[Gary]

Its best to contact your stockist in the first instance as you probably have a Select with non operational functions 5 to 8. This is a known issue reported by Model Rail and a number of Select users who are operating Bachmann sound locos have discovered that they have consoles with this issue.

The Select will operate the Bachmann Class 20 with sound and all Select features function with Bachmann sound decoders including inertia settings.

It is not really possible to draw any conclusions on the Select by trawling through previous threads as suggested as there are too many high end users providing input who have no practical experience with the Select. The fact is the Select does the job it has been designed to do and Markw has admitted that up until now he has had a good experience. It is unfortunate that he seems to have a Select that is not fully functional however that is easily rectified if the stockist is contacted.

Happy modelling
Gary

 

[Gary]

Forget to ask but please let us know how you get on if you go back to your stockist or Hornby.

Happy modelling
Gary

 

[Gary]

Make sure its the market price difference not the retail price difference however that is a very good idea that Doug has come up with. Hornby should offer discount trade in vouchers with all the sets to give an incentive to those who have outgrown the Select to trade up to an Elite.

QUOTE Trade in your Select with the voucher and get £40 off the price of an Elite

Sounds good to me!

Don't know how it would sound to Hornby!

Happy modelling
Gary

 

[Gary]

Toys R Us and Argos and others no doubt will be selling digital sets. Would you expect their staff to be trained in DCC?

In Germany do Marklin and Fleischmann have a presense in the equivalent German outlets?

Hornby have an established dealer service center network to support servicing and this list is included with every set. Not every Hornby outlet is a service centre. Non service centre outlets either contact their local service centre or Hornby directly who may refer them to their local service centre.

Thats how it works in the UK which seems a reasonable approach and no doubt a similar approach is utilised in Germany.

How many other DCC manufacturers can offer such a comprehensive network of service centres to support the hundreds of thousands of annual sales made?

We should remember that this is the market that Hornby, Marklin, Fleischmann, etc are in.

Happy modelling
Gary

 

[Gary]

Everybody has huge question marks about DCC!

The only way to have those huge questions answered is to go out and buy a DCC set up and try it for yourself.

Thats what markw did!

We can talk about DCC until the cows come home but until you try it in your own time you are never going to know!

Its simple really. If you believe the Hornby Select is not for you then look elsewhere!

If you believe that it is then fine!

markw was drawn in by the value offered by one of the Hornby digital sets and there is absolutely nothing wrong with this way of thinking.

We can sometimes focus too much on what something does not do and loose sight of the fact that it does actually do something!

Happy modelling
Gary

 

[Gary]

Peter. You do not have to. Nobody is forcing you.

If the Select is not for you then don't buy one!

Its so simple!

Those who have bought one don't seem to have the huge questions that you allude to.

It does the job it was designed to do.

For the active high end users here the Hornby Select is not their cup of tea. Fine. Nobody is forcing anything on anybody.

The fact that you have fitted a mix of 7 decoders already to locos suggests to me that you have now progressed beyond the level of beginner and you should be looking for a set up a step up from the Hornby Select anyway.

In the way that markw now is.

Would this be a fair comment?

Happy modelling
Gary