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MRC Prodigy Wireless DCC throttle
Mine works fine. Their is a big discussion on the MRC-DCC group on Yahoo going on now as to if this is a true “full-duplex” item. A bit above me, but something about being able to sent and recieved data at the same time.
This looks like the one I’m goin’ with… Just a beginner, but I’ve been looking for a while now.
This DCC system is one of the best in the word I got to test it at THE WORLDS GREATEST HOBBY convincan in Atlanta GA on a club layout. The system works great with none DCC loco’s to I was testing out a UB-30 for a free lance railroad called the Appalachian Southern. Now I want the DCC system on my layout.
This DCC system is one of the best in the word I got to test it at THE WORLDS GREATEST HOBBY convincan in Atlanta GA on a club layout. The system works great with none DCC loco’s to I was testing out a UB-30 for a free lance railroad called the Appalachian Southern. Now I want the DCC system on my layout.
I have both the Prodigy Express and Prodigy Advance and love them both. MRC has certainly come to the front of the line with their DCC equipment and it is very user friendly. I am considering a wireless at sometime in the not too distant furture and you can be assured that it will be MRC!!
I have both the Prodigy Express and Prodigy Advance and love them both. MRC has certainly come to the front of the line with their DCC equipment and it is very user friendly. I am considering a wireless at sometime in the not too distant furture and you can be assured that it will be MRC!!
I’m delighted with the perfomance of the MRC’s wireless system regarding commnads to locomotives: Fast answer to commandas, simple, reliable. But I have troubles selecting routes when working with Lenz’s LS150 accesorey decoders: sometimes some of the coils in the route don’t receive the order.(The individual turnouts work perfectly in any randon order when checked before the route is selected) After one coil failed as part of a route, it failed from them on when trying to switch it with the direct Accesory address. I shall switch off for 30 seconds the AC power input to the LS150 to reset this accesory. Does anyone found the same problem? Is any noncompatibility between the 2 systems?
I’m delighted with the perfomance of the MRC’s wireless system regarding commnads to locomotives: Fast answer to commandas, simple, reliable. But I have troubles selecting routes when working with Lenz’s LS150 accesorey decoders: sometimes some of the coils in the route don’t receive the order.(The individual turnouts work perfectly in any randon order when checked before the route is selected) After one coil failed as part of a route, it failed from them on when trying to switch it with the direct Accesory address. I shall switch off for 30 seconds the AC power input to the LS150 to reset this accesory. Does anyone found the same problem? Is any noncompatibility between the 2 systems?
Fantastic! The Prodigy Wireless works very fine in programing and runing modes both at home or at the club! It’s a great value improvement.
Fantastic! The Prodigy Wireless works very fine in programing and runing modes both at home or at the club! It’s a great value improvement.
Got the conversion for Christmas to use with my Prodigy Advance system. Works great, I love it!
Got the conversion for Christmas to use with my Prodigy Advance system. Works great, I love it!
I think the MRC wireless system is the best! Their Prodigy Advanced system is very user friendly and the wireless makes it so much easier to run trains without being tethered to an outlet box. Best money I ever spent on DCC.
I was looking for a wireless system and your review of the MRC convinced me to go with their wireless. I was dismayed to find that the range of four digit addresses is limited with the wireless - your review never mentioned this shortcoming. Indeed, the first of my loco’s I tried to select would not work on the wireless. I wish you had mentioned this shortcoming in your review, it might have changed my choice.
OOOps! Still on DC
OOOps! Still on DC
MRC has come out with a version 2 of the wireless throttle that fixes the earlier problems with SOME 4 digit addresses not responding. They have also indicated that range can be expanded and improved by opening up the casing and pulling the enclosed antennae out the top of the box. Previous generation Prodigy wireless units can be sent back for upgrades at a nominal cost. Now all we need is for MRC to improve their reliability of their decoders, which currently have a higher than acceptable failure rate.
MRC has come out with a version 2 of the wireless throttle that fixes the earlier problems with SOME 4 digit addresses not responding. They have also indicated that range can be expanded and improved by opening up the casing and pulling the enclosed antennae out the top of the box. Previous generation Prodigy wireless units can be sent back for upgrades at a nominal cost. Now all we need is for MRC to improve their reliability of their decoders, which currently have a higher than acceptable failure rate.