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Dear customers, We are pleased to inform you that the pantograph drives for 8440012 drive for single-arm pantographs (2/pack) and 8440022 drive for scissor pantographs (2/pack) are now in the middle of their production cycle. With well over 100,000 test cycles, the drives easily withstand the loads in the model thanks to the latest special motor. The motors previously planned simply did not withstand the loads in real continuous…

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Our hard-working employees should also take a vacation, so the technical hotline will not be available in the next two weeks, from Monday 12.08. to Monday 26.08. Unfortunately, we will not be able to process enquiries by telephone or e-mail to hotline@massoth.de during this time. Thank you very much for your understanding.

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A lot has happened in the last few weeks. The big 2.4GHz project is finished, the components are now available, revised sound projects and new firmware versions have been published and the delivery of the new pantograph drives will start very soon – we will publish new, exciting information next week. There are also important changes on the website. In the meantime, we have integrated the delivery status and…

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Since this week the 2.4GHz components are delivered: 8131001 DiMAX Receiver 2.4GHz 8131901 DiMAX Transmitter 2.4GHz 8134801 DiMAX Navigator 2.4GHz 8130010 DiMAX Radio Conversion Set 2.4GHz We are very pleased that the development with all its highs and lows is finished and the new 2.4GHz components are now delivered. As already announced, all previously manufactured navigators can be converted to the new 2.4GHz radio system. The previous transmitter, which…

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A firmware update to version 2.1 is required for the Navigator to work with the new 2.4GHz radio system. The update can be done before or after the installation of the radio transmitter 2.4GHz. Of course, the Navigator can also be operated with the old radio system after the update. The update is provided as usual via the Massoth Service Tool (V3) and can be installed via the PC…

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By request we have prepared a small conversion manual (german only) for the “Emma” (LGB 22222) and hope you enjoy it:

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Shortly before the delivery of the new 2.4GHz radio system we are providing the necessary firmware for the Navigator. It enables every Navigator to operate the new 2.4GHz radio components. The current Navigator manual can be found on the product page 8134801. We have also updated and uploaded some sound projects for you again. In some sound projects the structure was optimized, partly new sounds were integrated or optimized….

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With this brand new episode of MASSOTH TV we wish you a very nice weekend!

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Today the delivery of the new Track Bender II series begins. In the last three months we have improved the track bending machine again. It is now even simpler and easier to operate. The 6 bending rollers/bolts which rest on the track profile have been redesigned. With a larger diameter, bending and sliding over the flexible track has become noticeably more comfortable for the operator – you need even…

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Ladies and gentlemen, as you have already noticed, there have been some changes in the Massoth product range. One of these changes is that the Massoth Service Tool is no longer available for free download – which actually does not change anything for our customers: Of course, the Massoth Service Tool is still included with the 8136501 DiMAX Digital Central Station and the 8175201 DiMAX PC Module. The online…

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For the launch of the new 2.4GHz radio control system, Massoth offers a very special introductory offer: An exchange campaign for all first (1.) and second (2.) generation navigators. It does not matter which version or make you turn in. This is how it works! You send us your Navigator in advance (as soon as the new Navigator is available). In exchange (this means that the sent in hand…

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Just in time for the delivery of the Emma (LGB #22222) we also release our Emma sound project (#821×570). At the same time the delivery of the eMOTION LS Emma Set (#8201001) starts. Of course, the Emma sound project is available for download through the Massoth Service Tool.

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Today we have updated and uploaded some sound projects for you again. In some sound projects the structure was optimized, partly new sounds were integrated or optimized. Of course, the sound data sheets were also updated with the assignment of the sounds, for some other sound projects the sound data sheets were also updated. As usual, sound projects and firmware updates can be installed via the Massoth Service Tool…

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We wish you a happy Easter and with this great weather a lot of fun with the greatest hobby in the world!

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The new Emma sound project 821×560 (available for XLS, LS, S starting May), matching the LGB Emma (#22222), contains an Emma-typical steam locomotive sound with a nice whistle, bell, brake noise and cylinder noise, in addition 8 very well fitting announcements and a great island tune. Massoth is now offering a special offer for this: The new “eMOTION LS Emma-Set”, with the article number #8201001, consisting of eMOTION LS…

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Ladies and Gentlemen, we ask for your understanding that today, Friday 22. March 2019, we do not offer a telephone hotline due to organizational reasons. Thank you for your understanding, Your Massoth Elektronik GmbH team  

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Yeah, times have changed. Hartmut Massoth developed the first sound module for a garden railway locomotive in 1972 and thus began a long period of close, trusting cooperation between the Richter family and the Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk in Nuremberg (LGB for short) with the Massoth family and Massoth Elektronik GmbH. In 1974 the first product of the company LGB was delivered with an ex works equipped sound electronics…

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Only a few more days until the International Toy Fair begins… on Wednesday, 30 January it starts. Just in time for the start of the fair we will publish our brochure of this year and the novelties. For the very early ones we present our novelties tomorrow at Modellbahn Atelier Renken in Essen: www.lgbshop.de

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We hope you have all had a good New Year and wish you a healthy and successful New Year. Right at the beginning of the new year we would like to inform you about a small but important change in our assortment: With the popular brass rail connectors we replace immediately the brass-plated high-grade steel screw by a bright high-grade steel screw. Why are we doing this? For various…

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