QUOTE (butler-henderson @ 20 Jul 2008, 12:15)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>The problem with a lot of web pages is that they were written with regard to the decoders then available. Many refer to extinct Lenz decoders and Hornby look at their own.
The TCS DP2X-UK changes an awful lot of decoder installing guides as it is a direct fit into the 8 pin socket and only slightly larger than a plug. With 2 function outputs it suits virtually all UK locos with such a socket. Some that have the socket mounted very high can only just accept a plug and in these a traditional decoder on a lead is neccessary ie the Bachmann Standard 4 tank. There is no need to find a flat area to stick the decoder to, no dangling of the decoder in the boiler space and no need to carefully watch for any decoder wires when refitting the body.
The ZTC4007 is similar but some users have had problems with it (and it lead mounted version as described in the latest Hornby Mag)
The TCS DP2X-UK sounds very interesting butler could you let me know where it is available from Cheers. Waghorn