Loco Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I would like to start figuring out how to get sound from a Bachman 2 truck Shay engine. Will use TE Revolution controller and Track-Side receiver (allegedly comes with steam engine sound). I am fine with the lower quality sound from this unit and do not feel the need to get better sound. What do I need to buy and how do I install it? Is there any tutorial for this? I hope that all i need to do is buy a small speaker and install it into the Bachman - but I bet that level of simplicity is unlikely, lol. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Robinson Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I am unfamiliar with this system but I'd expect the speaker for the trackside receiver to be trackside, not in the loco. I realise that this receiver may be fitted in a large loco or trailing car but the current draw of a Bachmann loco wouldn't justify such a powerful unit, an on board version would be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Posted March 22, 2015 Author Share Posted March 22, 2015 That makes sense. The way I understand it now, please let me know if i'm wrong, is this. TRACSIDE RECEIVER - I will install this and my kid will be able to run his Ariso-Craft PCC trolley off track power, and can also run shay on track power - and for the shay he can use the steam stound from a trackside speaker connected to the MW 240-24 power supply and Trackside Receiver. ONBOARD RECEIVER - I need to get one of these for the shay if I want the sound to come from the engine itself and if I want it to have smoke (I think i need an adapter to run the sound sytem and also a smoke board?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Robinson Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 As before I'm speaking from limited experience but I'm pretty sure the Bachmann loco won't need any modification to operate the smoke unit when running via a trackside unit. However Bachmann smoke units don't have an wonderful reputation for smoke. I think that they need about 12V on the rails to smoke but the loco needs a fair bit less than this to move at a reasonable speed. Confusion may occur as I think Crest suggest using a smoke unit adapter if fitting an on board receiver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 Yes I am somewhat confused about smoke and sound with the Trackside one - If I can use the Bachmann's smoke and trackside sound from the receiver that would be awesome! Where could I find out more info about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Loco Smoke is generated inside the smoke generator inside your engine. Sound should be coming from the Trackside unit... not the engine. Google how a smoke unit works in a model train. http://www.crest-electronics.net/ should be able to explaine the trackside. You did down load the maual for the trackside unit?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 Thanks - yes i did check out the manual and several sites online that discuss the crest trackside - I don't recall reading anything about the smoke - except for the onboard units it mentioned that you need some adapter board for the smoke to work. Regarding the trackside one - I have been looking everywhere i can find to figure out about smoke generation - Due to lack of finding any information I had started assuming that with the trackside one i could not use the smoke function of the engine - and that the smoke board was a necessary add-on to make the Onboard receiver capable of having the engine produce smoke. Yes i do understand that the sound will come from trackside and that the engine itself produces the smoke. I will look at the manual of the engine closely also to learn about how the smoke works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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