Rail King RAILKING GALLOPING GOOSE Operating Instructions Manual - Squeaking Brake Sounds
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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 remembers its last command. Therefore, unless you turn
the bell off before you quit running your Galloping Goose™, the next time
you run the Galloping Goose™, the bell will come on. No matter whether
you come back an hour later or a year later, the bell will begin chiming once
the car enters one of the three directional states.
Unlike most ProtoSound® equipped engines, the Galloping Goose™
version of the ProtoSound® software activates the bell in a slightly different
manner. Normally, the bell is activated by pressing the bell button. With
the Galloping Goose’s™ unique Special Announcements Sounds feature,
the bell button is used to activate the Special Announcements as well as to
control the bell. The ProtoSound® equipped Galloping Goose™ bell can
be controlled by a bell button. To start the bell sound, the operator must
push and release the bell button quickly. Failure to release the button
quickly will activate the Special Announcements Sounds feature which is
described on the following pages.
To turn the bell on using the transformer’s whistle button, turn on power to
the track and cycle the engine into NEUTRAL. Turn the throttle to 8 volts
or less and press the whistle button. The bell should begin chiming. To
turn the bell off, press the whistle button again. If you want to keep the bell
on while running the Galloping Goose™, simply interrupt the power with
the transformer throttle or the transformer directional switch and enter
forward or reverse.
SQUEAKING BRAKE SOUNDS
ProtoSound® equipped engines feature the ability to play the sound of
squeaking brakes whenever your Galloping Goose™ slows in speed. The
Galloping Goose™ is shipped with a default setting that causes the brake
sounds to play while the Galloping Goose™ is in forward or reverse and the
transformer throttle is lowered from a high setting to a low setting (14 volts
to 8 volts or less). The brakes can be turned off through a RESET setting
explained later in this manual The sound itself is a stored record on the
ProtoSounds software chip and will always play the same brake sound for
the same three second length each 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 Galloping Goose™. It is not uncommon