Cab 1 vs. Cab 1L

Chris,

Quick answer to your simple question... No.

To address you CAB-1 situation... Take it apart and clean the back side of the buttons, and also the PC board with some contact cleaner and Q-Tip. Then keep on the lookout for used CAB-1's as others are making the move to Legacy and/or Bluetooth.

Cab-1 and Cab-1L operate on very different frequencies and can not talk to each others' bases.  Once you have a Base-1L, your old Cab-1 will be useless.  Likewise, you can't use a Cab-1L to run an old TMCC Base.

I'll continue to use my CAB-1 Base and Controller until they die, then replace them both with the CAB-1L version. As I understand it, locos equipped with either "plain" TMCC or with LEGACY will respond to either system.  But I haven't tried that yet.  Further, the CAB-1L won't activate some of the "high end" features of LEGACY-equipped locos; however, I don't use those techie features anyway. 

Mike Mottler    (ritrainguy)

Thanks for the info guys. My suspicions were correct from what you're telling me.

Thanks again.

Okay, I purchased a Cab-1L system at the train show last weekend. Can I connect both of the "U" terminals on the bases together and then to the track? Trying to run the engine and play station sounds at the same time is a pain. I'd like to use the Cab 1 to run the station sounds car and the Cab 1L for the engine/s. Is this possible? Cause I connected them this way and only the Cab1L works. It seems that its blocking the Cab1 from communicating with the station sound car.

Cab1 and cab1L do not play with each other, as your saying the cab1L is interfering with the cab1 they are two different systems.  

 You probably should have spent the extra bucks and purchased the Legacy system. With the proper cable you can still use your TMCC base and Cab 1. You could later purchase just the Cab 1 L remote that will communicate fine with the Legacy base to gain an extra remote.

Okay, Thanks guys. I did figure that out by pulling the power plug on the bases. My Bad!

Jayhawk500 posted:

Okay, I purchased a Cab-1L system at the train show last weekend. Can I connect both of the "U" terminals on the bases together and then to the track?

NO, the BASE1 and BASE1L cannot be used in the same setup.  You can connect the BASE1 to a Legacy base, but not the BASE1L.  You NEVER connect more than one track signal to the tracks, that will kill the TMCC signal!

Dave_C posted:

 You probably should have spent the extra bucks and purchased the Legacy system. With the proper cable you can still use your TMCC base and Cab 1. You could later purchase just the Cab 1 L remote that will communicate fine with the Legacy base to gain an extra remote.

I would agree with that since Lionel raised the pricing of the CAB1L system the full blown 990 is a better value.

Thanks for the input everyone. I got it all figured out.