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RailKing SD-90 MAC Operating Manual
FREIGHT YARD SOUNDS (FYS)
ProtoSounds® comes equipped with operator controlled Freight Yard
Sounds, hereby referred to as FYS. This easy to use feature plays digitally
reproduced freight yard sounds whenever your engine stops on your layout
and is parked in the Neutral position. No additional wires or modifications
are needed on your layout to enjoy these amazing sound effects. The
sounds themselves are randomly generated and randomly “shuffled” on the
ProtoSounds® software chip. This gives the system the ability to produce
different sounds in a different order each time FYS is enabled. These
different sounds are heard each time you cycle the transformer throttle from
ON to OFF in the same manner that you would cycle the throttle to enter the
various states of Forward, Neutral and Reverse. The entire FYS sequence is
designed to simulate the arrival, loading or unloading and departure of a
freight train in a freight yard. Each sequence is described in more detail in
the following sections.
ACTIVATING FREIGHT YARD SOUNDS
Your ProtoSounds® equipped engine features an operator controlled
freight yard sound set. Once activated, this easy to use feature plays the
sound of freight yard activities whenever the operator places the engine in
the neutral position.
ARMING THE FREIGHT YARD FEATURE
Before the freight yard sounds can be heard, ProtoSounds® must activate
the feature so that the next time the engine enters the neutral position, the
sounds can play, The feature can be activated one of two ways.
Option 1:
If you are using a separate bell button controller to ring your
bell (like the Lionel Railsounds® No. 5906 bell activation button) you can
activate the feature by pressing and holding the bell button for three seconds
or longer (it doesn’t matter if you are in forward, neutral or reverse). You
will hear the bell
chiming turn on and if
you listen carefully you
should hear an air
release sound after three
seconds have passed at
which time you can
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Put Engine In Neutral,
Forward or Reverse
Press & Hold
The Railsounds® Bell Button
For 3 Seconds
Listen For The
Start Of The Bell Sound
Listen For The
Air Release Sound
After 3 Seconds
