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 @Mickky............It would be useful if you could at least acknowledge that you have read the above posts which endeavoured to assist with your question..........HB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickky Posted September 28, 2019 Author Share Posted September 28, 2019 Hi guys,Sorry for the delay in replying, I do believe the interior of mine is different to the one in the photo.When I get home I will take a photo of my chassis.Once again, sorry for the delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickky Posted September 28, 2019 Author Share Posted September 28, 2019 /media/tinymce_upload/92d8913bbd13f337c60c13ba7b5990e5.jpgThis is my N2 Chassis. Hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Hi. Your N2 loco looks to be pre DCC ready. Yours has what looks like a weight block, shaped to fit inside the boiler. This means that space is more limited, and fitting any DCC decoder will be a little more involved.... The earlier photos shew a DCC ready version, fitted with a decoder. The weight block has been modified by Hornby on later models to take the DCC 8-pin socket, and allow some room for a decoder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickky Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 Thank you all, I am hoping , if I fit a sugar cube speaker, that and the decoder will fit in the boiler. I will fit dcc to it and do hope it will be a sound one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 It looks as if you could replace the existing shaped weight with a flat plate weight (and socket) and the decoder and cube speaker would have room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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