I am looking for some help and expertise I have a MRC Tech 6 Sound Controller that I am trying to figure out and learn about. I feel that I am still a little bit of a novice at model railroading and such, but live and learn right? I also understand that the MRC Tech 6 Sound Controller may not be that popular or the choice of many, but that is what I bought and want to make the most of and learn about. I am frustrated because I can’t get the locomotives to move. All the sounds and stuff work like the bell, headlight, horn, etc. and it responds when I turn the throttle up as it sound like the engine winding up or whatever u want to say even when I turn the throttle down it winds down, but the locomotive won’t move. I would appreciate some help on this issue. I know it is probably my lack of knowledge but like I said live and learn. Thanks.
Try the reset function to set the locomotive to the factory defaults, i.e. press shift and then 9,9; see manual for more detail. PS this will not work for a Tsunami decoder, for that you will have to take your loco somewhere that has a DCC system capable of reprogramming a Tsunami decoder.
Did you follow the advice,that Ken K gave you at MRC?? About reading the instructions from MRC,REGARDING,setting it up to run DCC engines??? According to what he said,you should be running already…IF you do indeed, have a DUAL mode decoder in the engines you are trying to run…
What engine and decoder? Some sound decoders have a test mode that operates all the sounds but not the motor drive. Also, some engines(BLI Blueline, I believe) have a sound decoder, but no motor decoder, and will need the addition of a motor decoder to work with the Tech 6 in DCC mode.
As an aside, you do not actually have to have a dual mode decoder(although virtually all current decoders are) to operate with the Tech 6. When in DCC mode, the Tech 6 is placing a DCC signal on the rails, and so should work with all DCC decoders, dual mode or not. The Tech 6 is kind of confusing because it refers to it’s DCC mode as “Dual”, but it does not use the dual mode capability of decoders.