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[Green_Elite_Cab]

Geez ... after reading about all these headaches with DCC I start to wonder if maybe I should just stick with simple DC and block control! hock:

the trick, like anything you buy, is to not buy crap. Fecal matter never makes a good product.

TCS and NCE make indcredibly reliable decoders (and in NCE's case, reliable DCC systems). Soundtraxx is also great. You buy the reliable and easy to operate brands, and you don't have a problem.

A TCS decoder you can drop into an engine and expect it to work, if it doesn't, you can get it replaced for free as many times as you want (not that you'll ever need to). An NCE power cab you can plug in, and it will walk you through the steps of programming an address and anything else, and if something goes wrong, it can "recovery program", so even if the factory reset fails the NCE system can repair your decoder programming wise.

More often then not, the complaints are coming from users of digitrax and mrc equipment. Both of these companies have been surviving on their "Brand names". People know MRC for years for their DC power packs, and assume their DCC is just as good, but its got its own issues (the Advanced cab is good though). MRC sound decoders are notorious, and many people have seen the light after buy older Athearn Genesis sound units (before they switched to Soundtraxx, they ran off MRC sound).

Digitrax is the worst for this "selling a name" syndrome. They have not upgraded their DCC hardware in years, and their decoders are known to be problematic (just like kevins). People swear by digitrax since its one of the original makers of DCC (and what many people use). their popular name tends to hook in the new people to DCC, and when stuff goes wrong, it doesn't matter, you already gave Digitrax your money, and now you have to live with it or pay exorbitant repair/replacement fees.