23
MTH Blue Comet Operating Manual
PREMIER
LINE
PROGRAMMING FOR SQUEAKING BRAKES AND
PFA OPERATION
ProtoSounds® is equipped with a RESET setting to turn off the Passenger
Station Proto-Effects (PFA) features. This is especially useful if you are
double-heading engines that are both equipped with PFA. You may not
want to stop at a station and have both engines playing their PFA sound
effects. To turn off PFA,
enter RESET and go to
Feature 28. (See the section
on Using RESET To
Program ProtoSounds® on
page 18). Once in Feature
28, press the transformer
whistle button and wait for
ProtoSounds to sound a bell
ding(s). Continue pressing
the whistle button on and off until ProtoSounds® sounds two bell dings
(signifying that the PFA features have been turned off). Simply turn the
transformer throttle OFF and then ON again to lock in the new setting. To
reset ProtoSounds® to its original factory setting of Squeaking Brakes and
PFA on, repeat the above procedure but keep pressing the whistle button in
Feature 28 until ProtoSounds® only dings once instead of twice.
ACTIVATING REMOTE LOCK-OUT CONTROL
ProtoSound equipped engines feature a RESET setting that allows the
operator to remotely “lock” the engine into forward, neutral or reverse.
This is especially useful on layouts that feature “blocked” track sections.
The lockout feature comes from the factory in the OFF position, meaning it
is not active when you first take the engine out of the box. This is done to
prevent novice operators
from accidentally locking
their engine into forward,
neutral or reverse and then
mistakenly thinking that the
engine’s electronics have
failed. To activate the
Remote Lockout Control
setting, go to RESET
Feature 40 (See the section
Clank,
Clank,
Etc.
In RESET Mode
Move The Throttle
Up & Down From
High Voltage To Low
28 Times
Listen For 5 Clank
And 3 Clink Sounds
Push The Whistle Button
Until You Hear
2 Bell Dings
Interrupt The Throttle
To “Lock-In”
The Volume Setting
H
Clank,
Clank,
Etc.
In RESET Mode
Move The Throttle
Up & Down From
High Voltage To Low
40 Times
Listen For 8 Clank
And 0 Clink Sounds
Push The Whistle Button
Until You Hear
2 Bell Dings
Interrupt The Throttle
To “Lock-In”
The Volume Setting
H
