Reply to "MTH Control by DCC"

Garfield IrwinOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

I bought an MTH Railking loco to use with a Protothrottle which is DCC based, but gave up. It's pretty clear that MTH is de-emphasizing DCC; they no longer provide a DCS/DCC switch on Railkings (you have to take the shell off and cut a wire to change it to DCC, and once you do that you can't run it using DCS). Also, I get the impression that the DCC decoder they use is a basic one and doesn't have the sophistication of mainstream DCC suppliers like ESU -- I had a lot of trouble fine tuning the momentum and braking that is essential for the Protothrottle to work properly. The loco did run on my DCC system, but it was an unsatisfactory experience. If I was going to run MTH I'd recommend DCS all the way, but since I prefer the sound profiles on my Lionel Legacy engines I'm sticking with them.

8/6/2410:21 PM

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