Forgotten Features Of The MTH DCS System!
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- čas přidán 18. 09. 2021
- Today we take a look at some of the awesome features of the MTH DCS system that don’t get talked about often. A lot of features packed into this system!
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Great video. I'm a believer👍. I run five of my MTH engines on two loops at the same and it works perfectly.
Zach another great video. I love your comment about the Lionel system being more refined system than the MTH yet the less refined system operates both systems where the more refined one does not lol! I prefer my DCS system and MTH trains but love my Postwar trains as well.
THANKS FOR SHARING!!! Great video!!!
Nice video ! Great refresher for me about DCS features I don’t use much 😎
Watched this again, as others have said, very helpful as opposed to just reading a book. Great job as usual. Hope all goes well for you.
Thank you Thom! Need to re-visit the DCS system again, as there’s been a lot of questions on it. One of these days… happy 4th! Hope you have a good weekend!
Very Cool. Thanks! - What MTH could do is keep the remote features the same but upgrade the remote controller unit to a more modern look and maybe improve the battery usage with a different power solution. - But I still think the current remote should also be kept being made, - Just give upgrade options to customers.
That is cool, I like the remote play session but never used it. Great feature if you’re running 2 or 3 trains at a time. 🎉
BTW, I was playing with the remote and accidentally switched it to conventional. My Santa Fe SD-90 took off like a bat out of hell. Glad this was a floor tree layout but I hit the emergency stop!!! I will need to practice with all the buttons. Yes very cool stuff you talked about. Thanks boss!!!
I have a PS-2 E8 ABA set that does it periodically too. I've read where this is a known problem. None of my PS-3 engines have ever done this.
Thanks Zac! I watched this a few times. Good refresher on what I knew, and appreciate you filling in the gaps on what I did not know. Wish there was more of this. I have read Barry's book, however, I retain more and understand better when I see it demonstrated. This was awesome!! Thanks!!
Awesome Zac! I just received my TIU, I'm still learning what everything else, you just clarified a lot for me!! Thanks
Zach, Great info. Nice demos. Thanks.
Awesome video Zac. You definitely sold me on the idea of adding DCS to my system, especially confirming that I can still run my post war conventional locos.
Son, that Berkshire whistle was AWESOME!
I never knew you could record sessions and play them back! subscribed.
Thanks John!! Welcome aboard!
Great video help me out a lot . Keep up the great work
Thank you for doing this video. I am finally setting up a simple Christmas layout and using the TIU DCS setup for the first time. Hoping to incorporate some TMCC/Legacy engines as well. Your details will be replayed many times to help me with my multiple engines. Thanks again
Thanks Zack, I’ve really got great infro on this system, very good commentary 👍👋😎🛤🚂
As always......nice video!
Thanks for great video enjoyed the hands on use of system.
Zach, I use to plug my CD player in and play Bach and Beetoven ever now and the Mozart, these things are beauty and art in motion with the valve gears and the syncopated smoke.
Hey, thanks for the video. You taught me about the Aux1. I would grab my TMCC remote to change smoke. Thanks, big help no matter how long someone has been running trains.
Thanks Zach, for the effort it took to make this informative video! T4
That’s all pretty technical. Trains are amazing these days 🚂😎
Guess I have a lot to learn. I just bought my first train
A Lionel starter set building my layout table now it’s small for now
But as you know they get bigger overtime. Listening to people like
You on utube helps people get started
Keep in mind that if it's a LionChief set, you can run it on a track the has either an MTH DCS or Lionel Odyssey /TMCC system using the LC remote or phone app. So you are open to whichever direction you want to go in the future. Another LionChief or the higher end systems.
Great video, some neat features.
I never knew how the 'Click Clack' feature worked. Thanks for explaining. I too love my MCS especially at an exhibition - you can be out front chatting to people and they don't believe you are controlling it all from your smart phone. Great fun!
Hello Zack Great video GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY STAY SAFE ;-)
Good job ,Good expanding on the controller
Nice review. I use Lionel's Legacy, but am thinking much more about including the DCS system as well. I really like a lot of what MTH has done and now that we know that the DCS system will continue to be with us I am thinking harder about adding it to my railroad. Thank you for the video. Bill B.
Thanks Bill! I say go for it if you can! Lots of great stuff in this system. Take care and see ya the next go around!
Those Jersey Central F units are beautiful.
Awesomeness!
Cool video, I’m still figuring out a lot of features too!
That was a great video. Relevant in so many ways. Learned a lot.
Are you going to York in October? If so, hope to see you there.
Outstanding job. You might be a hobbyist but videos are professionally done.
Thanks Thomas! I was hoping to try and get to York this year, but we have a wedding to go to out of state on the same dates. Trains gotta take a back seat every once in a while unfortunately lol
5958 miles? Holy cow that's 19,860 laps on the 0.3 scale mile loop!
She’s been through a lot! From a basement in MI to the sun room here in FL! LOL
Nice shirt Bunk! 🤘🤘🤘
Best band! LOL
@@CountryBunkersTrains seen them in 99' for my graduation gift from Mom and Dad. Rob Zombie opened it was epic
@@cheapbastardmodeltrains7210 that must have been one hell of a show!!! Had to have been a blast! Have seen em a few times and they never disappoint! We went and saw em beginning of August in Tampa. Luckily we got em right before John caught Covid. Seems he’s doing better now though. Heard Head caught it too… sucks…
Trains and Mopars Buddy. ❤👍🏻
Very cool overview of the 'mysteries' of the DCS system, Zach! There have been operation overviews the showed EVERY possible feature of the system so much as to overwhelm me to where I lost interest in the idea of ever being able to enjoy using it! Your practical demonstration of the features that you use regularly have made much more sense. It's a very friendly understandable review of the best features that any operator would want to use! Great stuff!
