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RailKing Doodlebug Electric Engine
Passenger Station Announcements (PSA):
Your engine is equipped with a sound package of Passenger Station
Announcements that you can play when you pull into a freight yard. Each
sequence described below will play as long as it is left on, randomly generating
sounds, but be sure to allow time between the button pushes described below
to allow the PSAs sufficient time to run through each sequence.
1. To cue the sound system to play the PSA, quickly but firmly press the Bell
button once followed by 2 quick presses of the Whistle button while the engine
is moving. As soon as you have keyed in this code, you will hear the
announcement for the upcoming stop and the bell will begin to ring.
2. Press the Direction button or drop and advance the throttle once to stop the
engine. This will trigger the first sequence of PSAs. The reverse unit is
temporarily disabled so that the train will not move as you use the Direction
button to trigger the sounds, and Proto-Sound 2.0 has disabled operator control
over the Whistle and Bell buttons until the full PSA sequence is complete.
3. After waiting at least five seconds for that sequence to run, press the
Direction button again to trigger the second sequence of PSAs.
4. After at least another five seconds, press the Direction button again to
trigger the third PSA sequence.
5. Again, after allowing about 5 seconds for the third sequence to run, press
the Direction button one more time to trigger the fourth and final PSA
sequence. You will know it is the final sequence when you hear the “All
Aboard!” call. The bell will begin to chime and within a few seconds, the
engine will start and move out on its own 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 whistle
buttons and can ring the bell or blow the whistle as usual.
