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Post by jaygee on Mar 25, 2015 13:44:06 GMT -8
Well...sometime in the next few months, the latest incarnation of this famous chooch should arrive stateside and ready to fire up on many pikes across the land. My question is...will the decoder have cab chatter or no. And if they do, will my NdeM RS1 be speaking english or Espanol??? Silly? Not really; Some of the Bachmann steamers built for domestic use in China, supposedly have Chinese dialog in their chips. In a related thought, I once received an O gauge QSI equipped electric loco with a steam chip accidentally installed. Had some serious fun with this, before sending it back ! Hasta Luego !
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Post by Spikre on Mar 25, 2015 15:44:45 GMT -8
 Jaygee, what roads are listed in this run ? Spikre 
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Post by mlehman on Mar 25, 2015 16:42:47 GMT -8
SNIP Some of the Bachmann steamers built for domestic use in China, supposedly have Chinese dialog in their chips. SNIP So, why should a loco built for the Chinese market NOT have Chinese language-enabled decoders? I'm curious if there is only one language on the decoder in cases like this or simply a CV setting that needs changed? In fact, with Mandarin being only one among many languages spoken in China, I'd actually expect several options. Maybe even English as one of them, given such things are really only affordable to the educated who often do speak it or at least understand some of it. Then there's the US market. For many Americans, Spanish is their first language, although English is predominant. Plus sales to the Latin American market would largely be covered. Except for Brazil where Portuguese is the first language of most (but where Spanish is often understandable because they are sister languages. Then there's French, which many products intended for North America included in order to simplify stock-keeping for Canadian sales. Language is often seen as a stumbling block, but it's really a door opener. Understanding the basics of another language comes in handy if you like to railfan in your travels abroad. It's what as a teenager motivated me to quit whining about my German class and start learning, because it facilitated riding trains there. |
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Post by bnsf971 on Mar 25, 2015 17:03:40 GMT -8
Language is often seen as a stumbling block, but it's really a door opener. Understanding the basics of another language comes in handy if you like to railfan in your travels abroad. It's what as a teenager motivated me to quit whining about my German class and start learning, because it facilitated riding trains there. können ich fahren einem zug?" |
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Post by mlehman on Mar 26, 2015 1:00:47 GMT -8
Terry,
I try to when I get a chance, but many fewer options here than in Germany.
My Deutch is pretty rusty at this point, since there was little opport3unity to use it once back in this hemisphere. I took to Spanish, as I had some practice with it as a kid living in TX and AZ. My vocab is pretty darn good there, but my talking less so.
Makes me wonder what they do in the European market. Lots of languages, but only so much room on a decoder.
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Post by jaygee on Mar 26, 2015 7:22:13 GMT -8
Don't get me wrong...I'm hoping the new RS1 in NdeM does speak Espanol...si ! No problemo aqui. Now only if Atlas would do an RSD1 / TE1...3a Rodina !
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Post by stevewagner on Mar 26, 2015 8:11:42 GMT -8
Jaygee, since "Rodina" is "Homeland" or "Motherland" in Russian, are you referring to the road switchers built in the Soviet Union in imitation of the Alco-built ones sent to the USSR under Lend-Lease and/or built for use on the Trans-Iranian Railway to get supplies to Russia during the Second World War, but with pilots that have what looks like a steam loco pilot in the center?
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Post by jaygee on Mar 27, 2015 6:39:27 GMT -8
Dah, comrade! The RSD1 / TE1 should be fairly easy to do. The cabs are both different than a regular RS1, but not that tough. Fuel tanks can be made separately as well. TE1 has a slightly larger headlight and ditch lights. How 'bout it, Atlas?
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Post by jaygee on Apr 18, 2015 15:47:46 GMT -8
Well the day is here...and the hour is now! I have my trusty crusty RS1 in NdeM paint sitting on the test track as we speak. There are indications that the loco does have chatter, but thus far I can't bust into 'em. F15 is the command, but the chooch isn't responding to my NCE Power Cab. Any thoughts, folks  |
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Post by jaygee on Apr 19, 2015 4:04:20 GMT -8
Finally got the crusty Alco to start talking. Espanol? Nope, we got what sounds like a Southern drawl, if anything. It would appear that this chooch is more of a Tex-Mex Gringo, than a true Esdepapa! Now excuse me while I cruise over to El Norte for a breakfast burrito. Hasta luego!
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Post by jaygee on May 29, 2015 16:27:10 GMT -8
Anyway ....after chewing on this for awhile, I'm wondering if the chip could be reloaded with some Espaniol chatter. Doesn't have to be really involved, but enough to give the right "feel". Anyone have experience with this kind of re-programming. Can I do it? Or does it need to goto a specialty DCC shop? Gracias, amigos !
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Post by Mark R. on May 29, 2015 17:15:03 GMT -8
Can't be done (no matter how good you are) with a Select decoder. If you want to add your own custom made sound files, you'll have to upgrade to a V4.0 decoder.
Mark.
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