A very fair review unlike that of carpet boy who didn’t even read the instructions. Thank you.

I am returing but am an N modeller, but this makes so much more sense than the crazy prices and complexity of traditional DCC - which seems to be designed to put people off! If I can make it work with my Dapol, Kato and Farish, I'll be all in.

Been waiting for someone to do this. Many thanks.

Excellent review and really thought provoking. Thankyou Tim

Really useful guide and perspective. Thanks for putting together. M

Thanks for making this video , have just purchased my first hm7000 decoder

Superb overview, for me I use Esu and a Esu programmer with the 1000 S of euro files ,but this system looks very good value for money...

I hope that Hornby HM7000 in time will produce other Diesel sound profiles models that they don’t manufacture…

Thank you for pulling this together. Your advice has been very helpful. I don’t specialise in sound, as it would be quite expensive to do to all my locos. But for a cheap entry, this sound great.

Great video, thank you!

I’m looking forward to some more interface testing and reviews, specifically traincontroller Great episode, thanks so much

All looking good... Just need to wait for the proper App and other sound profiles!!

Looks kinda fun. Nicely done video sir

Great update, very informative. These products are definitely going to entice some of those who run a DC layout. The cost is very well designed to bring DC and new enthusiasts to the hobby interest. About the subscription you mentioned, the more that buy this system the greater the demand for servers. I'm sure, at some point, a subscription fee will be introduced.

HI just received my hm7000 n18 txs for my new tt-120 engine just got it fitted in the tender all okay. enjoyed your video so now to set it all up.

Very lnformativ l am still on anerlog l will give it a trie great video .

I’m just testing the water with what seems to be an innovative dcc solution. I understand that this will also work on dc systems as well. That will definitely be a game changer.

Good basic review. I rate these decoders and setting them up via the app, easier than installing a new printer! The odd sound functions you had is probably because you didn’t install the functions file when doing the profile install. If you go back to the install screen for the loco you can flash it across to the decoder and you should have diesel appropriate sounds and the jaunty horn should be more recognisable 😁 Even if you use the app to set up and tune decoders, load sounds and running profiles before switching across to traditional DCC operation, this is a phenomenally powerful tool that brings simplicity and access to any modeller with a recent (ish) smart phone or tablet for free. I have a decoder in a Piko TT120 loco and run on a Dynamis so cross compatibility is no problem at all @HighFell

I like this idea from Hornby and because I do N scale. I will likely go for 6 pin and Next18 for my models I have. Most of them are N18 so that will be the way for me. I like the DCC legacy system compatibility as I will use this until Android support comes out. Or I might buy an older cheap Iphone just to use for BlueTooth DCC only. Great video as always Eugene. .

Excellent video as always Eugene. My first thoughts are that, compared to other sound chips, these are great value. As an android user, I'm excluded for now but that is probably just as well. First generation of any electronics is always a gamble bugs wise. Like many I don't like using a phone as controller but appreciate the easy tweaking if needed. I'm not keen on the Hornby account part either. As you mentioned, there's always the chance they might start charging for access in future or even worse, may abandon the project if it proves too costly. Hornby has a less that stellar record in this regard. It WILL be interesting to see how other chip makers respond.

Hi EuviRail, Thanks for sharing your first experience with the TXS / HM7000 app. Most interesting ! I bought two 8-pin decoders but I'm awaiting the release of the Android app. I'll follow your advise to already sign up to a Hornby account. All in all it doesn't seem a 'plug and play' as one might think ! Hope the 'learning' curve is not that steep for my older - but young at heart - age. My hope is that this TXS will sound better and sync on the chuff rate for steam engines compared to the TTS decoders I installed in 90% of my fleet. (And quite pleased with the performance) For the moment I use - and will continue to use - the NCE Power Cab linked with the Wifitrax module and using the free but very versatile Engine Driver app. This will be a good reference to compare the HM7000 app. Considering easy CV setting and hopefully also the function mapping this will be a most existing new way to enjoy running trains. Success ! Cheers, Filip

I am waiting for the android version to come out. Im presently DC. I am giving this serious consideration. Thanks for showing . Cheers Paul.

