[Brian Considine]

Hi Steve,

If you are looking towards "HO Continental" an alternative worth looking at would be one of the Roco DCC start sets - they are incredible value & the DCC equipment is made by Lenz.

The only real drawback is that the Multimaus does not read CV's unless you change the amplifier. It's a good system to start with & later if you wish to upgrade you can use the Mulitmaus as a slave controller.

 

[Brian Considine]

QUOTE (norskman @ 19 Jul 2008, 12:40) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ho Brian,amd many thanks for your kind & helpful reply, much obliged..
funny enough the ROCO MAus had been suggested a couple of times..but i was a bit put off by the new Maus pro at £300? do you have any links to other roco strat sets--also which ammp would be best to replace the non CV capable one

all the best Steve
Hi Steve,
If you replace the amp with any of the Lenz ones the Multimaus will then read CV's.
The Multimaus Pro is pricey, but it does read CV's & is wireless (not infra red) - I will probably get one to run my LGB garden layout later on.
Have a look on www.roco.cc for more information.
Hope this helps.

 

[Brian Considine]

QUOTE (Richard Johnson @ 20 Jul 2008, 06:39) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Design errors often exist in relation to usability too - For example the MRC or gaugemaster attempted to copy the NCE as it was clearly the best of the handset types but accidentally made their handset a 2 handed controller by making a mistake as to where the speed control should be.
Maybe my mkI hand is different but I can use the MRC/GM easily with one hand - one of the reasons it's popular with UK modelers is that it does have a knob rather than push buttons for speed control, which also goes to a centre-off knob when shunting mode is selected.