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MTH FM Trainmaster Diesel Operating Manual
FREIGHT YARD SOUNDS (FYS)
ProtoSounds® comes equipped with operator controlled Freight Yard
Sounds, hereby referred to as FYS. This easy to use feature plays digitally
reproduced freight yard sounds whenever your engine stops on your layout
and is parked in the Neutral position. No additional wires or modifications
are needed on your layout to enjoy these amazing sound effects. The
sounds themselves are randomly generated and randomly “shuffled” on the
ProtoSounds® software chip. This gives the system the ability to produce
different sounds in a different order each time FYS is enabled. These
different sounds are heard each time you cycle the transformer throttle from
ON to OFF in the same manner that you would cycle the throttle to enter the
various states of Forward, Neutral and Reverse. The entire FYS sequence is
designed to simulate the arrival, loading or unloading and departure of a
freight train in a freight yard. Each sequence is described in more detail in
the following sections.
USING FREIGHT YARD SOUNDS
Your ProtoSound® equipped engine features an operator controlled freight
yard sound set. Once activated, this easy-to-use feature plays the sound of
freight yard activitities whenever the operator parks the engine in the
neutral position.
ARMING THE FREIGHT YARD FEATURE
Before FYS can be heard, ProtoSound® must be told to activate the
feature the next time the engine enters the neutral position. This can be
accomplished in one of two ways.
Option 1:
If you are using a separate bell button controller to ring your
bell (like the Lionel® Railsounds® number 5906 bell activation button),
you can activate the feature by pressing and holding down the bell button
for three or more
seconds (it doesn’t
matter if you are in
Forward, Neutral or
Reverse). You will hear
the bell chiming turn on
and if you listen
Put Engine In Neutral,
Forward or Reverse
Press & Hold
The Railsounds® Bell Button
For 3 Seconds
Listen For The
Start Of The Bell Sound
Listen For The
Air Release Sound
After 3 Seconds
