Lost Sounds... again

You can try a reset of the engine.  Cycle the volume pot or as you say swap a speaker.   G

Where did it lose sound, over a turnout, maybe a dirty section of track? It may need to be "restarted" AUX1-3. The newer legacy stuf is especially sensative to dirty track/rollers and power dropouts where power is lacking on certain brands of turnouts.

 

A quick reset is aux1-0. Instructions for a "hard reset" are located near the back of the owners manual "reprogramming locomotive to restore features."

 

 This may not be the problem but, FYI there are 2 volume levels accessable via the remote:

 

Aux1-3 (up), 3(up), 3(up)....... for overall volume

 

Aux1-3(up), Aux1-3(up), Aux1-3 (up)......... for background sounds

 

3 if your using TMCC, (UP) for vol up on the legacy controller.

 

The #3 position on TMCC is the same as the vol UP on the legacy contoller.

It is a TMCC engine and I just have TMCC controller. It lost sound and about 3 days later it came back! Then while pushing a few cars around yesterday day the sounds went out. It very well might have happened when over a switch as it was working in my industries.

I did try the AUX/0 to reset but nothing happened. I have tried Aux1 then 1 to raise the volume also with no success.

I might look into the "hard reset".

Thanks again guys.

 

Tried the "hard reset" and still nothing.

The engine does respond to the remote Aux1 1 and 3 volume controls. It just goes from barely audible(you really have to be listening for it)  to nothing at all.

Also when I turn the volume dial control down on the bottom of the engine, I can't get any sound regardless of how much I try to turn them up with the remote.

I am wondering if tere is an issue with the dial on the bottom of the engine.

 

 

Did you get a chance to try it in conventional mode?? still nothing?

Everyone, thanks so much for your time and help. I took the fuel tank off to look the speaker and volume dial. Then I realized that unless there is a loose wire or something easily noticeable, I haven't a clue what I am looking for so, I put it right back on....put it on track and now sounds loud and fine. I have no idea what happened or what I did but I hope it is fixed but I have a bad feeling that sooner or later it will happen again.

Believe it or not, that happens a lot... great

I had a similar problem on a used diesel I bought online.   When I finally gave up and took the shell off - the sound board fell out -- put the board back on the main board and that was it.  Sound board must of got loose in shipping and was moving in and out of contact,  Just a simple thing to check.

my guess is a loose wire or a bum rheostat.