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Rail King Genesis Diesel Engine Operating Instructions Manual

Manual is about: DIESEL ENGINE

Summary of Genesis Diesel Engine

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    Railking e-8 aa diesel engine operating instructions thank you for purchasing the railking production of general motor’s e-8 aa diesel engine. The engine’s durable abs body and die-cast trucks are traditionally sized for operation on any o-31 gauge track. The engine should operate for years with any...

  • Page 2: Table of Contents

    2 railking e-8 aa operating manual table of contents quick start - basic operation 3 protosounds™ operating instructions 4 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 8 passenger...

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

  • Page 4: Protosound® Instructions

    4 railking e-8 aa operating manual protosound® 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 following ...

  • Page 5: Horn Operation

    5 railking e-8 aa operating manual system, transformer and engine are operating correctly. This takes 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 1...

  • Page 6: Proto-Coupler™ Operation

    6 railking e-8 aa operating manual like the lionel® railsounds® no. 5906 bell button, by simply 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 ...

  • Page 7: Squeaking Brake Sounds

    7 railking e-8 aa operating manual when the knuckle fires open you will hear the buzzing of the coil energizing and the sound of the air lines coming apart. It can best be described as a cha-chushhh sound. The coupler doesn't have to be fired in neutral. Once the coupler is armed it can be fired in ...

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    8 railking e-8 aa 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: Activating Passenger Sounds

    9 railking e-8 aa operating manual passenger announcements (pfa) protosounds is now equipped with operator controlled passenger station announcements, hereby known as pfa. This easy to use feature plays digitally reproduced passenger station sounds whenever your engine stops at a train station on yo...

  • Page 10: Note:

    10 railking e-8 aa operating manual the bell chiming turn on and if you listen carefully you should hear a horn blast sound after three seconds have passed at which time you can release the bell button. ( note: because the air release sound is hard to hear, we recommend that you count out a full thr...

  • Page 11: Station Announcements

    11 railking e-8 aa operating manual activating and triggering passenger station announcements before pfa 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 passenger ...

  • Page 12: Event  3  (Reverse)

    12 railking e-8 aa operating manual ii. After entering neutral, protosounds will immediately play an air release sound followed approximately two seconds later by an arrival message. The arrival message lists the train by name and the track it arrived on (the track is identified as either track 1 or...

  • Page 13: Event 5.  (Forward)

    13 railking e-8 aa operating manual entered the neutral before forward phase by emitting two quick air release sounds. This is followed by a public address message that the train on track 1 or 2 (whichever track number the arriving public address message stated) is now boarding. Upon completion of t...

  • Page 14: Tip #1:

    14 railking e-8 aa operating manual tips on using the pfa features pfa is a unique feature of protosounds that is completely controlled by the operator. You decide how, when or if you want to utilize the feature. By reviewing following tips you should find solutions or suggestions to the various ope...

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    15 railking e-8 aa 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...

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    16 railking e-8 aa 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 e-8 aa 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 tran...

  • Page 18: Setting The Engine Volume

    18 railking e-8 aa 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 the...

  • Page 19: Controller

    19 railking e-8 aa 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 wir...

  • Page 20: Operation

    20 railking e-8 aa 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...

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    21 railking e-8 aa operating manual 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 protosounds only dings on...

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    22 railking e-8 aa 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 equipped ...

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    23 railking e-8 aa operating manual that the pfa 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 pfa on, repeat the above procedure but keep pressing t...

  • Page 24: Factory Defaults

    24 railking e-8 aa 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 e-8 aa operating manual reverse unit lock-out operation protosound’s 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 ...

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    26 railking e-8 aa 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...

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    27 railking e-8 aa 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 e-8 aa operating manual once the motor mount screw has been removed, pull the motor away from 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 wire...

  • Page 29: Headlight Replacement

    29 railking e-8 aa operating manual tire over the wheel. Be careful to avoid twisting the tire when stretching it 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 imp...

  • Page 30: Problems

    30 railking e-8 aa 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...

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    31 railking e-8 aa 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...

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    32 railking e-8 aa 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 ...

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    33 railking e-8 aa operating manual pfa problems remedy the pfa 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 pfa. The transformer throttle was interrupted too quickly in neu...

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    34 railking e-8 aa 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 f...

  • Page 35: Transformer Wiring Chart

    35 railking e-8 aa 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-31 Operation

    36 railking e-8 aa operating manual o-31 operation while the railking e-8 aa diesel set is more than capable of operating on o-31 curves and switches, you may find that certain light freight cars are prone to derailing when being pulled or pushed by the railking e-8 aa through o-31 switches. Should ...

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  • Page 42: Limited One Year Warranty

    Service & warranty information how to get service under the terms of the limited one year warranty for warranty repair, do not return your product to the place of purchase unless it was purchased from mike’s train house in columbia, md. Instead, follow the instructions below to obtain warranty servi...