? sound install

[rayman14085]

I have an Athearn RTR P42 that I would like to add sound to, would the new Digitrax SDH164D be a plug and play for this unit. Just connect the 2 9 pin connectors to eachother? Any other suggestions?

 

[Artieiii]

I have installed several of those sound decoders. They are not plug and play. They have to be hard wired but you could buy a 9 pin connector and solder the appropriate wires on the decoder to it. That's what I did with my Bachmann GS4 SP Daylight. Hope this helps.
-Art

 

[diburning]

Actually, according to the manual, it IS a plug and play. All you need is a 9-pin plug for the 9-pin socket on the decoder, or an appropriate harness for an 8-pin.

http://www.digitrax.com/ftp/SDH164D.pdf