Hey all,
Just dragged out this older locomotive. The Santa FE #2925 GP9 I think the item number was 6-28502.
I fired it up with the TMCC remote, and everything works. It runs great in both directions; all lights work; flashing yellow light goes on and off via the remote; electro-couplers work.
Then we come to the sound.
I have made sure the program run switch is in "run". I made sure the Signal Sounds/Railsounds switch is on Railsounds.
The issue is, the sound is barely there. I have rotated the volume pot. It does effect the sound, but max volume is about a whisper. The volume is linear to the volume pot.
I went to the remote and used the volume buttons UP and Down. It, too, has the proper effect.
I turned over the loco and used alligator clip to power it up. I can hear all the proper sounds: coupler sound, horn, bell, crew talk, etc.. when pushing the proper buttons. I just have to have my ear to the speaker to hear it.
It's as if someone put an attenuator on it to restrict max volume.
So, now that I may have over explained the issue:
Any ideas? Reset the loco? I did try simply reprpogramming the id# and also trying using it in just signal sound mode. Same results. Horn and bell sound, but barely audible.
Thanks for any ideas.