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E-33 Rectifier Operating Manual
bell will never ring continuously in RESET (Remember NEUTRAL is the
state between Forward and Reverse). Once the bell is turned on, it will
continue to ring when the engine is cycled into forward or reverse until you
press the bell button or re-enter NEUTRAL and turn the bell off with the
whistle button.
In fact, because of Proto-Sound® state-of-the-art design, the
microprocessor remembers its last command. Therefore, unless you turn
the bell off before you quit running your train, the next time you run the
engine, the bell will come on. No matter whether you come back an hour
later or a year later, the bell will begin chiming once the engine enters one
of the three directional states.
To turn the bell on using the transformer’s whistle button, turn on power to
the track and cycle the engine into NEUTRAL. Turn the throttle to 8 volts
or less (any higher voltage will arm the Proto-Coupler®) and press the
whistle button. The bell should begin chiming. To turn the bell off, press
the whistle button again. If you want to keep the bell on while running the
engine, simply interrupt the power with the transformer throttle or the
transformer directional switch and enter forward or reverse.
PROTO-COUPLER® OPERATION
Your MTH E-33 Rectifier Proto-Sound®-equipped locomotive has two
coil-wound Proto-Couplers® for remote uncoupling action. The couplers
are mounted on the power trucks. Because the Proto-Coupler® is
controlled through Proto-Sound®’s microprocessor, it doesn’t require an
uncoupling track section or modification to your layout to function. The
three simple steps below are required to operate the coupler.
1. Put your engine in NEUTRAL and turn the throttle all the way up.
2. Press the transformer whistle button to “Arm" the coupler. (You
will hear a “Clank")
3. After arming the coupler, press the whistle button again to open
the coupler.
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Put Engine In Neutral
At Full Power
Press & Release
The Horn/Whistle Button
Press & Release
The Horn/Whistle Button
Listen For The
Ca-Clunk Sound
See The Coupler Open
And Listen For The
Cha-Chusshh Sound
