Rail King R-17 Subway Set Operation Manual - Basic Operation
Basic Operation
Throttle
Throttle up the power to your track. Advance the throttle until 12 – 16 volts is
applied, then put the subway set into forward motion by either firmly pressing the
Direction button on your transformer or remote once or dropping and advancing the
throttle.
Bell
- To sound the bell, quickly press and release the Bell button. If you press the button
for too long, you will trigger the Transit Announcement Sounds described later in this
book. To turn the bell off, press and release the Bell button again. The bell will continue to
ring from the time you turn it on until you press and release the button again to turn it off.
Horn/Whistle -
To sound the horn, firmly press the Horn/Whistle button. The horn will
sound for as long as you continue to depress the button. It will stop when you release the
button. The horn has four different endings, depending on whether you hold the button for
less than three seconds, three seconds, four seconds, or five seconds or longer.
Direction
Your train is programmed to start in neutral. The first direction from neutral
upon start-up is forward. Firmly press and release the Direction button to allow the engine
to move forward. Just as you must stop your automobile between forward and reverse, this
engine will not go directly from forward to reverse; it goes into neutral between directions.
If the train has been moving forward, the first press
of the Direction button will put the train from
forward into neutral, the second press into reverse,
the third press back into neutral, and the fourth back
into forward. To prevent accidental high-speed start-
ups, this engine is programmed to restart in neutral
each time the track voltage is turned off for
approximately 25 seconds or more.
Manual Volume Control
To adjust the volume of all sounds made by this engine, turn the master volume control
knob located under the powered unit (See Figure 2) clockwise to increase the volume and
counter-clockwise to decrease the volume.
Cycle Phases
Neutral
Neutral
Forward
Reverse
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R-17 Subway Set with Proto-Sound® 2.0
Figure 2: Manual Volume Adjustment
Manual Volume Adjustment