Rail King Amtrak F59PH Operation Manual - page 7
Proto-Sound 2.0 Operating Instructions
ThismanualcontainstheoperatinginstructionsforProto-Sound2.0inconventional
modeonly. InstructionsforaccessingDCScommandmodefeaturesaccompanythe
DCSRemoteControlSystemequipment.
ActivatingProto-Sound2.0ConventionalModeFeatures:
Eachsequencedescribedbelowwillplayas
longasitislefton,randomlygeneratingsounds,butbesuretoallowapproximately
30secondsbetweenthebuttonpushesdescribedbelowtoallowthePSAsufficient
timetorunthrougheachsequence.
Proto-Sound2.0featuresareactivatedbysequencesofBellandHornbuttonpushes
describedbelow. Pleasereadthefulldescriptionsofeachfeaturebeforeusingit.Touse
thesebuttonstoactivatefeaturesratherthantoblowthehornorringthebell,youshould
tapthebuttonsveryquicklywitha½-secondpausebetweenbuttonpresses. Youmay
needtopracticeyourtimingtomakethisworksmoothly.
Yourengineisequippedwithasoundpackageofpassengerstationannouncementsthat
youcanplaywhenyoupullintoastation.
TocuethesoundsystemtoplaythePSA,quicklybutfirmlytaptheBellbuttononce
followedby2quicktapsoftheHornbuttonwhiletheengineismoving. Tapthe
buttonsquicklybutallowapproximately½secondbetweeneachpress.
PresstheDirectionbuttononcetostoptheengine. Thiswilltriggerthefirst
sequenceofPSA.Thereverseunitistemporarilydisabledsothatthetrainwillnot
moveasyouusetheDirectionbuttontotriggerthesounds,andProto-Sound2.0has
disabledoperatorcontrolovertheHornandBellbuttonsuntilthefullPSAsequence
iscomplete.
Afterwaitingabout30secondsforthatsequencetorun,presstheDirectionbutton
againtotriggerthesecondsequenceofPSA.
Afterabout30seconds,presstheDirectionbuttonagaintotriggerthethirdPSA
sequence.
Again,afterallowingabout30secondsforthatsequencetorun,presstheDirection
Passengerstationannouncements(PSA):
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Featureto BeActivated
Button Code:
PassengerStationAnnouncements
FiretheRearCoupler
FiretheFrontCoupler
SpeedControlOn/Off
LockintoaDirection
ResettoFactoryDefaults
1Bell,2Horns
1Bell,3Horns
1Bell,4Horns
1Horn,2Bells(fromNeutralonly)
1Horn,3Bells
1Horn,5Bells(fromNeutralonly)
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TimingChart
Total TimeLaps e : 1
Seconds
½
Press
Horn
Short&
F irm
½Sec.
Pause
½Sec.
Pause
Press
Bell
S h o r t &
Firm
Press
Bell
Short &
Firm
RailKingF59PHPassengerSetwithProto-Sound®2.0