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Unlock the sound ( Bachmann and Sountraxx )

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Unlock the sound ( Bachmann and Sountraxx )
Posted by sparkyjay31 on Friday, March 20, 2009 6:13 PM
I was at my LHS not too long ago and during the discussion with the gentleman behind the counter he mentioned that he knew how to "unlock" the Soundtraxx Tsunami that came with my 2-8-0 Bachmann Spectrum loco. He asked that I bring it back and he'd be happy to show me how to do it. Yeah I know, what am I doing posting here when I should be driving my Connie right over there? Well I want to know if anyone out there has heard of this before. This is new to me and I'm not really ready to hand over my pride and joy just yet. Jay
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Posted by rrinker on Friday, March 20, 2009 6:25 PM

 Unlock it? To do what? Can you not program it? I've never heard of there being any extra features in them that you can program a CV or do the old "hold this button while pressing these other 3 in succession" trick.

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Posted by richg1998 on Friday, March 20, 2009 8:10 PM

This is the first I have heard about "unlock" and I monitor the Bachmann forums. You can check the Bachmann forums. A Bachmann rep is there.

http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/board/

Rich

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Posted by cacole on Saturday, March 21, 2009 7:13 AM

 I think your local hobby shop guy doesn't know what he's talking about.  The only secret to programming a Tsunami decoder is having a programming booster connected to the programming track or using Ops Mode programming on the main line to reset some of the Configuration Variables.  A Tsunami is not "locked," although I think you can lock it to prevent inadvertent programming if you desire to do so after you have all of the CVs set the way you like.

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Posted by sparkyjay31 on Saturday, March 21, 2009 9:57 AM
He's talking about setting the chuff rate to match the speed, setting the horn and bell to go off at certain speed steps, etc. Maybe I don't know what I am talking about?
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Posted by sparkyjay31 on Saturday, March 21, 2009 1:40 PM
davidmbedard

sparkyjay31
He's talking about setting the chuff rate to match the speed, setting the horn and bell to go off at certain speed steps, etc. Maybe I don't know what I am talking about?
 

That isnt unlocking, but rather adjusting CVs.  Keep in mind that HE cannot do it because the chuff rate is dependant on the track voltage....

David B

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