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TECH 6 SOUND CONTROLLER 6.0 Anybody know anything about this pr

Electronics Power and Sound
#1

Can any one tell me if this is useful for an indoor track of 170+ ft. 2 DCC loco’s and 5 DC locos only run up to 2 locos at once maybe.
Considering putting sound in 1 or 2 more locos.
Sounds good, but is it? Biggest loco I have is a 55 ton 3 truck Shay.
Thanks in advance for any information.

TECH 6 SOUND CONTROLLER 6.0
Brand: MRC
Item # 0001201

Price: $179.00 to $279.98

MRC’s Amazing TECH 6 DC Power Pack Gives Railroaders Full Control Of Any Sound Decoder Equipped Loco

The Tech 6 combines MRC’s legendary power pack technology, reliability & control, with our world beating BlackBox”. Operate either Analog DC / Blue Line locos, or fully functional dual-mode sound decoder-equipped locos, or any DCC decoder equipped loco.

Nothing short of a miracle
Many DC railroaders have a nice collection of DC locomotives. And while they’d love to have onboard sound, in a lot of cases they’re not ready to switch to DCC, to make it happen. With MRC’s Tech 6 Sound Controller 6.0, they don’t have to switch. Simply buy a sound decoder equipped loco or two, and the Tech 6 will access all the onboard sounds… and it’ll still run the DC locos as well. Truly amazing!

Control up to six locos
This powerful six amp unit, with its versatile walk-around, will control one standard DC loco or six fully functional, sound decoder equipped locos at one time. Best of all, the Tech 6 allows the hobbyist to enjoy all the sound advantages that until now were only available to the DCC crowd.

Experience the full range of onboard sounds
The DC railroader is no longer limited to simple chuffs, or awkwardly flipping direction switches just to activate a bell or whistle. With this incredibly advanced DC train control, the railroader will enjoy as many of the 28 NMRA sounds (and lighting functions) that the sound decoder equipped loco has to offer. Just call them up with the touch of a button on the easy to use walk-around controller. The digital display tells you everything you need to know and MRC’s engineers made it so simple to operate… the basic instructions are actually printed on the back of the walkaround.

6 amp capacity for “O” scale
Mode switch selects between analog DC or BlackBox technology
Smooth linear motor control in either mode
Full 28 N.M.R.A. functionality lets you access all your locos have to offer

#2

6 amps at how many volts?

MRC. Caveat Emptor.

#3
TonyWalsham said:
6 amps at how many volts?

MRC. Caveat Emptor.


Tony
this is taken from the online manual

"The D.C. power supply when plugged into the
wall outlet should have an output of approx. 14 to 16 volts D.C., when read at the barrel
connector. When the power supply is plugged into your wall outlet, and the power supply
is connected properly to the Tech 6 Train Controller you should get the following
readings at the two track terminal screws:
“STD”, [standard] mode- Supplies variable voltage from the throttle knob. 0 to 14.6 VDC
is the acceptable range.
“DUAL” mode- supplies constant track voltage at a range of approx. 13.5 to 15 VAC.
This is an acceptable range. "

#4

Too low for DCC in large scale.

There are limitations in how this works on DCC… I believe it assumes address 3 only… does it say it can address other locos.

Remember there’s no such thing as a free lunch.

If you want to pursue this product, I’d google the part number and see if you can find people writing their experiences about it.

I would forget it, unless you want to run one DCC loco occasionally and have other “analog sound decoders” like the QSI/BLI…

(That still won’t solve the problem of very low voltage and the resultant slow speed of your locos… most G scale DCC systems run 20 volts on the rails)

Regards, Greg

#5

This all sounds too confusing to me and way to expensive for me.
I’m only a poor olt man. Too close to retirement to spend all that bread for some noise.
I guess I’ll have to go quiet. I did for all these years I guess a few more wont hurt.
I did get a good buy on an aristo NYC loco yesterday. a display piece.

#6

Simple answers:

power supply no good for G scale.

Marginal for smaller scale DCC in terms of DCC function.

If you want this type of system:

Buy a QSI decoder and plug it into your loco, plugs right in.
Buy the “Quantum Engineer” for $45, will control all the sounds on DC
Buy a reasonable transformer, try a 5 amp to 10 amp power supply that puts out 24 volts. An MRC power G would be a good choice that will last you for years, and have enough power to also power lighted passenger cars.

There, 3 things to buy, remote control of sounds, and you are running DC.

Regards, Greg

#7

I have a train master 20 w/ wire remote and I think an MRC gold color transformer with sound some where around here, if I can find it. don’t know much about it though.
I’ll look for it this weekend.

Greg Elmassian said:
Simple answers:

power supply no good for G scale.

Marginal for smaller scale DCC in terms of DCC function.

If you want this type of system:

Buy a QSI decoder and plug it into your loco, plugs right in.
Buy the “Quantum Engineer” for $45, will control all the sounds on DC
Buy a reasonable transformer, try a 5 amp to 10 amp power supply that puts out 24 volts. An MRC power G would be a good choice that will last you for years, and have enough power to also power lighted passenger cars.

There, 3 things to buy, remote control of sounds, and you are running DC.

Regards, Greg