H0 Class J 82105 - DCC ready?

[Frank0554]

Hi again,

I've got a 4-8-4  Class J, item no. 82105 here right in front of me. The tender has been opened, there's a 8-pin dummy plug  in the middle socket of the board. After replacing it with an ESU sound decoder, the motor starts a hissing sound and the engine shoots off backwarts, independent from the intended speed. The plug has pin 1 at the "1" mark on the board. What the heck...?

The online description of the 82105 says "DCC ready" - the description imside the package doesn't mention  decoder installation. So`?

Advice welcome.

Frank

[FECfan]

try it plugged in the other way, hole #1 may be marked, but its possible it was marked wrong

[jestor]

The orange wire goes to socket # 1.

[Frank0554]

Thanks for reply, FECfan/jestor,

the orange wire is attached to contact  no 1.

I wonder if this version of 82105 is equipped with a NEM DCC-socket - or just another  connector for additional analog elecrtronics that looks like NEM by accident.  As I've already written: there's no hint in the package description that the loco is DCC ready. But the socket in the tender looks so familiar. Weird..

CU,
Frank