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Good evening, I just recently installed a BCR in a MTH WM Alco S-2 with a 3V ps2 board.

Everything works - smoke, couplers, speed control,  except there is no sound.  I've tried performing a factory reset with my DCS remote as well as verifying the sound pot  is turned all the way up.  Still no sound.

Is there a component that can somtimes go bad on the 3V ps2 board?

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@GGG posted:

Yes the audio amp, but speaker and wiring can be an issue too.  Did this work before you swapped in a BCR?  G

GGG,

Yes, I did actually have very faint sound with the battery installed.  I thought maybe the faint sound was due to the battery needing replaced, however after replacing the batery, I now have no sound, lol.

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Well, after rummaging through my parts box, I found a  4 Ω speaker.  I swapped out the 8Ω spearker with the 4 Ω, and powered up the locomotive...still no luck.

My last hope was to try swapping out the BCR2's,.  When I ordered my BCR2, I ordred a spare with it.  Much to my suprise, after swapping the capacitors, the sound started working!  So I'm wondering what is wrong with the first BCR2 I installed?  Like I mentioned before, I had all funtionality except the sound.

Anyone have available replacement 4Ω speakers for the MTH Alco S-2?  For whatever reason,the previous owner of the engine decided to swap the 4Ω speaker for a 8Ω speaker.

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