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MRC Brilliance Decoders ha ha
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That's a shame. <br /> <br />I have a few of the previous MRC sound decoders, and they were a great way to add sound for not as much $$$ as the other brands. They also weren't quite as good, but it was one of those 80% as good for 50% the cost deals... I'm a fan of sound, got 'hooked' on it and didn't want any silent locos. For "tier 2" locos where I wanted sound, but was never going to pony up $100-200 for a "good" sound decoder, it was a good compromise. And yes, they muted without going into the CVs. <br /> <br />It is definitely a _big_ problem to not have an easy way to mute them... Much as I like sound, I don't want every single loco sitting in the roundhouse huffing and chuffing... Nor do I want to have to use the 0-5-0 to take them off when I want them silent, or jump through hoops creating some sort of "cutoff" area where I can park them for silence. It's a good tip and - even as a fan of MRC decoders - I wouldn't buy one (and if I had bought one, it would be going right back). <br /> <br />So they really said the "manual was in error" and not that the decoder was messed up? My first reaction reading your post, until I got to that part, was that you'd got a defective decoder! I agree that F0 to mute is odd, but even odder that they'd actually design a decoder with no mute function... Having done so on previous versions, that's not even a matter of 'doesn't get it', it's a matter of 'got it then forgot it'...
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