Hiawatha StationSounds Diner (6-29199) Poor sound volume

Ed, 

Take a look at the speaker, it is probably tiny. I do not know how much room you have in the diner but  you might do well with a larger speaker. I had similar problems with my Polar Express and putting a different speaker in made a world of difference. You will need a speaker with similar ohm rating.

Ray

Ray, thanks for the suggestion.  I'll pull it apart and see. If I can install a larger speaker, I'll do that. Thanks.

Hi Ed,

  I would be careful of the type of speaker you install, the OHM's should really match. Also this unit comes with a baby fat boy speaker 8 OHM's 2 watts, which is a very good speaker. First thing i would do is reprogram it, if that doesn't do anything then i would re-seat the boards inside. If nothing changes i would look into the volume pot, and maybe a new speaker, but i would install the same value speaker.

Ray, thanks for the suggestion.  I'll pull it apart and see. If I can install a larger speaker, I'll do that. Thanks.

Alex, Ray, I'm really embarrassed.  I opened it up and then took Alex's advice to reprogram.  I then re-read the manual. All this time, I somehow overlooked the soft  key (AUX1,1) which increases the volume!!!  I always just went to the dialogue commands and the volume pot on the bottom.  Sheesh...such a rookie mistake.   Thanks Gents, if you hadn't commented I'd probably still be pulling out my hair over the volume and at my  age, that's a very precious and scarce  commodity.  I love this forum.

Very happy for you. Now you can enjoy even more.

Ray

Thanks for the taking the time to share Alex. Your input is always appreciated.

Charlie