roystrains Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Have Hornby any intention of introducing sound chips with speakers as items to purchase so we can convert our DCC engines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Sounds like you are polling for retro-fit generic steam and diesel TTS decoders there Roy.Come on Hornby - you know the market is already there.And can they please be at a very sensible price - say 20 to 25 quid apiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roystrains Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Sounds like you are polling for retro-fit generic steam and diesel TTS decoders there Roy.Come on Hornby - you know the market is already there.And can they please be at a very sensible price - say 20 to 25 quid apiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roystrains Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Yes RAF96. I've got TTS Gadwall and Empress of Canada and would like to be able to buy TTS "kits" for my other DCC locos. If Hornby can produce locos with TTS fitted for around £100 they should be able to produce separately for under £50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Dont give them silly ideas Roy - 50 quid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2e0dtoeric Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 TTS chips are ok for the money, but better suited to the diesels, I think.I've got one steam outline TTS loco, (DoG) and it looks silly when it is creeping along, but the chuffs are going at 70mph! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Surely this is a setup issue that can be fixed 2e0? To date, Hornby have given no indication they will sell TTS retrofit kits. The premium in the price of a TTS loco over its DCC Ready equivalent is around £20 so you would think a kit would be closer to £25 than £50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2e0dtoeric Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 AFAIK, Fishy, there is nothing to match up wheel rpm's with audio, on a TTS chip, beyond a semirandom voltage setting.If someone has sorted it, please let us know how!As I commented when DoG was first released, at creeping speed, I was getting about 50 chuffs per wheel rev, At moderate and upwards speeds it was ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choralc Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 My good lady's Gadwell chuffs pretty close to speed, 2toe, sorry to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 One of the things to look at is the accelleration and decelleration rates in CVs 3 & 4. These must be set to 15 or higher for TTS to work properly. Clearly stated in the TTS 'manuals'.I admit though the slow chuff rate outpaces the wheels, is best at mid range and was going to fast to count at top whack.You could try playing around with CV150, etc to see what difference altering the speed regimes has on the chuff rate - if any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Sometime ago, in an interview with Simon Kohler, when Hornby first announced "sound", he did mention that Hormby "may" produce a sound kit, but it would probably depend on how sales went of the sound fitted loco's. I think the full interview was in Hornby Magazine - a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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