Cant program locs

[Green_Elite_Cab]

I use the Prodigy Advance and I have equipped 7 sound locomotives with MRC decoders and have never had a problem with MRC. Some people do. Some people have trouble with a lot of different items.

whatever works. The Advanced cab is probably the right way to go, not the express. the express is crippled without the programming features of the advanced (among other things). thats why i really want to upgrade to the Advanced cab for my Home layout.

I have seen a lot of problems with the Pro-cab, but I wouldn't call it fecal matter. Everyone has his own favorites.

Its not necessarily a question of favorites, but research. Earlier pro-cab models had a weird issues (like only being able to control two trains at a time) have been fixed. The bottom line is, when you compare an NCE Power Cab to the MRC Prodigy express (these being direct competitors in the entry level market), the NCE wins, and its not as a result of favorites but just straight plain facts.


They both cost about the same (the power cab is $10 more), but the Prodigy Express has very BASIC functions, it can basicaly just run the train and turn on most of the sounds. Programming is frustrating, and alot of the features don't work right unless you have particular decoders. I'm speaking from personal expirience, i own this DCC system and it makes me cry if i have to do anything more complicated than picking an engine, blowing its horn and making it run forward or backward.

The NCE system on the other hand can not only run the trains, but it can run accessory functions, its more powerful, can do things like fast clocks and "yard mode switching" and other features that you'd have to buy a prodigy advanced for. not to mention it walks you through programming an engine and tells you whats in a CV, making it an easy 2 minute operation instead of a headache fiddling with specific CVs.


Ultimately, when people stick to their "favorites" is when they get stuck with problematic equipment. Going out and researching things is how i come to these conclusions, and its how people end up with working things. Even though you have no problems, a quick google search shows lots of issuses for many pieces like digitrax, and MRC, and relatively few for those like NCE or TCS.