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I hooked up my MRC Prodigy DCC last night (no program track yet, just two wires to the track). The decoders are on order, but I wanted to give it a spin so I put a DC loco on the layout and used address 1, just as the instructions tell you to. I noticed as soon as the throttle is turned, the loco started making a squawking noise, kinda like radio interference. Funny thing is, the more I turn the throttle up, the lower the pitch of the noise. Also, the loco moved pretty slow compared to my standard DC transformer. I tried another DC loco, and it performed exactly the same way. <br /> <br />Is this normal [%-)]? If not, what could be the source of the trouble, and will it damage my DC locos? Thanks!
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