Gp60 trouble

Check the sound settings in the menu.

 

MENU, Sounds, and you can check the volume setting for horn, bell, engine sounds, and accent sounds.  They are all adjusted independently.

 

If that doesn't work, try a Feature Reset.  Finally, if all else fails, try a Factory Reset.

 

U ..R  brea kin.... up....

Is it a five volt?

is it just after 25 MPH?

Did try factory and feature reset, still quiet, volume is 100%

Steve

Steve,

 

Did you try pressing the ENG SNDS key on the remote?

Barry

Tried that still quiet.
I'll have to look, to see how old the engine's are to see what size the speakers should be.
Thanks for responding.
Steve

Joe

This is when the engine is sitting on the track before going.

Steve

Since other sounds work, and a reset didn't fix it, I'd try reloading the sound file.  I'm having a hard time with this being anything in the hardware.

Barry,
Why are the yard sounds and cab chatter ok, but when sitting on track the engine sounds are low?
The Item # is 20-2403-1 if this helps.

Thanks
Steve

What is happening, is when I turn the engine sounds to 100%, then I check it again, it goes back to 50% on it's own.

Steve

You did a factory reset and then added it to the remote again?

Steve,

 

What release of DCS are you using?

Barry

I'm using 4.20 DCS.
I set the sounds up to 100%, and when I go back it goes back to 50%.

Steve

One reason for settings not sticking is a bad battery, are you sure the battery is good and changed?

Ok I'll change the battery and let you know.

Steve

Steve,  Power this up on a test track conventional only, with the volume turned up all the way with the pot.  If the engine starts loud,  than goes to half volume on it's own conventionally, you may have a board hardware issue. 

 

If so, the board needs to be tested to eliminate issues.

 

If this is just certain sounds and the reset are loud and fine, than I would reload the sound file.

 

I would say I have seen speakers go bad and effect certain tones more than others, but that has been the 16 ohm speakers that had metal flaking.   Not 4ohm speakers with the 3V boards.   G

I think checking and/or changing the battery and reloading the sound file would be the first steps.  Since the setting is actually reverting to 50%, I doubt the speaker can do that!

 

Well,  The conventional test is easier than all that.  As far as the speaker, it was in reference to different sound levels for different tones.  Really all depends on what is actually happening.

 

It is easy to turn on power and than turn off power and listen for proper shutdown.  No need to open engine yet.  G

I think the engine sounds dropping in the configuration all the time certainly sounds more like an issue with the boards/battery than the speaker.  I agree that you can check the battery without opening it, and reloading the sound file isn't a bad idea at this juncture either.  I believe he's already established a factory reset won't fix it.

 Probably un-related. My outdoor RR is going bizzerk.

I just tried again to get things better and a Aristo CN Dash9 with PS2 was silent? It had acted up all night. It seems that I can't get more than two engines in a block. I need to work on strength although I'm getting all tens??

 Anyways I figured I'd blown the amp inside because I got the engine working, just silent. All lights and control was working. As I pulled her off the track for the third time giving up for the night, the speaker belted out the engine's shutdown sounds!

 At least I'll guess the volume probably got muted. I had tried to turn it up while in a lashup, by addressing it individually. No go. I had noticed that other parameters were set wacky like acc/ and dec rates the other day so I bet the engine's sounds got muted.

 I have high hopes that there's nothing wrong just a control problem. But for some reason, the whole outdoor RR is not reliable. I'm going to try and remove the electronic filters tomorrow and try bulbs at the ends of the blocks.

 I ran the O scale the other day and everything worked with 4.3????

I've ordered another new "L" TIU and hope to get the RR tuned up and reliable. Sorry for the babble but I'm wondering if others are struggling with these same issues??

 

John,  I guess his symptom description isn't good enough to help for sure.  First, even with no battery installed, he should be able to adjust the engine sounds while powered during his operating session.  The engine will take a factory or feature reset while power is applied.  So during normal operation he should have all sounds as he sets them.  If he can't do that and a factory reset doesn't work, he has a more serious issue.

 

If the battery is bad, or worse a hardware issue with the battery circuit, I would agree that the engine won't remember the settings and revert the sounds.

 

From the initial explanation he can't get the sounds to play right while powered.  So that is either a hardware fault, or corrupt sound file.

 

We all are just throwing out ideas, without enough specific symptoms to really figure out what is wrong.

 

Before I would try reloading a sound file, I try to isolate the issue via simple test.  Conventional versus DCS, Feature and Factory resets, Battery circuit shutdown test.  G 

Well, George, I certainly agree with that.  I'm sure if you had it in front of you that you'd quickly figure it out.  It's always much harder to troubleshoot these things in ASCII.

 

I just changed the battery, and the volume is the same on the Engine sound, I can't keep it at a 100%.

You had offer to look at it for me, if you are still willing to do that ,let me know what you charge, and I'll send the engine to you.
Thanks

Steve

Did you reload the sound file?  Note that you can try a different sound file to make sure there's not some flaw in the one you have, I recently ran across that in an upgrade file.

 

Where do I find the instructions for the sound file to down load.

Steve

Do you have the Loader installed?

 

DCS Loader Download

 

Here's a nice description of how to connect and use the DCS Loader.

 

Using the DCS Loader

 

Finally, the sound files are with the description of the individual locomotive pages on the MTH site.

Steve,

 

If you have a copy of The DCS O Gauge Companion 2nd Edition, everything you need to know, in detail, is on pages 140-142.

 

This and a whole lot more is all in MTH’s “The DCS O Gauge Companion 2nd Edition", available for purchase as an eBook or a printed book at MTH's web store!

Barry

Which Downloader do I use I have 64Bits and run Windows 8.1, I can't seam to guess witch one to use.
Thanks
Steve

Steve,

 

If you previously installed DCS Loader Program 4.20, click on true link without .NET. If you did not, or are unsure, download the one with .NET.