My subway layout will only have two stations. Is there any way I could select specific station announcements for my R27 set? My two stations will be Times Square and Brighton Beach, and it would be nice if I could get the set to announce only those two stations. I searched the OGR Forums but was unsuccessful in finding an answer. I also read through the user's manual but can't find anything. Thanks.
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Nope. You can't, at least not easily. The only way to do it really is to find the Times Square stop and the Brighton Beach stop and play the announcements in a recording.
I was afraid of that. Well, the main attraction for me is the opening doors anyway. The rest is gravy. And that announcer's voice does annoy me somewhat. He's got a very heavy accent, even for me (I grew up in NYC). The announcements I remember on the subway (before they were computerized) were more generic; maybe the conductors were coached on how to speak less "locally". 
As I've said before, what I want is an announcement from a hot, harried conductor during rush hour that scolds--"Watch the closing doors!" That's what I remember from living there all through the graffiti laden 70s! (And I STILL miss it...)
Another one I remember in the same vein is"Let go of the doors! We're not going anywhere until you let go of the doors!!"
Well, I haven't found a way to only play specific announcements, but I finally figured out the correct sequence of door openings and closings and train motion to advance the announcements one stop at a time. Took me long enough. What got me was that Aux 2 / F or R / Aux 2 sequence. I didn't realize you had to press Aux 2 twice to close the doors, and then start the train.
And Pdxtrains, there ARE a few testy announcements about moving into the car, etc. 😊 They are only at certain stations, though.
keep playing around enough and listening and you might even find a hidden file. Developers sometimes leave some fun files in place secretly. That seems like a fun item for an "Easter Egg". (geek for hidden goodies in tech)
Refreshing this thread, I've been told (by Matt who had responded above! 😊) that if I convert from TMCC to Legacy, I can scroll through the stops quickly with the remote to get to the one I want to play next. I'm in the process of installing the Legacy system and hope that will solve my issue. At least, it should be easier than what I have to do now with TMCC, which is repeating the close doors - start - stop - open doors sequence however many times I need to get to the desired stop announcement.
Legacy installed, and, yes, specific station announcements can be selected. 😁
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