Class 66 sound decoder

[Roy-1210996]

I have a hornby select controller. Recently bought hornby class 66 complete with sound decoder. Very pleased and all worked well. I then tried some functions eg notch up, notch down, thrash and more. Big mistake, now without F 1 sound it does not move. With F1 sound it only creeps even though engine noise exelerates. I have tried the solutions on the decoder instructions with no success. As I only have a Select I cannot reset decoder. Any advice or is it back to Hornby ?

Thanks Roy

[Chrissaf]

It may be that you have an early firmware version on your Select. Tell us what revision it is.

The current installed firmware is displayed as the very first number to briefly appear on the Select screen as it is being powered up. Expect to see a number between 10 and 20. At the time of writing, the latest version is 1.6 [16] or 2.0 [20] - both the same. These latest versions completely transform the user experience of the Select controller and add the ability to write (not read) all CVs up to CV255 which would also allow the Select to perform write 8 to CV8 resets. As well as access to the full F0 - F28 range of functions needed for the Hornby TTS decoders.

The upgrade charge is typically £15 plus your sending postage costs. You need to get a 'returns number' from Hornby Customer Services - see 'Contact Us' link at the very bottom of the page.

If you do arrange to get your Select firmware upgraded, then you will need both the Select version 1.5 full manual and the version 1.6 addendum manual. As the operation of your Select (how to use it) will be completely different in certain areas of operation compared to your current firmware version.

You can download these two manual PDFs from here:

R8213 Select DCC Controller – Hornby Support

and here

R8213 Select DCC Controller - Version 1.6 and 2.0 addendum – Hornby Support

If nothing appears to happen, check your nominated browser download folder for the files as they can download silently in the background.