I have a mth SD40-2 with ps 2. I charged the battery and put the engine on the track and started it up. I have bell, horn, cab chatter but no engine sound. I sound like there is a faint sound but not very audible. Any suggestions where to start? I thought maybe it needed a new speaker but not sure.
i also have a mth AC6000 that runs but has no sound at all. I tried doing a factory reset on both engines but to no avail no changes in sound. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Glenn
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What is the item number. That information is important for someone to give you an answer. If you have an early PS2 with the 5V board, it may be the speaker. Throw out the item number and you should get some answers.
Usually a feature reset will restore the sounds, What else controls the sounds? there's the sound menu where you can set the volume for each item , bell, horn. engine etc.Also the volume control hard key on remote and the on/off hard key. A good battery is required to have any change you make stick with the engine. good luck.
Marty, I will have to find the boxes in the garage and get back with the information. Greg, I did use the dcs remote to change the settings but that did help except on the sd 40 that had the bell and horn sounds. We tried a battery and 2 different types or Bcr But nothing helped. Thanks
Menu/Sound/Engine Sounds, press the thumbwheel, and then adjust the sound level for the engine sounds.
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Barry, thank you I tried that on both of the engines but it did not fix the problem, both engines have the 5 bolt boards in them.
My money and I feel Barry will agree is on the speaker. Your AC6000 might have a sound amp that went out to lunch.
Marty,
My money and I feel Barry will agree is on the speaker.
Agreed.
Since Engine Sounds wasn't the culprit, I'd look next at the speaker.
Glenn, You can inspect the speaker and it the metal coating around the magnet is flaking or has a gray powder on it, I would say it is a speaker issue. Some deteriorate to the point of muffling certain sounds and others won't produce any.
If your speakers look like that, replace them. After that if the AC6000 has no sounds the audio amp needs to be replaced.
I have done this for several of the AC6000. G
Thank you GGG.
GGG, can you replace one for me and what do you charge? I an going to try and get to them tomorrow. Thanks, Glenn
Glenn, I can sell you one. I also can do it for you, but shipping is more expensive than the repair. I can sell a speaker with the lead pre soldered. You just unscrew fuel tank, unplug speaker and install new one. You may have to take shell off to get to the connector. My e-mail is in my profile. G
If you have checked signal strength on the tracks, try hitting volume up a dozen times. Sometimes signal testing drops it way down.
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