Rail King Caterpillar SD-90MAC Operation Manual - Table Of Contents
Table of Contents
SetUpChecklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
GettingStarted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
A s s e m b l i n g R e a l T r a x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
C o n n e c t i n g t h e T r a n s f o r m e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
L u b r i c a t i n g t h e E n g i n e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CouplingtheEngineandCars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
C h e c k i n g t h e B a t t e r y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
R e m o t e C o n t r o l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
O p e r a t i o n B u t t o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
M a n u a l V o l u m e C o n t r o l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ActivatingProto-Sound2.0ConventionalModeFeatures.........7
F r e i g h t Y a r d S o u n d s ( F Y S ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
T i p s o n U s i n g F Y S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Proto-Coupler O p e r a t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
S p e e d C o n t r o l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
LockintoaDirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
R e s e t t o F a c t o r y D e f a u l t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
A u t o m a t i c S o u n d s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
CareofRemoteControl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
L u b r i c a t i o n a n d G r e a s i n g I n s t r u c t i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
CleaningtheWheels,TiresandTrack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
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BasicOperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Proto-Sound2.0Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
teractiveCDROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5
Troubleshooting
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C o m p a t i b i l i t y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8
T r a n s f o r m e r C o m p a t i b i l i t y C h a r t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8
AdditionalFeatureswithDCSRemoteControlSystem...............19
E x p l o d e d V i e w P a r t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0
ServiceandWarrantyInformation
o c o m o t i v e T r a c t i o n T i r e R e p l a c e m e n t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
L o c o m o t i v e L i g h t B u l b R e p l a c e m e n t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3
CabooseLightBulbReplacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3
S e l f - C h a r g i n g B a t t e r y B a c k - U p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4
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CAUTION:ELECTRICALLYOPERATEDPRODUCT:
Notrecommendedforchildrenunder10yearsofage.M.T.H.recommendsadultsupervisionwithchildrenages10-16.
Aswithallelectricproducts,precautionsshouldbeobservedduringhandlingandusetoreducetheriskofelectricshock.
WARNING:
TransformerRatings:
Whenusingelectricalproducts,basicsafetyprecautionsshouldbeobserved,includingthefollowing:
Readthismanualthoroughlybeforeusingthisdevice.
M.T.H.recommendsthatallusersandpersonssupervisinguseexaminethehobbytransformerandotherelectronicequipment
periodicallyforconditionsthatmayresultintheriskoffire,electricshock,orinjurytopersons,suchasdamagetotheprimary
cord,plugblades,housing,outputjacksorotherparts. Intheeventsuchconditionsexist,thetrainsetshouldnotbeuseduntil
properlyrepaired.
Donotoperateyourlayoutunattended.Obstructedaccessoriesorstalledtrainsmayoverheat,resultingindamagetoyourlayout.
Thistrainsetisintendedforindooruse.Donotuseifwaterispresent.Seriousinjuryorfatalitymayresult.
Toavoidtheriskofelectricalshock,donotdisassemblethetransformerunit.Therearenouser-serviceablepartsinside.Iftheunit
isdamagedcontactM.T.H.Serviceforinstructions.
Thetransformerisequippedwithaninternalcircuitprotector. Ifthecircuitprotectortrips,unplugthepowercordfromthe
electricalwalloutlet,checkyourlayoutforanyshortcircuits. Thecircuitbreakerwillresetautomaticallywhentheshortis
removedfromthecircuit.
Unplugthetransformerfromtheelectricalwalloutletwhennotinuse.
Donotusethistransformerforotherthanitsintendedpurpose.
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Donotoperatethehobbytransformerwithdamagedcord,plug,switches,buttonsorcase.
ThetransformerwasdesignedtooperateonregularUShouseholdcurrent(120volt,50-60Hertz).Donotconnecttoany other
sourceofpower.
t:21VAC,3.75A78VA
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RailKingSD-90MACFreightSetwithProto-Sound®2.0