Can We Make It Fit! Get the Next-18 HM7000 Bluetooth Decoder working in Your Locomotives!

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Jenny gets the Hornby HM7000 Bluetooth DCC decoder working in Bachmann D-Class, and Mogul locomotives! If you thought it couldn't be done, she will show you how to do it quickly, easily and safely!
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Chapters:
00:00 Video Start
00:19 Introduction
03:44 Sponsors
04:40 Using HM7000 on my Garden Railway
06:14 Overview
08:53 How to fit HM7000 in a Bachmann GWR Mogul locomotive
11:36 How to safely remove the speaker and power bank sockets
14:17 How to safely modify the GWR Mogul smoke box door
16:34 How to solder a speaker into the GWR Mogul tender
18:15 How to fit HM7000 in a Bachmann D-Class locomotive
20:44 How to fit HM7000 in a Bachmann Mogul locomotive
21:37 Conclusion
25:36 Thanks and Sponsors

Пікірлер: 37

@wamgoc 10 ай бұрын

HM7000 seems to be a well designed and well thought out series of decoders. Well done Jenny for pointing this out to the world!👌

@chrisevans5768 10 ай бұрын

Great video Jenny of the adjustments to the HM7000 decoders, it will be good info for many modellers, and the value of the decoders is excellent, well done hornby for letting you try this successful demo, brilliant

@madhatter61 2 ай бұрын

This is the video I've been looking for

@richardswiderski4985 10 ай бұрын

Great video Jenny the list is growing.Had to giggle though on the into about HM 7000 Next -18 decoder the box is a 8 pin one.😂 The HM 7000 is a great decoder though.

@allmousemedia 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, we had a conversation behind the scenes about putting a sticker over that but decided to just go with it.

@r.a.monigold9789 10 ай бұрын

Thank you - nice video - VERY informative, as well as dispelling some of the negative rumors floating about. Bluetooth control of trains opens up a whole new range of Smart Phone folks that can now "play" real world video games!!!

@pim1234 10 ай бұрын

HM7000 is brilliant !!!

@madhatter61 2 ай бұрын

I'm still curious if the end could be cut off and put on flexible wires . If hornby made this possible it would make a difference. If you needed a speaker and stay alive you could solder them directly as long as you're careful with the heat.

@tonyburgess7773 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, and good for Hornby offering chips for modification. Two thoughts, though. Normally a mod would invalidate the warranty. Have Hornby commented on that? Secondly, do you know if the chuffs can be syncronised with the wheel rotation on these chips, and if so, have you tried that? I would want to get it right over a range of low speeds on any sound decoders I buy - a routine adjustment using ESU Loksounds.

@brickleyyard4966 10 ай бұрын

Why should the end user have to modify the locos to make hornbys cr#p fit

@stephenbromley2302 10 ай бұрын

Good video now I’m tempted to try it on the mogul

@markanderson9995 10 ай бұрын

The Mk 2.....Does this mean it might be able to be fitted into more N gauge models particularly classes 66, 56, 70, 37 and 47's ???. If so this would make my day !!!!

@timharrison2894 10 ай бұрын

Great video Jenny. Instead of trimmng the inside of the smoke box door, you think it possible to trim the decoder instead? Maybe silly question but I would sooner damage the decoder than the loco. Also there aren't any profiles for GWR locos, which one you use?

@jamesgilbart2672 10 ай бұрын

Interesting! Maybe HM/Hornby should provide flat solder tabs rather than sockets for the stay-alive and speaker connections rather than sockets on those decoders?

@georgecohen1023 10 ай бұрын

Is there anyway we can use 21 pin on 22thanks xx

@JenniferEKirk 2 ай бұрын

You would need a converter, if anyone sells a 21pin to Plux22 one.

@philrisbridger919 10 ай бұрын

Jennifer, will send you my Z gauge locos to see if you can fit decoder in them!!

@allmousemedia 10 ай бұрын

I would *love* to see that!

@supstersmodelrailways3202 10 ай бұрын

Hi. Just watched the video. Thank you. But what is a daughter board? I’m new to dcc.

@ianhughes-zf1ll 10 ай бұрын

Hi Jenny could tell me if I was to put hm7000 decodes in to my trains could I still run them on a dc layout as long as I don’t use the app to control them or will it still burn them out . Thank you

@DevonGeorge85 10 ай бұрын

So you didn't need to cut the plugs off to get the decoder to fit in the Mogul? I managed to get one without modification with the speaker plugged in on my D1.

@warrenlehmkuhleii8472 10 ай бұрын

Rather than modifying any loco or decoder, I’d rather wait for HM 7000 V2, or would that be HM 7500?

@michaelayre6791 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting, thanks. My pet topic though, no antistatic precautions?

@JAKE_CS 10 ай бұрын

Honestly I'm completely sick of these decoders I bought one for my Vi trains 37 it came and the Android app wasn't out. Then found out chips could be blown and can't use DC controller i ordered a wire for the DC use it came and doesn't fit with the plugs i have. I got sick of waiting and used the DC controller then to find out there was 37 sound profile so i put an A4 sound on it it didn't work it was very laggy. Now the 37 is sat doing nothing until I am able to get a plug and the chip could be blown. This is honestly stupid I've had the chip since it came out.

@stephenbromley2302 8 ай бұрын

Would these fit in Dapol large prairie.

@PeachyTT120 10 ай бұрын

Good work Jenny. But…. personally I find a power bank is pretty much essential if using HM7000 with Bluetooth only. It makes keeping Bluetooth connectivity problem free. Without powerbanks I find the system is almost unusable.

@tunsteadmoor 10 ай бұрын

I agree, though I have never had issues with connectivity.. I just find response and pure crawl makes it necessary even on larger locos

@sullivanrachael 10 ай бұрын

Can a small power bank be soldered directly to the bobbed HM7000 board and tucked underneath? Enough to keep the Bluetooth happy? More tinkering

@PeachyTT120 10 ай бұрын

@@sullivanrachael that’s how I’ve got it done on my TT120 locos

@sullivanrachael 10 ай бұрын

@@PeachyTT120 👍😁

@pim1234 10 ай бұрын

How do you reach the back of your lay out ?

@JenniferEKirk 10 ай бұрын

It's difficult! Usually I have to use a spacer board to rest on so I don't damage the track or scenery and then just lean over everything.

@pim1234 10 ай бұрын

@@JenniferEKirk clever

@pim1234 10 ай бұрын

@@JenniferEKirk Make a vid about that, bet it is funny to see 😁

@tunsteadmoor 10 ай бұрын

What we really want us an all in one DCC alternative to the usual route and Hornby initially looked to be providing this. Unfortunately it's not the case yet. The lack of profiles is an issue before we even get started on the simple fact it won't fit most of there own range never mind others. And not having 6 pin sound options leaves a huge hole in there back catalogue for smaller steam sounds. Fingers crossed components get smaller and they open up the profile system to third party's but I suspect by then the price will rise and rise. It's problem at the moment is it's not an alternative - it's an "as well as"

@tunsteadmoor 6 ай бұрын

And 6 months later nothings changed