What sound system in this Genesis F unit??

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Hi guys, can anyone say with certainty who’s sound board would be inside this F3 A&B set??

MRC or QSI??

http://www.athearn.com/Search/Default.aspx?SearchTerm=G22113

Anounced early 2006.

Thankyou.

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I suppose if I really wanted to know, I’d first click on the link you provided, then on the name/description of the unit, which brings me to a page with more descriptive text, as well as a link to manuals and instructions. Then I’d click on that link and peruse said instructions and manuals, where I’d no doubt find the information I was looking for.

Steve

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In the DCC features list it does not mention CV read back and the decoder can access 19 functions. Therefore I vote for a MRC crappy decoder.

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Yup, you are both spot on.

A clasic case of RTFM ! (Read The ******* Manual) [(-D]

I later spotted the link to download the operating manual and it is indeed MRC.

Think i’l give it a miss.

Thanks for the feedback anyway.

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I made that mistake with my SD60i. When Athearn announced that they were shipping with Tsunami’s I went out and bought one. Didn’t realize until I was running it that it was an MRC.

Shortly after i picked up a Tsunami and did the swap out.

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Well the F3 set i was looking at was on ebay. If it goes for reasonable money, it may still be worth buying to swap out the decoders. I’l wait and see.

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You might be able to get a motor decoder into the unit and use the MRC decoder for lights and sound like I did to my F45.

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In that time frame it would be MRC. The new Genesis will say Tsunami on the box or in the advertisement.

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As it turned out, it was’nt worth the money it went for. Fine if you dont mind MRC, but not for me. A second hand A&B set for 147 GBP pluss another £7 for postage and then factor in maybe 2 Tsunami sound decoders at 65 GBP a pop, that makes it about £284 !!

Just aswel wait til a new set comes out in the road name i want with Tsunami’s already installed for the same or maybe less money.

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Gary,

it did say in the manual you could have accessed through the link “The Dual-Function decoder is manufactured by Model Rectifier Corporation for Athearn Trains” .

I have a Bowser Stewart F7 with a Tsunami sound decoder - marvelous!

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Was this a Test??? [xx(] Not good at tests anymore!!! Kevin