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sound decoder for atlas rs-1

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sound decoder for atlas rs-1
Posted by rs2mike on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:17 AM

Is there a drop in sound decoder for the atlas rs-1?  Or am I going to have to mill weights and doing other things to get one in there?

Mike

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Posted by rs2mike on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:47 AM
Thanks david.  I think I have a digitrax with a sound bug hook up in one of the rs-1.  Is the soundbug any good?

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Posted by Grampys Trains on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 1:47 PM

 Hi Mike: I'm in the process of installing a Loksound in my RS1, like Wolfgang Dudler did. He has a tutorial on his web site. Litchfield Station shows the installation of two drop in decoders, Soundtraxx DSD-AT 100 LC, and TSU-AT 1000 Tsunami. QSI has a Revolution drop in, also. All with 6 cyl. 539.DJ.

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Posted by rs2mike on Thursday, August 13, 2009 2:40 PM

 thanks

 

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Posted by Allegheny2-6-6-6 on Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:38 PM

 Mike

I have two Athern RS-3's with MRC drop in decoders and one works perfectly and the other needs to have the side frame contacts soldered instead of those dopey clips. I don't see too much difference between the Altas/Kato RS -1's &RS-3's I have but I will be totally honest it will be a crap shoot using the MRC decoder.

I am going to opt for the TCS decoder and sound bugs in my Atlas/Kato units, the biggest issue I see is craming the speaker in there.

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Posted by rs2mike on Sunday, August 16, 2009 7:48 PM

Thanks for the tips everyone.

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