Soundtraxx Tsunami connected to home amp and loudspeakers

http://litchfieldstation.com/DCC-University/FaqDSX.htm Great information provided by Bruce Petraca at Litchfield Station.
This is a Soundtraxx Tsunami AT1000 DCC decoder being fed into a home theater receiver This consists of taking the 8 Ohm speaker output and running it through a audio output transformer then using a 5K ohm audio taper potentiometer to control line level volume. Here is the link to the Yahoo Groups Soundtraxx forum where I got the information on how to do this. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soundtraxx/message/20393. Thanks go out to those guys on that forum for all the help.

Some people have asked about the Tsunami install on the Athearn RTR AC4400 so here is a link:
http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12079

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[mountainlova1009]

is there Another Way to set up Manuel notching for the power cab with out the extra hitting of option? I run a switching layout So by the time I get to notch three I would of technically been half way around the layout....

[cp6027]

@mountainlova1009 By default when you set the Tsunami to manual notching mode you use F9 and F10 for up and down notching sounds set CV116 = 0. You can remap the function keys in the Tsunami for F5-F8 to swap places with F9-F12. You do this by setting CV30 = 4. Then notching would be on functions F5 and F6 and would make it a lot easier to do the notching. This has nothing to do with the PowerCab or any other brand of DCC throttle. This is all done with CV values in the Tsunami.

[ballparkfrank10]

how did you add the ditch lights to this locomotive?

[cp6027]

I drilled out the factory dummy ditch light lenses and used CA to glue in some 1.5v micro bulbs.

[DCCSound]

Nice setup. You could wake the neighbours with that horn turned up LOL!! Looks like I'll be doing the same with an EMD 645 very shortly.

[cp6027]

Send me a e-mail if you do setup something similar, I would like to discuss the setup and your experience. We can compare notes on the results.

[cp6027]

@originalgrump100 This was a video on how to play sound through your home amp, not a tutorial on how to use an NCE PowerCab. I see that you have uploaded ZERO videos to Youtube, and here I thought you were a Youtube Expert.

[t3hsully1985]

I don't know... with that GE spewing all that exhaust in that small room.. I think you're only making the problem more serious!

[jonnyspeed]

I've been tinkering with the idea of installing a Bluetooth tx in the loco wired to send the audio stream to a Bluetooth Rx hooked to a subwoofer mounted under the layout just to give more low end. Your video clearly demonstrates that the sound is there...just needs to be released :)

[ronthecyborg]

I can't wait for the day when we're able to replicate this sound quality inside the engines themselves.

[Jib228]

Did you know that pressing, and while holding, the "Shift" button on the cab and then pressing "Prog/ESC" is the f10 button. That way you dont have to hit "Option" at all. Works on Power Cab, and Pro Cabs.

[shazam75]

why did you put the sounds through your speakers

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[AmtrakCSXRailfan]

does this decoder have the whooping sound effect of the air pump for GE????

[miachevydude]

@originalgrump100 That's pretty cool!!!Did the MRC box have different selections of Locomotive engines,horns,bells,etc?It'd be nice if Soundtraxx could come up with something like that,I'd prefer it over the individual loco equiped sound.

[miachevydude]

Would it be possible to use the Soundtraxx Tsunami and wire it to track power,then run the speaker wires to "the special box",and run the Loco with a standard DCC decoder.And have numerous speakers placed individually around a layout powered by a Home theater system?

[luvtrns4evr]

awesome sound quality... much better than those tiny speakers in the loco.

[borntoroam48]

cool stuff,this might sound crazy but i would like to figure out a a way to use the sound system for a 645 e and run it on my semi,with weatherproof speakers and lots of power,i run a 5 chime nathan airhorn and a bell on my truck and i am a locomotive engineer as well ,i drive trains and i work my truck as well,i think that would be cool,any ideas please.