Parrish Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Hope some one cam help me here,I have a small shunter and ano 060 which run fine through my Hornby 48213 Digital controller.Yesterday I purchased the Hornby K1 260 DCC ready, and it is as I've checked the unit in the tender is fitted.Firstly when I place the loco on my addressing track it buzzes from the decoding unit.when I try to address the loco all goes well until I select to complete the process, the control unit flashes 3 times then cuts back to the address number Which has stopped flashing but the loco will not drive?It's a nice day out thei and I'm hoping someone might be sat in the attic like me with their trains!Help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoFF03 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Are you sure there's a decoder chip installed? DCC ready is not the same as DCC fitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 DCC READY means it is ready to have a decoder fitted. If the loco was DCC it would say DCC Fitted or DCC on board. You need to remove the blanking plate that is plugged into the socket and replace it with a decoder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrish Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 In the tender is a plugged in unit which has the following info.TCSP EE02? 8 pins, is this just a blanking plate ?the box does just say DCC ready.So I have to replace this small plug in unit with a decoder?regardssteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoFF03 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 In the tender is a plugged in unit which has the following info.TCSP EE02? 8 pins, is this just a blanking plate ?the box does just say DCC ready.So I have to replace this small plug in unit with a decoder?regardssteveYes you do. I've just checked the Hornby store and none of the three K1s available come with the decoder chips pre-installed. While some digital controllers allow the running of non-DCC locos (on address 0 I think, I don't run digital), I don't know if the basic Select unit has this provision. In any case, its been shown that it is not advisable to do so, or at least to leave the loco stationary on the layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrish Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 Thanks for all the help,so off I go to buy a decoder chip,any recomended for a basic layout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 As you have a R8213 controller (Select), there have been posts on here with reported issues between the Select and NON Hornby decoders. Thus you are probably better off buying a Hornby R8249 decoder to be sure of decoder / controller compatibility. Other brands of decoder may be cheaper, but if they then don't work with your Select, then that is a false economy..Did the information sheet that came with the loco not make a recommendation as to what was the preferred decoder model to install?.There are also many posts on here about the limitations of the Select controller and recommendations to upgrade to a better controller..This should have been posted in the DCC forum section. I daresay Admin will move it there in due course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I've noticed that someone has an R8249 decoder up for aution on eBay, ending the Sunday evening after this one. Starting price is £4.99 with no bids yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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