Phoenix Sound Systems PHOENIX BIG SOUND Special Instructions For Installation And Use Download Page 1

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These instructions should be used when installing BIG

SOUND™ into Bachmann's Spectrum® Shay two-truck
engine. The standard manual is also enclosed in your kit as
an additional reference.

January 2000

Phoenix Sound Systems, Inc.

PHOENIX BIG SOUND™

SPECIA L INST RUCT IO NS

FOR

BACHMA NN SHAY INSTA LLAT IO N

Summary of Contents for PHOENIX BIG SOUND

Page 1: ...ing BIG SOUND into Bachmann s Spectrum Shay two truck engine The standard manual is also enclosed in your kit as an additional reference January 2000 Phoenix Sound Systems Inc PHOENIX BIG SOUND SPECIA...

Page 2: ...ion 3 The Bachmann Shay Board and Its Components Page 5 16 The Big Sound board Page 5 8 The Sound Chips Page 9 The Battery Page 9 10 The Speaker Page 10 The Switches Page 11 14 Phoenix Big Boost Page...

Page 3: ...clearer they are not drawn to scale and detail is omitted We suggest that you use this supplement and the full installation manual when you install your sound system Detailed engineering drawings of...

Page 4: ...of current beforeit reaches thewhite connectorontheoppositesideoftheboard Fromthewhiteconnector thecurrentisintended to travel to the soundboard via apair of wires usuallyonered oneblack Just below th...

Page 5: ...ctrical tape and bind this pair together leaving tails extending that can bestripped twisted and tinned optional beforeinsertion into the BIG SOUND Use the electrical tape as a label for this pair Mar...

Page 6: ...e housing Turn the PCB over so you are looking at it with the part number along the bottom of the board as shown in the sketch to the right all the power input wires may be black but usually each pair...

Page 7: ...onnector if you wish they serve no purpose after the bypass modification Reattach the PCB to its designated spot inside the tender body Although Option 2 does not free extra space inside the tender th...

Page 8: ...e rating red battery cap wire red BIG BOOST wire positive blackbattery cap blue BIG BOOST wires negative blue jump wire volume increase switch outside wire volume control switch center wire volume dec...

Page 9: ...wire red trackpower wire either green BIG BOOST wire blue jump wire for 9V battery 7 2V use rating red battery cap wire red BIG BOOST wire positive blackbattery cap wire blue BIG BOOST wire negative...

Page 10: ...cessary For whatever adhesive you use be sure to avoid placing it directly on the board circuitry On the back of the sound board is a large black square the microprocessor which is a good spot for the...

Page 11: ...rst time you run it or after is has been stored for an extended period Batteries lose a small amount of charge sittingidle When you open your kit the BIG SOUND board alreadyhasinstalledabatterysnapcap...

Page 12: ...eatlyin the designated space As with all BIG SOUND model 96 and model 97 kits the speaker is installed into its own terminal marked P3 on the sound board Page 7 of the full manual offers some addition...

Page 13: ...re standard kit components for other sound selections are not needed for the Bachmann Shay installation Reed Switches If you choose to use magnets on the track for bell and whistle activation at speci...

Page 14: ...g with the Shay engine wires inside this molding 5 Radio Shack magnets model 64 1879 are 3 16 inch thick In order to bring the height on the magnet flush with the top of the rail add a 3 16 inch space...

Page 15: ...for the volume control switch that makes it readily accessible when you wish to adjust the volume On the outside of the tender look at the cab end of the coal load on the engineer s side of the train...

Page 16: ...of thetender and checkthepositioningof the togglelever making sure the tiny water valve lid fits back into place It may not fit flush with the tender floor but it should not protrude too far Fasten th...

Page 17: ...nal block P1 together with the batterysnapcap wires The red wire is positive position 4 and the blue wire is negative position 5 The snapcap wires are red for positive and black for negative The green...

Page 18: ...d idea to charge your battery every six months for 6 8 hours and avoid letting the charge fall to zero A dedicated BIG BOOST can be wired into a five volt LGB smoke unit if you wish to have smoke at l...

Page 19: ...s Manual page 24 for help in getting inside the Shay In correct operation the cylinders pump up and down and a momentary contact made between the cylinder head and the brass sound contact If the cyli...

Page 20: ...you have freed up extra room for your sound system But even if you chose to leave the connector PCB in the wiring system there is still plentyof room for all the kit components Here is the component...