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RailKing F-3 AA Set Operating Manual
order for Proto-Sound® to properly initiate the system check, do not
advance the transform er throttle past 10 volts when you first enter RESET,
wait for the diesel startup sounds to begin and then slowly turn the
transformer throttle to the off position and then back on again to enter the
forward phase. Interrupting the power too quickly may cause the system to
re-enter RESET (signaled by two dings of the bell). Should this happen,
wait longer before interrupting the power to enter the Forward phase.
Proto-Sound® comes with several programmable functions, including
Engine Volume Adjustment, Separate Bell Button Operation
(pre-programmed at the factory), Cab Chatter On/Off Control, and
Horn-In-Neutral Operation. Each of these features are described in more
detail later. You will notice that when in RESET, your engine will not
respond to the whistle button with a horn blast or continuous bell ringing.
In fact, when in RESET and the whistle button is depressed, only one single
bell chime will be heard each time the whistle button is pressed. If you
don’t want to configure or change your locomotive using any of these
programmable features, simply leave RESET and wait 5 seconds before
interrupting the power to put the engine in forward. After you leave
RESET, your engine will operate normally in all the direction states of
forward, neutral and reverse.
HORN OPERATION
Your RailKing F-3 AA Set Proto-Sound® equipped engine is equipped
with a digital recording of a diesel horn. The horn sound can be activated
anytime the engine is in forward or reverse by pressing the whistle button
on your transformer. The horn will continue to blow as long as the whistle
button is depressed. The horn will not function in RESET and must be
configured through a RESET option to allow the horn to work when the
engine is in neutral. See page 19 for information on horn programming in
the
Using RESET To Program Proto-Sound®
section of this manual.
BELL OPERATION
Your RailKing F-3 AA Set Proto-Sound® equipped engine is equipped
with a digital recording of an actual diesel bell. Unlike previous versions of
Proto-Sound®, the bell can be turned on or off with any separate bell
button, like the Lionel® Railsounds® No. 5906 Bell Button, by simply
pushing the button. If you don’t have a separate bell button, the bell can be
controlled through your transformer’s whistle button whenever the engine