Thanks Tom!! Glad you liked it! Was a bit of a pain to film and took a while 😂. Hopefully it might help some
Zach when you did the record section of the video we’re those engines conventional or command? The reason I ask is that then placed a conventional engine on the track. How can a track loop be both command and then conventional?
Sometimes my Proto 2 and 3 engines act up. I do a factory reset and they return to normal. I think what happens is sometimes the data packets being sent through rails get mixed up and confuse the microprocessors. Good video. I'm headed to see Tony tomorrow to get a DC powerpack to run my trolley addition. Tony says on DC it runs slower for more realistic bump and go feature. I think my next engine is going to be a 3 volt Proto 2 or a Proto 3 GG1 to run with my Pennsy passenger cars.
Yea, mine do the same sometimes, but usually fixed after a reset or reprogram. Idk why. Great taste! I lust after a scale GG1 as well! Someday!
Put a camera on a flatcar and run a train, so we can hear sounds while train is running around your layout.
Great demonstration Zach. I cut my teeth with the MTH DCS system. I sort of got away from it some when Andy and Rich told me to buy their router and download the app. Personally I like a remote.
Waiting for my dcs pre order mine and still trying figuring out Lionel Legacy control system
I went to a train show today down in New Baltimore, Michigan, I've been looking forward to going to some train shows this season, I've just been doing (like Toby Keith said in his song) the next thing on my list
They are very few and far between these days it seems for sure!!! Hope you had a good time! We have one coming up in a couple of weeks we might try and head to.
My Wife and I Will Be Goin to a Train show this weekend. It’s Been Awhile since the Pendemic now we get to Go to Train shows Again Yeah!
Great video, am a Lionel guy, thinking of adding mth to my layout
Thanks! I think it would be worth while. I love it
Hello! I have an mth R-32 proto sound 2,0 subway set that I bought over 20 years ago and I've taken pretty good care of it, and it runs great! Although I don't have a dcs system to run it. Just a basic mth Z750 transformer. My question for You is if this proto2 engine could have more features to be explored if it could be run with such dcs system? And also I the very first subway set they manufactured, which is the R42 Proto1 subway.
Please when You have a chance, let me know!
RR
Our layout is on TMCC/CAB-1, but interesting to see what DCS looks like.
Woah, 534 hours of runtime, you run these a lot. Voltage feedback is nice. I'd like to put an AC Voltmeter on the tracks, We have Lionel Powermaster, and I'm never sure how much voltage is really on the track.
Gotta love TMCC! I’ve had good experiences jointing the 2 together (TMCC and DCS). Enjoy the different aspects/features they bring to the table.
Oh yea, gotta run em! LOL. The Lionel power master I have seems to put out 18.3v when powered up. Idk how similar they would be to each other/your power master. Would imagine it is pretty close.
@@CountryBunkersTrains For me it's mostly confusing with PowerMaster and Protosound 1 trains. I'll monkey with the voltage on Powermaster by poking at buttons, but not really sure what the voltage on the track is. I'll press direction, and it'll go flying super fast. Considering some kind of AC Voltmeter on the rails so I have better feedback to avoid this.
Cool video, I’ve got a railking sd60 with ps2 and a dcs remote commander but I can’t use them together until I get my engine reset
Hopefully able to get it up and running soon!
On another topic... the opening scene shows PandWY steam loco up on the high track. The maroon edging looks like it has been stamped out of metal. I am about to do the add a top level to my layout and really like your edging. Can you tell me who makes it or what it is?
I built it. Can see more info on it here-
czcams.com/video/ah6xWznfbqI/video.html
Built out of MDF and pieces from TW trainworx
Sorry about being a little slow viewing this video, to be honest, I don’t know how I missed this one.
Your right, that run session memory is really a cool feature and the last one you did with the fading sounds is very cool, this one would work great with your rolling stock audio features, such as you CNW cattle cars.
Great video and thanks for sharing, Ron
Quick question before I quit for the night. You mentioned how to plug the Legacy system into the TIU. Is it possible to have both systems plugged into the same track but only power one system at a time to run each brand of engines by its own remote without creating any issues for the base unit that is not powered. Obviously you wouldn’t want to power both simultaneously for obvious electrical reasons.
Yes, can run them separately if the TMCC/legacy base is not connected to the TIU to control it. Can run systems separately and connect them separately to the track.
I’m waiting to get both new MTH and Lionel systems. But I see Lionel is now shipping date of 8/24 MTH march maybe lol 🎉
It definitely feels like they both have been dragging their feet on em!
6️⃣0️⃣3️⃣🚂😎👍 very kool. 🚂😎
I’m guessing “sequential start up”
DESSLER CANNON
Checking out some of your videos it's Victor from New Jersey how are you your lovely bride and your animals of course. The question of the day is how the f is that Challenger looking for an update bro thank you from New Jersey. Few months are going to be awesome in the o Gage world you know what I'm saying all trains are coming in soon I can't wait. Springtime I will definitely be at York I hope you can make it up there maybe this time next year I'll be in Tennessee pursuing my new career. Which is going to be building model railroad when you take it out big guy has been learning a lot done doing a heavy work right at my Alla obviously spelling is not LOL when I get down south one day going to meet you at the store and we're going to go out to lunch bro I'd love to chat say hello to wife and you have a good day just send me an update please on the car thank you
12:56 STEAM Start Up ?
Just a guess
NEVER GiVE
time to take out a second morgage for the mth dcs system, i joke but ya people are charging way to much on ebay for them we need to stop screwing over our fellow hobbists
Less talking more running the trains