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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Prototype History................................................................................................4
Break-In ............................................................................................................5
How to Hold your RS-18 .....................................................................................5
Checking and Adjusting Your Locomotive ..............................................................5
Missing or Damaged Parts ..................................................................................6
Removing the Shell .............................................................................................6
Operation – DC (Silent) ......................................................................................8
Installing a Silent DCC Decoder ...........................................................................8
Operation – DC (Sound) .....................................................................................9
Operation – DCC (Sound) .................................................................................10
• Locomotive Address .............................................................................11
• Turn On the Sound ...............................................................................11
• Functions ............................................................................................12
• Functions: More Information ..................................................................12
• Horns and Bells ....................................................................................16
• Sound Volume Settings .........................................................................16
• Sound Volume Settings Chart ................................................................17
• Factory Reset ......................................................................................17
• Awesome Slow Speed Thingy ...............................................................18
• More Information ................................................................................18
Limited Warranty ............................................................................................18
Acknowledgements .........................................................................................19
RS-18 DCC FUNCTIONS
F0 Headlight
F10 Brake
F1 Bell
F11 Classification Lights
F2 Horn
F12 Switching Mode
F3 Flange Squeal
F14 Head-End Power
F4 Dynamic Brake
F16 Steam Generator
F5 Doppler Horn
F18 Ground Lights
F6 Ditch Lights (if equipped)
F19 Number Board Lights
F7 Dim the Headlights
F20 Spitter Valve
F8 Startup/Mute/Shutdown
F21 Brake Wheel (Ratchet)
F9 Full Throttle
Sound-equipped Rapido models feature ESU Loksound V5
decoders. For more information, please visit www.esu.eu.