Rail King Amtrak F59PH Operation Manual - page 18
Volume
Remedy
The soundsseemdistorted,especiallywhen
theHornorbellisactivated.
NoSound
Proto-Sound2.0volumeissettoohigh. Turnthe
volumecontrolknobonthebottomofthechassis
counter-clockwisetoreducethevolume.
Volumeissettoolow,adjustvolumecontrolknob
onthebottomofthechassisclockwisetoincrease
thevolumeorcheckconnectortospeaker.
Battery
Remedy
The e ngine w illnotleavetheinitialneutral
setting.
Igetnosoundswhentheengineshifts
betweendirections.
AfterIturnoffmytransformer,myengine
continuestomakesoundsbeforequitting.
Checktobesurethebatteryisinstalledandfully
charged. Seethe"Self-ChargingBatteryBack-
Up"section.
Thebatterymaybedeadorneedtobecharged.
Seethe"Self-ChargingBatteryBack-Up"section.
Proto-Sound2.0isdesignedtocontinuetosound
forafewsecondsafterpowertothetrackhas
beenshutofftoallowforamorerealisticshut-
down.
PSA
Remedy
The PSAsoundsoccasionallyrepeat
themselves.
OnceinPSA,theenginedoesn'tgointo
reverse.
WhenthePSAentersitslastsequencethe
bellautomaticallycomeson.
WhenPSAisenabled,pressingtheHornand
bell b uttonshasnoeffect.
IpushtheDirectionbuttonbutthenext
soundclipinthesequencedoesnotplayor
theenginedoesnotcomeoutofPSAafter
thefourthpressoftheDirectionbutton.
Proto-Sound2.0hasabuilt-inrandomnumber
generatorthatrandomlyselectseachsoundclip
toplay. Becausetherearealimitednumberof
soundclipsavailableineachPSAsequence,it
isprobablethatsomeofthesesoundclipswill
berepeatedfromtimetotime.
SothatPSAeffectscanbeasrealisticas
possible,Proto-Sound2.0disablesthereversing
unitwheneverPSAisenabled. Thiswaythe
engineremainsstillatitsstopastheoperator
cyclesthroughthePSAsequences.
PSAisprogrammedto startringingthebelland
thentoputtheengineinmotionatthatpoint.
Afterapproximately15rings ofthebell,itwill
automaticallyturnoff.
BecausePSAmustcontrolvariouseffectsin
eachsequence, Proto-Sound2.0takescontrolof
thesesoundeffectsuntilyouexitPSA.
EachPSAclipmustplayforacertainamount
oftimebeforePSAwilladvancetothenext
stepinthePSAcycle. Waitatleast30seconds
ineachPSAsoundclipbeforepressingthe
Directionbutton.
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RailKingF59PHPassengerSetwithProto-Sound®2.0