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The SM18AR: Aristocraft Socket
Mostly Plug In Installation
Open the locomotive as required; location and access depends upon the
locomotive, some steam simply require removing the tender load while most diesel
require the shell to come off. Remove the jumper plug from the socket. Plug in the
SM18AR in the socket where the jumper was located. Plug the speaker lead into the
mating socket on the locomotive circuit board, often label “SPK”. Wire the screw
terminals to the functions you wish to control. You are done. You may wish to add
a mounting hole for the programming jack.
P
LEASE
NOTE
THAT
THE
A
RISTOCRAFT
SOCKET
WAS
NEVER
STANDARDIZED
FOR
THE
J2
CONNECTOR
. T
HEY
DO
NOT
APPEAR
TO
BE
CONSISTENT
ACROSS
LOCOMOTIVES
NOR
MATCH
THE
B
ACHMANN
ARRANGEMENT
.
U
SING
AN
SM18
FOR
THE
B
ACHMANN
SOCKET
INSTEAD
OF
AN
SM18AR
COULD
RESULT
IN
DAMAGE
TO
THE
DECODER
AND
OR
THE
LOCOMOTIVE
OR
ITS
COMPONENT
PARTS
. A
NY
DAMAGE
RESULTING
FROM
USING
THE
WRONG
DECODER
MODEL
IS
EXPLICITLY
NOT
COVERED
UNDER
WARRANTY
.
Speaker
Nearly all Aristocraft locomotives have a speaker factory installed. In the case
of these non sound-ready locomotives an appropriate speaker is available from
Phoenix Sound Systems that is wired with the mating connector for the speaker
lead from the SM18AR.
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