Good review as usual 👍 I hope that this works well for hornby as it’s a big step forward, I’m looking forward to your review of these decoders with a decent speaker attached to hear how good or bad the quality of the sound files are as they seem to be very reasonably priced. The only OO models I have are Hattons class 66’s and Accurascale Deltics all sound fitted and all the rest of my models are HO European and North American so I have to stick with Loksound, just wish they weren’t so expensive.

Hi Euvi. As you said, modellers may have already invested quite heavily in DCC control equipment, so I suppose the BlueTooth/DCC duality may be useful, but I personally don't like controlling locos via a phone/tablet. However, I can see this will be an attractive option to many. You didn't specifically mention that the tinny quality of the sound was partly due to the fact that the speaker wasn't enclosed (although I suspect that many viewers already appreciate this). You mentioned that the selection of sound profiles seemed to be for TT locos, but from what I saw in your video, they seemed to be heavily weighted toward OO. Wow - that's some computing power (LOL)!

Excellent piece, cheers. Although I’ve found it easier to access on an iPad

Looks a great system and everyone says how cheap it is because you don't have to buy an expensive controller. but by the time you have bought a Hornby decoder for each loco you own at £60 a time it is actually not cheap at all!

Well done hornby looks to be a brilliant system buy as you said not enough diesels.......................tony

Fitting HM7000 8 pin sound decoder to my A4. works OK with Gaugemaster DCC controller. I am waiting for Android App for the full experience. Interested in how the Brake function works. My hope is I can set deceleration CV to high value (~50) so loco take a long time to slow down if I just use speed control. But slows down more rapidly when "applying the brakes".

I needed to know why they don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so that they can extend the unused abandoned underground train stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock and that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into Five cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers. A Stock Trains and also having 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly line and also build a brand-new underground train station so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train stations in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 37 Octagon and Every 17 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 142MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 142MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 17 Tonnes for all of those 142MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!! And please do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

I think Hornby will need to sort out the glitches and make sure they push on making this system even better than it is now as I think a lot of people will invest in this system but they also need to look at the size of the TXS sound decoder for smaller locomotives to allow these locos to be able to fit sound de orders in smaller locos

Great review (as usual), I know that this is early days but do you think these decoders will be compatible with other brands of loco i.e. Heljan and Bachmann. As I live in France getting decoders with UK sound files can be difficult so it would be hugely advantageous to be able to purchase the decoder and then load the sound files via the app. For me this could be a real game changer just for the accessibility of the sound files! Keep up the good work as these videos help immensely. Paul

Hi Eugene, I bought one of these decoders but as an android user left it sitting one my workbench. However after watching another channel last week I put it into a newly delivered Hornby class 91 and it works just like an ordinary decoder does. Except it seems to come pre-loaded with steam loco sounds. So these new decoders can be used straight away with a DCC controller while android users like me just having to wait for the new app to change to diesel loco sounds etc.

Hi, always enjoy your videos and I’m awaiting delivery of two of these HM7000 decoders. Quick question, if you’re wanting to control 2 or 3 trains at once, is it quite straight forward or is it possible to use multiple devices on the same login? Example being an iPhone & iPad so it’s like having a controller per loco. Cheers, Mark

Very interesting, thank you. I also use e-Link and Railmaster. Did you use the power straight from the e-Link to provide power to the track when running the decoder in Bluetooth mode, or did you use the R7337 4 amp transformer ?

