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FACTORY RESET
On your FA-2 or FPA-2, you perform a factory reset by entering a value of “8” into CV 8. Note
that this will cause all of your new volume and motor settings to be lost, so you will need to
reprogram any settings that you want to keep. You did keep notes, right?
You can NOT lose all of the pre-recorded sounds on your FA-2 or FPA-2 decoder by doing a
factory reset. If you manage to lose all of the sounds on your locomotive then you have probably
set fire to your decoder with a voltage spike. Open up your locomotive and pour out the ashes.
AWESOME SLOW SPEED THINGY
There is an awesome trick that you can use to get even better slow speed running and smoother
operation. It’s called the Automatic Motor Tuning Feature. This feature will automatically adjust
the Back-EMF in most cases and give you phenomenal slow-speed performance. Make sure you
do this to each locomotive separately rather than your A and B units together.
In order to use this automatic adjustment you need to use Ops mode programming, i.e.
programming on the main. Make sure your locomotive is in “forward” and that you have lots
of room in front of it on your mainline. Set CV 54 to a value of 0. Then get out of programming
mode and turn on the bell (press F1). We’ll say this again: Make sure you have plenty of room
in front of your locomotive and it is not headed for the layout edge and the basement floor!!!
Your FA-2 or FPA-2 will quickly take off at full speed and gradually slow down to a stop while the
decoder reads the motor responses. You’ll have fabulous motor control after you do this. If you ever
have to reset your locomotive, you can do the automatic adjustment again – it just takes a few seconds.
MORE INFORMATION
While addressing the features that most modelers will need for normal operation, these instructions
have covered just a small number of the many customizable features of your ESU LokSound
decoder. For advanced users who want to more fully explore the capabilities of the decoder we
suggest downloading the ESU Loksound Select decoder manual. This is available on the FA-2/
FPA-2 page in the Support section of our web site.
LIMITED LIFETIME WARRANTY
We will do our best to solve any problems or issues that you may have with your FA-2 or FPA-2
locomotive. If your locomotive has any defects that originate from the factory, we will repair
your locomotive using new components or replace it outright should a repair not be possible.
However, we can only replace your locomotive while we have additional ones in stock. We
normally keep spares for up to six months after a model is released.
If you purchased this locomotive at age 25 and you’ve only first opened it while receiving your
pension, it is possible that we no longer have any replacements, we’re retired, or we’re pushing
up the daisies. Please check to see if we still exist and give us a call or floom us a hologram, and
we will see what we can do to help you out. If the eastern part of North America is covered by
one big glacier or under elevated sea levels, chances are we’re extinct. Don’t bother calling. We
won’t get your voicemail.
