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Rail King DASH-8 DIESEL ENGINE Operating Instructions Manual

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  • Page 1

    R k ail ing by mth electric trains ® railking dash-8 diesel engine operating instructions thank you for purchasing the railking® production of general electric’s dash-8 diesel engine. The engine’s durable abs body and die-cast trucks are traditionally sized for operation on any o-27 gauge track. The...

  • Page 2: Table of Contents

    2 railking dash-8 operating manual table of contents quick start - basic operation 3 protosounds® operating instructions 4 protosound® dcru® reverse unit operation(all 3-rail models) 5 horn operation 5 bell operation 5 protocoupler™ operation 6 squeaking brake sounds 7 tips on using squeaking brakes...

  • Page 3

    3 railking dash-8 operating manual quick start - basic operation the railking dash-8 contains state-of-the art electronics with several built-in automatic features for incredibly realistic operation. Despite these advanced features, the dash-8 is easy to operate with any compatible standard ac trans...

  • Page 4: Protosounds® Operating

    4 railking dash-8 operating manual protosounds® operating instructions the mth protosound® digital sound and train control system provides the operator with unprecedented realistic operation on your model railroad. In addition to actual diesel engine, cd-equivalent 16-bit digital sounds, you get the...

  • Page 5: Horn Operation

    5 railking dash-8 operating manual approximately 2.2 seconds during which you will hear the engine’s startup sounds begin. In order for protosounds® to properly initiate the system check, do not advance the transformer throttle past 10 volts when you first enter reset, wait for the diesel startup so...

  • Page 6: Proto-Coupler™ Operation

    6 railking dash-8 operating manual pushing the button. If you don’t have a separate bell button, the bell can be controlled through your transformer’s whistle button whenever the engine is in neutral. The bell will never ring continuously in reset (remember neutral is the state between forward and r...

  • Page 7: Squeaking Brake Sounds

    7 railking dash-8 operating manual however, you may find that the coupler doesn’t open when firing the coupler at high speeds. Reduce the voltage setting on your transformer if this occurs and run your engine at a slower speed before firing the coupler. If the coupler continues to open erratically, ...

  • Page 8

    8 railking dash-8 operating manual time the voltage is reduced from high to low. Some practice may be required to synchronize the playing of the brake sounds with the movement of the engine. It is not uncommon for the engine to stop before the brake sound is completed. Operators will find that by co...

  • Page 9: Freight Yard Sounds (Fys)

    9 railking dash-8 operating manual freight yard sounds (fys) protosounds® comes equipped with operator controlled freight yard sounds, hereby referred to as fys. This easy to use feature plays digitally reproduced freight yard sounds whenever your engine stops on your layout and is parked in the neu...

  • Page 10: Note:

    10 railking dash-8 operating manual release the bell button. ( note: because the air release sound is hard to hear, we recommend that you count out a full three seconds before releasing the bell button .) the bell will continue to chime, so if you want to turn off the bell ringing, simply press and ...

  • Page 11: Note:

    11 railking dash-8 operating manual activating and triggering freight yard sounds before fys can be heard the feature must be activated first. Activation is accomplished by holding down the bell button for three or more seconds as described in the activating and triggering the squeaking brake sounds...

  • Page 12

    12 railking dash-8 operating manual b. After entering neutral, protosounds® will immediately play an air release sound followed approximately 2 seconds later by a cab chatter arrival message. The arrival message announces what yard the engine has arrived in (the yard is described as either yard a or...

  • Page 13: Note:

    13 railking dash-8 operating manual event 5: the operator now interrupts the transformer throttle again to enter the next fys phase; event 5. Fys confirms to the operator that it has entered the event 5 phase by playing the sound of the freight car door closing. Within 2 seconds of the door closing,...

  • Page 14

    14 railking dash-8 operating manual throttle very high when entering event 3. If the throttle is set too high, then the second locomotive will begin vibrating on the track as its motors will be turning in the reverse state since they cannot be disabled automatically like fys equipped engines. If you...

  • Page 15

    15 railking dash-8 operating manual self-recharging battery backup system protosounds® state-of-the-art design includes a self-recharging battery backup system for improved performance at any speed. The self-recharging battery backup system is automatically turned on or off whenever track power is t...

  • Page 16

    16 railking dash-8 operating manual protosound® volume adjustment your protosound® system has two types of volume adjustment. A manual turn knob on the bottom of the chassis (see fig. 4 below) allows you to control all the sounds in the system and a remote control “reset" option (option # 6), allows...

  • Page 17: Using “Reset" to Program

    17 railking dash-8 operating manual using “reset" to program protosounds® as mentioned earlier, there are several programmable options in each protosound® equipped engine that can be remotely set from any compatible standard ac transformer equipped with a whistle button. For a list of compatible tra...

  • Page 18: Setting The Engine Volume

    18 railking dash-8 operating manual times the throttle is advanced by playing back the number of “clinks" and “clanks" to confirm the feature you’ve selected. Setting the engine volume of all the sounds that come with each protosound® equipped locomotive, the one most often turned down is that of th...

