Help for a novice [Ruby DCC93 decoder issue]

[John-355919]

Hi I am a real novice to model railways so any advice would be appreciated. I have a Hornby Arnold N guage Brighton Belle 2 car set with a Ruby DCC93 6 pin decoder installed and the performance is very disappointing with very crude accelerating and breaking compared to my Graham Farish Highlander which is very smooth.

Is it the quality of the decoder or the way the decoder is set or is this normal for this engine?

[RDS]

@John

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[Howbi]

@John........Welcome to the Forum. The instruction manual for the DCC93 decoder is here.......

https://www.gaugemasterretail.com/magento/media/downloads/Ruby_Instructions.pdf

You could try different values for acceleration and deceleration in CVs 03 & 04

[Fishmanoz]

Might I make a suggestion about thread titles to improve your replies in future.

Telling us you are a novice and need help tells us nothing about your problem. My title would have been “Performance of Ruby DCC93 Decoder in Arnold N Gauge Brighton Belle”.

With that title, people with experience of that decoder know immediately they may be able to help and will open the thread. In your first line, you can then say you are a novice and people will know it would be better not to get too complicated with their answer.

[morairamike]

I bought a Ruby 21 pin unit. I also had problems with slow running and returned it. It was replaced but the new one was just the same. Return and get your money back. Fit another make. Laisdcc.