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No. 139 A sound choice – Hornby King on analogue DC

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My last post dealt with Hornby’s latest King George I engine and I finished with the question, what about some sound on DC? The Hornby TTS digital chip allows running on both digital and analogue DC layouts but does not provide sound on analogue DC. At the time of my last Post I had removed the Hornby TTS chip and speaker and was running the engine on analogue DC with an eight pin blanking plate. Hornby King George I King George was purchased at a discount and now I have felt able to invest in a digital sound chip that will produce sound on analogue DC. A LokSound Micro chip was purchased from Coastal DCC loaded with their own Sound Project for a King. My previous Blog Post concerned the running qualities of Hornby’s latest King George I. The current Post covers the operation of the King fitted with a LokSound Micro digital sound decoder. Hornby King George I – replacement LokSound Micro The 28mm speaker supplied by Coastal DCC had a slightly differe