  • Page 19: Controller

    19 railking dash-8 operating manual programming for a separate bell button controller to operate protosounds® with a separate bell button controller, like the lionel® no. 5906 bell button, you will need to wire up the controller to your transformer and track as shown in fig. 5. Once the button is wi...

  • Page 20: Operation

    20 railking dash-8 operating manual feature 45. (see the section using reset to program protosounds® on page 17). Once in feature 45, press the whistle button and wait for the module to sound a bell ding(s). Continue pressing the whistle button until the module plays back one ding for option 1 - squ...

  • Page 21

    21 railking dash-8 operating manual now, whenever you are in neutral, you can blow the horn with the transformer whistle button. To reset protosounds® to its original factory setting of no horn in neutral, repeat the above procedure but keep pressing the whistle button in feature 25 until protosound...

  • Page 22

    22 railking dash-8 operating manual programming for protocoupler operation protosounds® comes with a reset feature that allows the operator to remotely turn off the protocoupler™ functions. This is especially useful when double or triple-heading protosound® equipped engines since every engine equipp...

  • Page 23

    23 railking dash-8 operating manual that the fys features have been turned off). Simply turn the transformer throttle off and then on again to lock in the new setting. To reset protosounds® to its original factory setting of squeaking brakes and fys on, repeat the above procedure but keep pressing t...

  • Page 24: Factory Defaults

    24 railking dash-8 operating manual resetting all protosound® options to factory defaults protosounds® is equipped with a reset feature (feature 18) that resets all programmable options back to their original factory settings. This is a useful feature if you find your engine not operating the way yo...

  • Page 25: Reverse

    25 railking dash-8 operating manual reverse unit lock-out operation protosounds® unique design eliminates the need for a lock-out switch on the locomotive by allowing the customer to lock the engine into any directional state (forward, neutral or reverse) from the transformer. This will allow users ...

  • Page 26: Manual Reverse Unit Lockout

    26 railking dash-8 operating manual note: when locking the engine in the forward or reverse positions, the whistle button will blow the horn. But when locking the engine into the neutral position, the whistle button may turn on or off sounds of the bell, coupler arming or coupler firing depending on...

  • Page 27

    27 railking dash-8 operating manual oil & lubrication instructions in order for the engine to perform correctly and quietly, it is important that the chassis be lubricated before operation. Lubrication should include all truck block bushings and pickup rollers to prevent them from squeaking. Use lig...

  • Page 28: Traction Tire Replacement

    28 railking dash-8 operating manual the truck block and lightly coat the motor worm gear and bronze drive gear (in the truck block) with grease. Reassemble the truck and motor, being careful not to pinch the pickup and ground wires between the truck block and motor mount. Repeat the procedure for th...

  • Page 29: Headlight Replacement

    29 railking dash-8 operating manual over the wheel. If a twist occurs, the tire will have to be removed and reinstalled or a noticeable wobble in your engine will occur when operating the locomotive. In addition, it is important to make sure that the tire is fully seated inside the groove. Any porti...

  • Page 30: Problems

    30 railking dash-8 operating manual trouble shooting protosound® problems although protosound® has been designed and engineered for ease of use, some questions may arise during initial operation. The following table should answer most questions. If you find that your problem can’t be resolved with t...

  • Page 31

    31 railking dash-8 operating manual coupler problems remedy the protocoupler won’t let the engine uncouple on the “fly”. The power required to fire the coupler open when the engine is on the “fly” may be greater than the protosound system is capable of providing. As a result, you may experience time...

  • Page 32

    32 railking dash-8 operating manual battery problems remedy i get no sounds when the engine shifts between the direction states. The battery may be dead or needs charging. See the battery backup section for more information. After i turn off my transformer, my engine continues to make sounds before ...

  • Page 33

    33 railking dash-8 operating manual fys problems remedy the fys feature does not begin even after stopping the engine and hearing the brake sounds. The power was not turned back on once the engine enter the neutral state thus disabling fys.The transformer throttle was interrupted too quickly in neut...

  • Page 34

    34 railking dash-8 operating manual protosound reset feature chart the following chart lists the available features found in your protosound® equipped locomotive. The default settings for each feature as well as the operation sequence of the feature are listed in separate columns. You can reset all ...

  • Page 35: Transformer Wiring Chart

    35 railking dash-8 operating manual transformer wiring chart protosounds® is designed to work with any standard ac transformer that uses a “pure sine-wave" format. The chart below lists the many lionel® compatible transformers, such as the lionel kw or zw models. In addition, the chart details how t...

  • Page 36: O-27 Operation

    O-27 operation while the railking dash-8 diesel is more than capable of operating on o-27 curves and switches, you may find that certain light freight cars are prone to derailing when being pulled or pushed by the railking dash-8 through o-27 switches. Should this occur, we suggest adding weight to ...