Yes! A new vidi! Great update on a gorgeous loco. However, your opening scene stole your video! I watched that a few times already! Always a pleasure to see your channel! Cheers!

I went through a similar process for my Hornby Princess at the weekend. Instead of wrapping the chip in tape I used the anti-static pouch the chip was in in the box

Good video, I never new the weight came out! All the best. Glynn

Very interesting video. The two screws are to screw the speaker to the chassis, on some locos. The casing you removed the speaker from is the sound box and should be with the speaker. My advice is to put it back in its sound box and cover all holes, such as the holes the speaker wires come through, with blue or black tack, which improves the sound. Try cutting the two screw point on the sound box off and black take it to the top of the tender body. You will be amazed at the sound improvement using the sound box makes. I know DCC decoders very well, if you need and help or advice please feel free to ask...Simon

The 2 screws hold the speaker if the holes are provided in the tender

Hello john ,I think the tts sound chips are decent enough I have about 4 steamers fitted with these ,and 3 diesel loco's ,I think the only thing that let's them down is the speaker fitting a better quality speaker does help ,but I have found with the diesel fitted loco's the sounds are really good ,I do agree with you about people that pay over the odds for different sound chips the prices are astronomical and I would never pay the asking price for such items ,my pockets don't go that deep lol ,if fact the hobby in the last couple of years prices are crazy, take coaches for instance ,no way am I paying £50 odd pounds or more for 1 ,and some prices of loco's go through the roof , I now look regularly for bargains on E Bay etc and use hattons a lot and rails of Sheffield , so when you look at your stock and then think to yourself my its worth a few bob ,especially at the prices now ,well I have progressed well on the insulation inside the shed ,have inserted all the polystyrene and cladded over all the sides with ply which has all been PVA on sides and all edge's just the difficult part left the inside of the roof ,I may have to wait for my son to visit when lockdown ends to finish that part of the job , so then I'm hoping to start my new layout ,atb Ray .

Hi, I just fitted one of these to my own A4, although mine has the 8 pin plug in the loco not the tender, which makes it a little more awkward. I changed the speaker to a Rail Exclusive "Baby Boomer" and managed to wedge it under the chimney. It made a huge difference to the sound doing that. I wondered what you thought of the "chuff" sound on these? Anyway I subscribed and am now going to see what else is on your channel. All the best Dave.

Lot of the old models weren't tooled for dcc so it's a case of fit it were you can ! Can be a bit of a game

Hi John - Nice video and well explained. I am a TTS fan as for £40 you get what I think is decent sound certainly to my un educated ears . You will get people who look down their nose at TTS as the chuff doesnt match the change of speed etc and also will say how bad the speaker is . You will not get a new non TTS decoder for less than £100 and I have to say I have YouChoos sound decoders for locos you cannot get TTS for and although you get extras like active breaking I cannot say ther is a massive difference ( I am now prepared to be shot down !!!). I also changed from TTS to an IPhone speaker on a Class 66 and again cannot say there is too much difference . But perhaps its my hearing LOL. The only downside to TTS is the small range available but I put a TTS Class 40 in a Heljan Class 27 and people said how good it sounded !! So perhaps a little Emperors New Clothes HaHa . I wont be exhibiting so if I like it then it suits me . Cheers Kev

Just be careful not to press on the cone and edge of the speaker - it is where the sound comes from. It is best to use the housing of the speaker and fix it to the chassis to avoid vibrations that alters the sound. A High Bass speaker will improve the sound in the deeper audio spectrum. Success !

You got the chip and the plug mixed up there is no amplifier