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Rail King RAILKING GALLOPING GOOSE Operating Instructions Manual

Summary of RAILKING GALLOPING GOOSE

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    R k ail ing by mth electric trains ® railking galloping goose™ operating instructions thank you for purchasing the railking galloping goose™ . The car’s durable abs body and die-cast trucks are built to ¼ inch scale proportions yet can provide hours of operation on o-27 gauge track. The car should o...

  • Page 2: Table of Contents

    2 railking galloping goose™ operating manual table of contents quick start - basic operation 3 proto-sounds-® operating instructions 4 proto-sound® dcru® reverse unit operation(all 3-rail models) 4 horn operation 5 bell operation 5 squeaking brake sounds 6 tips on using squeaking brakes 7 self-recha...

  • Page 3

    3 railking galloping goose™ operating manual quick start - basic operation the railking galloping goose™ contains state-of-the art electronics with several built-in automatic features for incredibly realistic operation. Despite these advanced features, the galloping goose™ is easy to operate with an...

  • Page 4: Proto-Sound® Operating

    4 railking galloping goose™ operating manual proto-sound® 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 galloping goose™ cd-equivalent 16-bit digital sounds,...

  • Page 5: Horn Operation

    5 railking galloping goose™ operating manual then slowly turn the transformer throttle to the off position and then back on again to enter the forward phase. Interrupting the power too quickly may cause the system to re-enter reset (signaled by two dings of the bell). Should this happen, wait longer...

  • Page 6: Squeaking Brake Sounds

    6 railking galloping goose™ operating manual when the galloping goose™ is cycled into forward or reverse until you press and release the bell button or re-enter neutral and turn the bell off with the whistle button. In fact, because of protosounds® state-of-the-art design, the microprocessor remembe...

  • Page 7

    7 railking galloping goose™ operating manual for the galloping goose™ to stop before the brake sound is completed. Operators will find that by coordinating the movement of the throttle setting from 8 volts to off will allow the galloping goose™ to maintain its movement while the brake sounds play. N...

  • Page 8

    8 railking galloping goose™ 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 p...

  • Page 9: Special Announcements (Sas)

    9 railking galloping goose™ operating manual special announcements (sas) protosounds® is now equipped with operator controlled galloping goose™ announcement sounds, hereby known as sas. This easy to use feature plays digitally reproduced galloping goose™ announcements and street action sounds whenev...

  • Page 10: Option 2 Manual Mode

    10 railking galloping goose™ operating manual and precisely control where the galloping goose™ does finally stop. This option is the default setting for the sas feature. Once the bell button is released, the galloping goose™ will come to an automatic stop even though power to the track has not been ...

  • Page 11

    11 railking galloping goose™ operating manual option 3 - automatic layout configuration the sas feature in the galloping goose™ can be automatically triggered on a layout by configuring insulated pieces of track near the designated galloping goose™ stops around the layout. The insulated track sectio...

  • Page 12

    12 railking galloping goose™ operating manual tips on using the sas features sas is a unique feature of protosounds® that can be completely controlled by the operator or automatically configured on the layout. You decide how, when or if you want to utilize the feature. By reviewing the following tip...

  • Page 13: Using “Reset” to Program

    13 railking galloping goose™ 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. 1, on page 3) allows you to control all the sounds in the system and a remote control “reset" option (opti...

  • Page 14: Setting The Engine Volume

    14 railking galloping goose™ operating manual for example, if you want to select feature 2, you put the galloping goose™ in reset, and move the throttle up and down from full throttle to low two times. After the second advance, you will hear two “clinks" indicating that the computer is now in featur...

  • Page 15: Controller

    15 railking galloping goose™ operating manual the level you have chosen until you change it again. Regardless of the engine volume setting, the horn, bell, compressor and sas sounds will function normally. In fact because only the engine volume is affected by selections in feature 6, when you select...

  • Page 16: Operation

    16 railking galloping goose™ operating manual programming for squeaking brake operation protosounds® can be programmed for squeaking brake operation in three different manners; (1)squeaking brakes can be activated by bell button control, (2)they can be programmed for continuous operation subject to ...

  • Page 17

    17 railking galloping goose™ operating manual whistle button and wait for protosounds® to sound a bell ding(s). Continue pressing the whistle button until protosounds® sounds two bell dings (signifying that protosounds® has been programmed to sound the horn in neutral). Turn the throttle off and the...

  • Page 18: Factory Defaults

    18 railking galloping goose™ operating manual activating remote lock-out control protosound® equipped engines feature a reset setting that allows the operator to remotely “lock” the engine into forward, neutral or reverse. This is especially useful on layouts that feature “blocked” track sections. T...

  • Page 19: Forward Or Reverse

    19 railking galloping goose™ operating manual time. To reset all the reset features back to their original factory settings, enter reset and go to feature 18. (see the section entitled using reset to program protosounds® on page 13). Once in feature 18, press the transformer whistle button and wait ...

  • Page 20: Neutral

    20 railking galloping goose™ operating manual locking the galloping goose™ into neutral to lock the galloping goose™ into the neutral position, put the galloping goose™ in neutral and with the throttle still on, press and hold the whistle button. While the whistle button is being pressed, turn off t...

  • Page 21

    21 railking galloping goose™ operating manual oil & lubrication instructions in order for the galloping goose™ 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 fro...

  • Page 22: Traction Tire Replacement

    22 railking galloping goose™ operating manual 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 wires between the truck block and motor mount. When reassem...

  • Page 23: Light Bulb Replacement

    23 railking galloping goose™ operating manual light bulb replacement the galloping goose contains two 1.5 volt headlight bulbs and one 6 volt interior light bulb. To replace the light bulbs, first remove the car body by removing the four screws that attach the car body from underneath the carbody fr...

  • Page 24: Problems

    24 railking galloping goose™ 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 resol...

  • Page 25

    25 railking galloping goose™ operating manual lockout problems remedy i can’t get the engine to run after i power up the transformer. It sits still with the lights on. The engine is locked out into the neutral position. Follow the unlocking proceedures in the lockout section. The engine won’t lock o...

  • Page 26

    26 railking galloping goose™ operating manual reset problems remedy when i first turn the power on, the engine will not begin to run. I have to turn the throttle off and then on again to get the engine to operate. This is normal behavior. When power to the track is first turned on, protosounds enter...

  • Page 27

    27 railking galloping goose™ operating manual sas problems remedy the sas feature does not begin even after stopping the engine and hearing the brake sounds. The power was disconnected once the car entered the neutral state thus disabling sas.The transformer throttle was interrupted after the car st...

  • Page 28: Transformer Wiring Chart

    28 railking galloping goose™ 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 det...

  • Page 29

    29 railking galloping goose™ 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 ...

  • Page 30

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  • Page 32: 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...