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Help!!! dcc in athearn genesis sd45-2

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Posted by Hamltnblue on Monday, March 21, 2011 3:54 PM

Here's a decent article on the subject.

http://www.tonystrains.com/technews/dec_rescue.htm

With yours try CV 125 to 1

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Posted by Shep'sKCSrailroad1987 on Monday, March 21, 2011 3:26 PM

its the older style board

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Posted by zxb1 on Monday, March 21, 2011 3:22 PM

Sometimes their not tsunami, it could be mrc equipment. Some of the earlier genisis models came with the mrc sound decoders in them . I have an genisis sd45-2 with an mrc sound decoder in it. But if anything , give it a reset first.

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Posted by Hamltnblue on Monday, March 21, 2011 3:00 PM

Here's a link to the Tsunami manuals for the loco.  If it's new it should have the Tsunami.

The reset would be simply setting CV8 to 8

http://www.athearn.com/dcc/

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Posted by Hamltnblue on Monday, March 21, 2011 2:56 PM

If it says DCC with sound try address 3  for starters.  After that do a reset of the decoder to try to get it to factory default.   First try using the Tsunami reset CV and if that doesn't work try the same for MRC decoders.

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Posted by Shep'sKCSrailroad1987 on Monday, March 21, 2011 1:33 PM

no, own on anlog

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Posted by woodone on Monday, March 21, 2011 1:28 PM

Sounds to me like it already has DCC,  and with sound.

Will it not run on DCC?

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Help!!! dcc in athearn genesis sd45-2
Posted by Shep'sKCSrailroad1987 on Monday, March 21, 2011 1:24 PM

OK I have an ho scale athearn genesis sd45-2 that says dcc/sound on the box. I test the sound and the engine to see if everything works an does. So I was wondering the board in the loco doesnt have a quick plug in it and wanting to know how can i add dcc to it.

thanks if you need know info or pics i can email them to you. Just PM me first.

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