Kato / Peco OO9 Small England 0-4-0 DCC Sound fitted by Digitrains

Hi everyone a very exciting little video for you today, especially if you are a OO9 Modeller! John D from our workshop team has just done a DCC Sound installation on the newly released Kato / Peco OO9 Small England 0-4-0!
PLEASE NOTE We have now worked out a way of installing a 872007 Lais DCC Stay Alive in the cab for improved stay alive endurance

[@henriknilsson7851]

I had Digitrains perform this install for me. Wow, wow, wow! The result is truly remarkable. You have to see it in person to appreciate how well this runs and how great it sounds!
When they are out I will have a Large England given the same treatment.

[@DigitrainsLtd]

Thank you for the great review :)

[@paulrounding5260]

I’ve had several 00 gauge locos fitted with their zimo sound decoders, this sounds awesome.

[@owentorres2389]

I would like to do this myself since I live in the states. I’ll likely be ordering very soon. I know it’s trade secrets and all, but it would be nice to know where the decoder is fitted.

[@DigitrainsLtd]

Hi Owen, the decoder is tucked away on the underside of the cab roof and is pretty much invisible when viewed in normal running conditions. However John is experimenting with installing the decoder inside the loco. For fitting advice, you can drop the workshop team an email [e-mail].

[@MachRacer4]

How did he fit it with sound? Is there a step by step process he made to do this for those who want to do so themselves?

[@DigitrainsLtd]

Hi there, if you give the shop a call on [phone] or drop an email to [e-mail] they will be able to advise.

[@jonathanparry7824]

Will digitrains be selling this ready converted? If yes then how much? I was gutted when they announced this model would not be Dcb but you seem to have done a fine job

[@DigitrainsLtd]

Thankyou Jonathan. If you give the shop a call on [phone]. They will be able to advise. 🙂

[@jonathanparry7824]

Thank you, I’ll be sure to give you call

[@jamesaston1643]

Whistles sound distorted, is that the camera microphone?

[@TheVaenol]

I agree regarding the whistle sound distortion, im hoping its a limition of youtube sound compression rather than the quality of the sound file or speaker. Hopefully Digitrains will update us.

[@DigitrainsLtd]

Hi, many apologies for missing your comment. Yes, unfortunately, between the iphone, imovie and youtube there can be a little distortion. The whistles do sound crisper in flesh :)

[@rickywaldron8117]

How much does this cost?

[@DigitrainsLtd]

Hi Ricky,
In terms of cost for parts and labour -
Zimo MS480R Sound Decoder £120
SP 15X8X8 Speaker £9
ZS045P2 Sound File £15
Tantalum Capacitors £3.50
Labour £30
£177.50 in total.