MTHTrains 20-20566-1, Operator'S Manual

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DD40AX Diesel Engine
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Passenger/Freight Announcements (PFA)
Your engine is equipped with a sound package of either passenger station announce-
ments or freight yard sounds that you can play when you pull into a station or a yard.
Each sequence described below will play as long as it is left on, randomly generating
sounds, but be sure to allow approximately 30 seconds between the button pushes
described below to allow the PFA sufficient time to run through each sequence.
• To cue the sound system to play the PFA, quickly but firmly tap the Bell button once
followed by 2 quick taps of the Horn button while the engine is moving. Tap the
buttons quickly but allow approximately ½ second between each press.
• Press the Direction button once to stop the engine. This will trigger the first
sequence of PFA. The reverse unit is temporarily disabled so that the train will not
move as you use the Direction button to trigger the sounds. Proto-Sound 3.0 has
disabled operator control over the Horn and Bell buttons until the full PFA sequence is
complete.
• After waiting about 30 seconds for that sequence to run, press the Direction button
again to trigger the second sequence of PFA.
• After about 30 seconds, press the Direction button again to trigger the third PFA
sequence.
• Again, after allowing about 30 seconds for that sequence to run, press the Direction
button one more time to trigger the fourth and final PFA sequence. The PFA will
continue and within a few seconds the bell will begin ringing, then the engine will
begin moving 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 buttons and can ring the bell or blow the Horn as
usual.