Horn
Horn
Fire
Rear
Coupler
=
Horn
Bell
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Rugged Rails 2-8-0 Steam Engine
Tips on Using FYS
• You can terminate FYS at any time by turning off power to the track for 15
seconds.
• You do not have to be in Forward to use FYS. At the conclusion of the full
sequence, the train will pull away from the station in whatever direction you
were going when you activated the feature.
• You can use FYS even if you are double-heading with another engine. If the
second engine is not equipped with Proto-Sound 2.0, you must remember not
to leave the throttle at a high voltage level once you have stopped the engine
to run the FYS. Otherwise, the engine without FYS will begin vibrating on
the track as its motors strain to move the train, since they cannot be
automatically disabled during the FYS cycle (or if an original Proto-Sound
engine, FYS are triggered differently and that engine's motor-disable feature
will not be active when you run FYS in Proto-Sound 2.0).
• FYS can be triggered from Neutral. It will operate the same as if triggered
while in motion except that, at the conclusion of the FYS, the engine will
depart in the next direction of travel, as opposed to the direction it was
traveling before entering Neutral.
Proto-Coupler® Operation
This locomotive is equipped with one or more coil-wound Proto-Couplers for
remote uncoupling action. Because Proto-Couplers are controlled through the
Proto-Sound 2.0 microprocessor, they do not require an uncoupling track section
or modification to your layout to function. You can fire a coupler from neutral or
while in motion. Use the code shown below (and in the chart on p. 7) to fire the
coupler(s).
Rear Coupler:
To fire the rear coupler, quickly tap the Bell button once followed by three quick
taps of the Horn button, allowing approximately ½ second to lapse between each
quick button press. The sound of the liftbar and air line depletion will play, and the
knuckle will be released.
