S ta r t-u p
S o lu tio n
W h e n I a p p ly p o w e r to th e
tra c k m y e n g in e d o e s n ’t d o
a n yth in g . N o lig h ts , n o
s o u n d , n o n o th in g .
D id yo u p re s s F 3 ye t? F 3 o n yo u r D C C
h a n d h e ld w ill s ta rt yo u r e n g in e u p .
C h e c k to s e e if th a t s e c tio n o f tra c k h a s
p o w e r. U s e a v o ltm e te r o r a lit p a s s e n g e r
c a r, n o t yo u r to n g u e .
S lid e th e e n g in e a c o u p le o f fe e t in e ith e r
d ire c tio n , yo u m a y h a v e a b a d tra c k
s e c tio n
H a v e yo u g o t th a t s e c tio n e le c tric a lly
is o la te d w ith a to g g le s w itc h o r o th e r
d e v ic e ?
S o u n d
S o lu tio n
I h a v e n o s o u n d o n m y
e n g in e , b u t m y lig h ts a re
o n a n d it m o v e s ju s t fin e
Y o u m a y h a v e it tu rn e d o ff. R e p e a te d ly
p re s s F 7 to c yc le th ro u g h th e v o lu m e
le v e ls (th e re a re 9 le v e ls , 0 -m a x )
T h e re ’s a c ra c k lin g s o u n d
fro m m y te n d e r
C h e c k to s e e if a s c re w o r s o m e o th e r
m a te ria l h a s n ’t lo d g e d its e lf in th e
u n d e rs id e o f th e te n d e r.
W h e n I ru n D o p p le r I c a n
h e a r th e D o p p le r s h ift b u t
th e n th e e n g in e s o u n d s
fa d e o u t a n d I c a n ’t g e t
th e m b a c k
T h is is n o rm a l. Y o u w ill n e e d to p re s s th e
F 1 2 b u tto n a g a in to tu rn D o p p le r o ff.
Y o u r e n g in e s o u n d s w ill n o w re tu rn to
n o rm a l
S m o k e
S o lu tio n
M y e n g in e is n ’t s m o k in g a t
a ll
M a k e s u re yo u ’v e g o t th e s m o k e s w itc h
O N . It m u s t b e O N fo r th e s m o k e to
o p e ra te in D C C m o d e
P re s s F 8 o n yo u r D C C h a n d h e ld . T h is
w ill a c tiv a te th e s m o k e
C h e c k th e T e n d e r/B o ile r d ra w b a r
c o n n e c tio n . Y o u ’v e g o t to h a v e th e m
lo c k e d to g e th e r
If yo u ju s t fille d it w ith s m o k e flu id
s o m e tim e s th e flu id c a n m a k e a s e a l in
th e s ta c k b lo w d o w n th e s ta c k to c le a r
th e a ir b u b b le .
M y e n g in e b a re ly s m o k e s
Y o u m a y h a v e s e t th e s m o k e to L o w .
F 1 7 w ill v a ry th e s m o k e le v e ls . O r, if yo u
w e re ru n n in g it in D C S m o d e yo u m a y
h a v e to g g le d it th e re (If yo u d o n ’t h a v e
F 1 7 o n yo u r D C C h a n d h e ld yo u w ill h a v e
to p u t it b a c k in to D C S m o d e a n d c h a n g e
it fro m th e re )
M.T.H. HO 4-8-4 GS-4/ GS-6 Steam Engine
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