I seem to have misplaced the documentation that came with my Bachmann spectrum 2-8-0 with DCC and sound factory installed. The volume of the bell is too great. Where is a good place to locate the data for this loco?
73
Bruce in the Peg
The manual is avaiilable from SoundTraxx, the makers of the decoder:
http://www.soundtraxx.com/manuals/OEM%20Steam%20Users%20Guide.pdf
Sound adjustments begin on Page 29.
I just ran my disc in the computor. Bell volume is CV 130. Chuff volume is CV131. Whistle volume is CV 129.
It takes some experimentation with some decoders. I find that if you reduce the Master Volume, it really affects some of the other sounds. If so, it leaves you having to leave the MV up fairly high and individually reducing the others one by one. The whistle/horn and the bell are among the first that I reduce, but I also reduce the chuff somewhat and also the F4 steam hiss which is the most ridiculously loud on the Tsunamis. I have attempted to reduce the volume for rod clank at times, but that one CV doesn't seem to change things, no matter what value I assign to the decoder.
Anyway, the question was answered above, Bruce.
-Crandell