04-29-2022, 08:23 AM
Not sure but it looks like the 8 pin socket would let a decoder to be plugged in and you would have a DCC locomotive.
Sound is a whole different ball game. How many wires between the loco & tender?
I would just trash that board. Hard wire a sound decoder in it place. You have to keep track of the wires that are soldered to the board- I solder a short pice of wire (color of the function) to each wire I cut so I do not have to chase them down later. Like the headlight wire it white. -right rail is red- the left rail is black- motor + is orange- motor- is gray. You will need a micro sound decoder, a small sugar cube speaker to get going.
You are going to be challenged to fit all of this and wires into the tender. That is why to board needs to go, you do not have room to use the 8 pin socket. Hope this may help?
Sound is a whole different ball game. How many wires between the loco & tender?
I would just trash that board. Hard wire a sound decoder in it place. You have to keep track of the wires that are soldered to the board- I solder a short pice of wire (color of the function) to each wire I cut so I do not have to chase them down later. Like the headlight wire it white. -right rail is red- the left rail is black- motor + is orange- motor- is gray. You will need a micro sound decoder, a small sugar cube speaker to get going.
You are going to be challenged to fit all of this and wires into the tender. That is why to board needs to go, you do not have room to use the 8 pin socket. Hope this may help?