Looking for a wiring diagram and perhaps some insights from anyone who has done this mod.

Thank you

Jim
Atlanta

anybody experimented with increasing the rolling resistance on stock trucks?   free-rolling trucks are a headache for uncoupling with kadee magnets, plus, i'd like to hear the engine strain just a bit to move a loaded car.    i have put a piece of 0.015 piano wire through the truck bolster which then pressures the axles a bit but wonder if there is a better way.

also, do the kadee On30 wheels change rolling characteristics one way or the other?

thanks

jim
atlanta

Intending to purchase and convert to On30 with sound.  Since DCC is already OEM, is there an 8-pin connector for a sound modul

Hints about sound installation?

Thank you

Jim

 installed speaker and bachmann sound module into one climax and now intend to install a 20mm speaker and TCS WOW 1516 into a second.   is there anything more to it than installing the speaker below the current PCB, then connect the TCS to the Bachmann PCB with an 8-pin to 9-pin adapter?

thanks

jim/atlanta

very much a noobie with CV adjusting.    just reset CV 5 to 64 and CV6 to 32- at speed step 28 i am getting the max engine speed that i want to keep my grandson from doing wheelies in the yard.   sound, however, at speed step 28 is still acting like i am going 100 mph.

what CV(s) do i need to adjust so that sound syncs with speed?   

thanks for your help.

NCE Power Cab
Heisler with Bachmann Sound Module

Installing sound in 8-pin DCC On30 climax and looking for first-hand real world factual review of the current (2016) MRC sound decoders.  Understand that they have been not well-received in the past but want to know if they are worth considering now.

Thanks

Jim

apologies if this has been covered before, and i've overlooked it.    intending to get a pre2011 Climax DCC (8-pin) before they totally disappear and a TSU1000 (9 pin),   have found a digitraxx 9 to 8-pin adapter but not finding much info on the soundtraxx.     have installed a bachmann aftermarket sound decoder into another Climax, so the physical install is not so much an issue as simply knowing what to do with the rest of the wires coming out of the TSU1000, if that makes any sense.   

thanks for helpful responses and/or links

jim/atlanta

are the sound modules for the shay, climax and heisler the same physical size and have the same plugs for the PCB?   and if so, assuming i can live with inaccurate sound, can i mix and match?   asking because i can get a deal on a shay module that i want to put into a climax.   

thanks

jim/atlanta