TTS Sound Decoder Installation - Challenges and How to Fix Them. Beginners Guide

If you're thinking about installing a TTS chip into your loco, take a look at this video first. Hornby Railroad "Tornado" from the Aberdonian train pack and my ViTrains Class 37 ("Caerphilly Castle") both get a TTS install. They are good examples of the issues that you could face trying to install TTS chips to your older (or Railroad) locos. I know most people haven't got 50 odd minutes to spare watching my videos (although I have tried to make a coherent video that moves along logically, with little tit bits of info as it goes), so I've split it down into chapters for you. If you are interested in how to take a loco body off (warts and all demonstration from a beginners perspective) watch the start of the Tornado Chapter. If you are experienced in loco body removal and just want to see my fixes for the TTS install that could be useful for you please watch the chapters with ("W") after them. 0:00 Introduction 0:53 Instruction cut out (W) 1:55 shout out for other TTS issues please. 3:14 Tornado - Body Removal 12:14 Tornado - TTS install Part 1 16:55 Tornado - Challenges (W) 17:49 Tornado - Running, standard speaker 21:00 Tornado - Solution (W) 23:42 Tornado - Running, iPhone speaker 26:12 Tornado - locating the speaker and chip in the loco (W) 28:08 Tornado - running with body on 30:33 Class 37 - Getting the body off 33:44 Class 37 - Installing the TTS (W) 39:00 Class 37 - Running, standard speaker 41:00 Class 37 - Brucie Bonus. Fixing a drive shaft back on. 48:00 Class 37 - Replacing the standard speaker (W) 50:34 Class 37 - Running, iPhone speaker 52:05 Final Montage - Cacophony! (W) My website has more detail on both the TTS install and other How To's. http://www.aberhaltjunction.co.uk/How... For a full list of all the goodies that you can see on the layout go here: http://www.aberhaltjunction.co.uk/Goo... The specific items that I used for these installs are: Magnetic screw driver - https://www.roads-and-rails.co.uk/col... Class 37 TTS decoder - (affiliate) https://amzn.to/3wXN1DH Tornado TTS decoder - (affiliate) https://amzn.to/3e2NvzM Aberdonian Train Pack - (affiliate) https://amzn.to/3uTzds3 ViTrains Class 37 - eBay iPhone Speakers: - https://www.roads-and-rails.co.uk/col... CV changes to fix the Class 37 slow running stutter. CV 150 to 1 ; 151 to 255; 152 to 1; 153 to 255 and 154 to 1. I can’t take any credit for these, my favourite YouTuber Jerry Allen of Kampala Road came up with the fix I don't do Patreon or other donation services, any piddly sum I make from an affiliate link click goes towards (its never actually enough to pay for it) running my website. Thanks for your support, a comment, subscribe or like is great in keeping my channel reaching more beginners, cheers!! Affiliate: Hornby Select (https://amzn.to/3HS9w1C) Camera - Canon EOS 80D (https://amzn.to/3qcewYJ) More information for beginners can be found on my website: http://www.aberhaltjunction.co.uk