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Hello everyone,
I have both a Mallard and a Silver Fox Black Label A4. They are very nice models but I am having some issues with getting the sounds to work properly. In particular, on both models I cannot get the coupler sound to operate when I press the appropriate function button. Indeed, no sound occurs when the locomotives are stationary but when they are moving the function button sounds two short horn blasts instead. As this is a problem on both models, I am wondering if there is something about the operation of this sound that I'm missing. In addtion, some of the crew conversations seem to be repeated on different function buttons - that is, I seem to get the same conversation whetiher I press F19, F20, or F21..
In trying to resolve this problem I have attempted the following:
I have tried to reset the decoder on the Mallard model by setting CV8 to 8 but that has not resolved the problems.
I have also investigated whether there was something not right with the function key mapping as per the instructions on pages 11 and 12 of the A4 owner's manual,. If I understand the table on page 11 correctly, when I read CV46 (for F13) it should read a value of '14' to activate the coupling sound, however a different number came up on my system. Even when I program '14' into CV 46 this does not change the problems I'm experiencing with the replacement of the coupling sound with horn sound. Again, I may be doing something wrong here as I am having trouble understanding the instructions on page 12 of the manual. There it states as an example, "to assign Injector to Function 7, enter 12 into CV40". However, when I look at the table of values on page 12, the Injector is given a value of 5, not 12 (which is for safety valves).
I use the Roco Z21 DCC system. I should add that I program on a programming track, not on the main. I did try reading the Silver Fox decoder on the main line but I could not get my system to recognise the decoder. On the programming track, I have had no problems changing the locomotive addresses for instance.
As I'm in Australia, I am hoping not to have to return these locomotives to Dapol - it cost me a fortune in customs duites when they first arrived!
Is anyone able to provide a solution or perhaps signal what I might be doing wrong? As mentioned, trying to reset the decoder has not helped.
Cheers and much thanks for any help,
Bryan.
I have both a Mallard and a Silver Fox Black Label A4. They are very nice models but I am having some issues with getting the sounds to work properly. In particular, on both models I cannot get the coupler sound to operate when I press the appropriate function button. Indeed, no sound occurs when the locomotives are stationary but when they are moving the function button sounds two short horn blasts instead. As this is a problem on both models, I am wondering if there is something about the operation of this sound that I'm missing. In addtion, some of the crew conversations seem to be repeated on different function buttons - that is, I seem to get the same conversation whetiher I press F19, F20, or F21..
In trying to resolve this problem I have attempted the following:
I have tried to reset the decoder on the Mallard model by setting CV8 to 8 but that has not resolved the problems.
I have also investigated whether there was something not right with the function key mapping as per the instructions on pages 11 and 12 of the A4 owner's manual,. If I understand the table on page 11 correctly, when I read CV46 (for F13) it should read a value of '14' to activate the coupling sound, however a different number came up on my system. Even when I program '14' into CV 46 this does not change the problems I'm experiencing with the replacement of the coupling sound with horn sound. Again, I may be doing something wrong here as I am having trouble understanding the instructions on page 12 of the manual. There it states as an example, "to assign Injector to Function 7, enter 12 into CV40". However, when I look at the table of values on page 12, the Injector is given a value of 5, not 12 (which is for safety valves).
I use the Roco Z21 DCC system. I should add that I program on a programming track, not on the main. I did try reading the Silver Fox decoder on the main line but I could not get my system to recognise the decoder. On the programming track, I have had no problems changing the locomotive addresses for instance.
As I'm in Australia, I am hoping not to have to return these locomotives to Dapol - it cost me a fortune in customs duites when they first arrived!
Is anyone able to provide a solution or perhaps signal what I might be doing wrong? As mentioned, trying to reset the decoder has not helped.
Cheers and much thanks for any help,
Bryan.
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