Rail King Amtrak F59PH Operation Manual - Basic Operation
Basic Operation
ManualVolumeControl
Toadjustthevolumeofallsoundsmade
bythisengine,turnthemastervolume
controlknoblocatedundertheengine
clockwisetoincreasethevolumeand
counter-clockwisetodecreasethevolume.
Horn/Whistle - Tosoundthehorn,
firmlypresstheHorn/Whistle
button.Thehornwillsoundforas
longasyoucontinuetodepressthe
button. Itwillstopwhenyou
releasethebutton.
Bell - Tosoundthebell,firmly
pressandreleasetheBell
button.Toturnthebelloff,
pressandreleasetheBellbutton
again. Thebellwillcontinueto
ringfromthetimeyouturniton
untilyoupressandreleasethe
buttonagaintoturnitoff.
Direction Yourtrainis
programmedtostartinneutral.
Thetrainwillalwayscycle
neutral-forward-neutral-reverse
witheachpressandreleaseofthe
directionbutton. Theengineis
programmedtorestartinneutral
eachtimethetrackvoltageis
turnedofffor25secondsormore.
EmergencyStop Pressthe
EmergencyStopbuttonandall
trainsonthetrackcontrolledby
theremotewillstopuntilyou
reapplyvoltage. Thisisaneasy
waytoshutdownyourtrainsat
theendofasessionortostop
suddenlythetrain'spath
becomesobstructed.
OperationButtons
ThrottleUp ThrottleupthepowertoyourtrackbypressingthetopendoftheThrottle
ControlRockerSwitchfirmlyforabout5seconds,untiltheengine'sheadlightand
lightedcarsburnbright. Thenputtheengineintomotionbyfirmlypressingthe
Directionbutton(holditforapproximately1second)onyourremoteonce. Iftheengine
doesnotbegintomoveassoonasyoufirmlypresstheDirectionbutton,youmaynot
havesentenoughvoltagetothetracktomakethetrainmove. Pressthethrottleupfora
fewmoresecondsuntilthetrainbeginstomove. Toincreaseordecreasetrackvoltage,
andthereforetrainspeed,pressthethrottlecontrolrockerswitch. Pressingthetopendof
thethrottlewillincreasevoltageandspeed. Pressingthebottomendofthethrottlewill
decreasevoltageandspeed. Theenginewillmaintainthespeedyousetafteryourelease
thethrottleuntilyoupressitagaintochangethevoltageandspeed.
increase
6
CyclePhases
Neutral
Neutral
Forward
Reverse
Throttle
CAUTION: Donotmixoldand
newbatteries.Donotmix
alkaline,standard(carbon-zinc),
orrechargeable(nickel-cadnium)
batteries.
RailKingF59PHPassengerSetwithProto-Sound®2.0