I'm making a gift of a Proto 2k SantaFe E6 A & B unit loco to a friend of mine who is considering getting into the hobby. It is a straight DC loco with a powered A-unit and a dummy B-unit.
I would like to add sound into it, and thought of placing a nice big spearker in the dummy B-unit and using a 'sound only' decoder. i purchased a couple of most recent MRC 'sound only' decoders item #0001867 . But I've now been told that these decoders can NOT be operated in the DC mode....they require DCC. Is that true?
Another gentleman has suggested that an older product (obsolete?) of MRC might work, item #001001 .
So my question is can I get the sounds in this loco that runs on DC with MRC products? Can the newer 'sound only' decoder' be made to work like the older one?
Or is there some other manufacturer of a sound only decoder for use in DC mode?
I would like to add sound into it, and thought of placing a nice big spearker in the dummy B-unit and using a 'sound only' decoder. i purchased a couple of most recent MRC 'sound only' decoders item #0001867 . But I've now been told that these decoders can NOT be operated in the DC mode....they require DCC. Is that true?
Another gentleman has suggested that an older product (obsolete?) of MRC might work, item #001001 .
So my question is can I get the sounds in this loco that runs on DC with MRC products? Can the newer 'sound only' decoder' be made to work like the older one?
Or is there some other manufacturer of a sound only decoder for use in DC mode?
