Premier F-3/F-7 ABA Diesel Engine Proto-Sound®2.0
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Fire
Rear
Coupler
=
Bell
!
The FYS/PSA will continue, and within a few seconds, the engine will start and move out
on its own at the current throttle setting, in the same direction it was traveling when you
began the sequence. Once the bell turns off, the operator regains control of the
transformer's Bell and
Horn/Whistle buttons and can ring the bell or blow the
horn/whistle as usual.
Tips on Using FYS/PSA
!
You can terminate FYS/PSA at any time by turning off power to the track for 15
seconds.
!
You do not have to be in Forward to use FYS/PSA. At the conclusion of the full
sequence, the train will pull away from the station in whatever direction you were
going when you activated the feature.
!
You can use FYS/PSA even if you are double-heading with another engine. If the
second engine is not equipped with Proto-Sound® 2.0, you must remember not
to leave the throttle at a high voltage level once you have stopped the engine to
run the FYS/PSA. Otherwise, the engine without FYS/PSA will begin vibrating
on the track as its motors strain to move the train, since they cannot be
automatically disabled during the FYS/PSA cycle (or if an original Proto-Sound
engine, FYS/PSA are triggered differently and that engine's motor-disable feature
will not be active when you run FYS/PSA in Proto-Sound® 2.0).
!
FYS/PSA can be triggered from Neutral. It will operate the same as if triggered while
in motion except that, at the conclusion of the FYS/PSA, the engine will depart
in the next direction of travel, as opposed to the direction it was traveling before
entering Neutral.
Proto-Coupler
™
Operation
(Hi-Rail Version Only)
This locomotive is equipped with one or more coil-wound Proto-Couplers for remote
uncoupling action. Because Proto-Couplers are controlled through the Proto-Sound® 2.0
microprocessor, they do not require an uncoupling track section or modification to your
layout to function. You can fire a coupler from neutral or while in motion. Use the code
shown below (and in the chart on page 7) to fire the coupler(s).
Rear Coupler:
To fire the rear coupler, quickly tap the Bell button once followed by three quick taps of the
Horn/Whistle button, allowing approximately ½ second to lapse between each quick button
press. The sound of the liftbar and air line de pletion will play, and the knuckle will be
released.
+
Sound System Cued to Play
Freight Yard or Passenger
Station Sounds (FYS)/(PSA)
Bell
1st
Sequence
FYS/PSA
+
2nd
Sequence
FYS/PSA
+
3rd
Sequence
FYS/PSA
+
4th
Sequence
FYS/PSA
=
Operator
Controls
When Bell
Turns Off
Horn/
Whistle
Horn/
Whistle
Horn/
Whistle
Horn/
Whistle
Horn/
Whistle
