A question about adding sound to...

anyone?

For lower cost just have a qualified MTH service center or another forum member who knows how to load the file on there DCS system?  Then you don't even need to purchase anything else. 

You could even ship the board or engine to someone to do it as well.

Jim

I've called around to the shops here in Cincinnati and no one does this...I guess I could ship it out but that's going to be a last-resort as I'm in the middle of detailing it right now.. anyone know of a place in Cincinnati?

You might get a more solid response on the DCS section of the forum, but I'm pretty sure the TIU does not require the remote in order to load sound files.

It does require the update software available from the MTH site and also a cable to hook up the TIU to your computer.  Older TIUs require a serial cable and your computer to have a serial port or USB to serial converter.  The newer TIU has a USB port built onto it.

-Dave

Just reading the DCS booklet the other day and I thought I recall the TIU needs to hooked up to your computer{serial port}, and that needs a power supply to it{TIU}, and the remote needed to be tethered via a phone cord to the TIU to set/reset the TIU or download the sound file...

You don't need the remote to load sound files, at least I've been successful at loading a number of them without ever turning on the remote, or even touching it.  You just need to connect the TIU to the computer and use the DCS loader.

All you need to do is...

Thanks for the info guy's ...I didn't even think about posting this in the other listing...next time..lol......Anyway I found a shop called Tim's Trains and Hobbies and they can do it but the guy on the phone said he thinks there a 2 month wait for things to get fixed ....

That's a long time..He also said to just take it there and talk to the guy who does the work .....He might be able to do help me out a little faster ....so come Monday I'll give it a try..