Thanks for the video EuviRail. The bits I do like about the HM7000 though are the free sound profiles and the CV management, but not sure I am convinced yet that I want to use my phone to control the locomotives. Do you know if the HM7000 decoders are supporting features like block detection and ABC (automatic brake control)?

i think the issue when down loading fitmware update are server and speed likely server. and if one has a wifi then issue is more a server one. but in any case switch of any android tv and apple tv boxes those can slow down the speeed some what. that i think is a small issue but a speed one in your home wifi network. 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪👍👍👍👍👍

Good one . Again a well thought out video . I operate DC , so I am interested in using this as a possible entry into DCC sound . So I am interested . How did you find sound and speed operating on DC . Was the sound or speed compromised? I appreciate you were using a Bachmann Controller . Mine is a Gaugemaster one , so may be affected by PWM . I take it you just turned your controller to max and used the app to control . Would be great to see video of operation on DC

Thanks for the review, I also have railmaster elink I presume when you have programmed the decoder via Bluetooth and switch it over to DCC control, do you have to put the locomotive back on the programming track for RM to read all the CV’s ?

android app is with us now (phew) as i will not venture into the dark side of life with any apple product. My 8 pin TXS decoder works like a dream especially when run from an onboard battery. True dead rail running 'just like the real thing' as we all should be running. No more track cleaning, dead spots, dodgy points, reversing loop modules, no magic boxes to keep the polarity correct on points, real use of the track 'just like the real thing'.

RM elink won’t read CV when switching over from Bluetooth to DCC… just isn’t finding the decoder on its database ? Have the Bluetooth settings disabled on the app… ?

As my layout is DC only I would be interested in how the HM7000 works on DC. I only have a Class55 that is DCC-ready. My understanding is that if you set the train controllers on full power you can use HM 7000. I am currently working on my first Layout board after a six-year wait. (Finance) So by the time it is ready there will be some testing on DC. Thank you for making this video. Martin. (Thailand)

Good one, See loads more videos popping up now. Seems to be a rush to get the vids out asap. It is easy to switch between locos?

Thanks Eugene, especially for the tips. I’ve now also watched the related videos by Simon’s Shed and Jenny Kirk, plus checked out the Hornby Forum, so am gaining a rounded picture. A very basic question if I may, please. For my DC layout I’m thinking it would be easier to buy a Hornby transformer cable and link this directly to the track if I want to run locos with Hornby’s Bluetooth decoders, retaining my Gaugemaster controller if, at other times, I wanted to run my ‘heritage’ analogue fleet. Do you have to use the Hornby track connector Rail when using their transformer or is there a simpler way of connecting without having to rip up my existing track to insert this?

Does anybody know if the App can be installed on more than one phone/device?

Hello Euvi, have you tried putting a HM7000 into a class 800? I am getting a significant humming from the motor at slow speed.

I can`t even work my Android phone. Won`t have much chance of working blue tooth (whatever that is) Elite was trouble enough

Having seen there could be some issues with the size of the 21 pin, do you have the new Dapol Class 59 as I was wondering if the 21 pin decoder will fit in. Thanks

If you dont use a power bank the bluetooth drops out on any breaks in power like dirty track or points.

Eugene, I'd be interested to see how this stacks up against the Soundtraxx Blunami??? Andy.

I can't find anything clear cut but do these support things like ABC (Automatic Brake Control)?

Can you control directional lights and cab lights thanks

Have installed decoader but it doesn't move and no sound 8 plan dcc fitted in hornby colas rail help please

I run Irish railways so sound is going to be difficult until someone makes a devic to reload the Hornby sound files. On the other hand just running with DCC non sound decoders for a while might be worth a try

Can you control the TXS decoders with a standard DCC system?

can this system convert locos to on-board battery power?

Cant get the app to link to the chip blue tooth is on help!!!

I'll give it a try once the Android version is available, I'm not about to run out and buy an iPhone 😂

Sams Trains says they are TOO BIG , especially the NEXT 18 , is this the case?

Does this system support ABC (Automatic Brake Control)?

I just hope the app has zero connection to China servers

It's useless if it dont fit in most locos limited sound files and no simple option to add stay alive so while the concept is ingenious its dumb witingly excited as per usual from hornby

Questions ;- 1) Range with Bluetooth...? I have a layout fifty feet long.....and previously didn't opt for the Bachmann Bluetooth system as I was concerned about range. 2) I also have a spur into the garden, with it going some 150' - 200' from base. Presumably, this Bluetooth system simply wouldn't work.....?

I wonder if it will expand into N gauge?