Summary of F40PH-2D
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Rebuild operator’s manual franÇais au verso.
Page 2: Contact Us!
2 rebuilt f40ph-2d locomotive product guidelines thank you for purchasing this model of via rail canada’s unique rebuilt f40ph-2d lo- comotive. Let’s start these instructions by clearing up some nomenclature issues. There is no such thing as an f40ph-3. That is a made-up railfan term. If you speak t...
Page 3: Table of Contents
3 table of contents break-in ................................................................................................................. 4 checking and adjusting your locomotive ................................................................... 4 missing or damaged parts ........................
Page 4: Break-In
4 break-in every locomotive needs a break-in period. Your rebuilt f40ph-2d – fred – has been tested at the factory for about two minutes. That is not enough time to get the gears to mesh nicely or to even out any jerky operation in a new motor. We suggest that, after reading this manual, you put you...
Page 5: Removing The Shell
5 about our limited lifetime warranty can be found towards the end of this manual. If you are one of the few people who bought a resin ripoff of our original f40 tooling and you want us to send you a chassis to run it on, we politely ask you to never contact us again about anything. Ever. We have no...
Page 6: Installing A Dcc Decoder
6 forward). The light on the rear of the locomotive is only used when switching and cannot be turned on using a dc controller. If you are new to the hobby (or just like to occasionally “play trains”) and you have a dc-powered train set, please contact us before operating your f40ph-2d as it may not ...
Page 7: Operation – Dc (Sound)
7 operation – dc (sound) to operate your sound-equipped rebuilt f40ph-2d locomotive on a dc layout, just give the throttle some juice. The engine will start up once sufficient voltage has been reached (around seven volts). See the note above (in operation – dc (silent)) about using train- set or lar...
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8 prototypical operation – dcc (sound) we put a lot of time and effort into our original f40ph-2d to get it to operate the hep (head end power) in a prototypical fashion, and we’re frankly a bit disappointed that via has rebuilt the engines to make them more efficient as we can’t use our original f4...
Page 9: Locomotive Address
9 xenon light the xenon light (or hid – high intensity discharge light) is used all the time as an ad- ditional light source to illuminate the right of way. The light provides a bright almost spotlight effect that shines out ahead of the locomotive to give the engineer even better visibility and to ...
Page 10: Turn On The Sound
10 if you have a really old dcc system, you may find that this locomotive won’t work at all – nor will many other new models. Go update dcc your system to a newer version. Your computer is updated regularly. Your dcc system should be updated as well. If your sounds do not operate correctly on a digi...
Page 11: Functions: More Information
11 functions: more information f1 bell your f40ph-2d is programmed with an accurate via e-bell. In fact, it’s programmed with both accurate via e-bells. The default is “jingy jingy.” if you want “ching, ching” you need to set cv48 to a value of 64. If you want to put it back to “jingy jingy” then re...
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12 turned on “full throttle” and be back at that speed step when you turn “full throttle” off. Otherwise your f40 may fly like a bird. F5 turn on/off hep f5 will turn on the cat engine. Pressing f5 again turns it off. Please refer to the proto- typical operation – dcc (sound) section above. F6 ditch...
Page 13: Horns
13 boards back on after a power failure. If you want to turn off the number boards, press f19. But really there isn’t much point. Lit number boards are pretty. F23 brake release on/off this function turns off the brake release and brake set sounds when you start or stop mov- ing, respectively. It ha...
Page 14: Factory Reset
14 rebuilt f40ph-2d sound volume settings function cv default range your value master volume 63 190 0-192 diesel volume 259 128 0-128 horn volume 275 100 0-128 bell (f1 only) volume 283 128 0-128 coupler sound volume 291 128 0-128 dynamic brake fan volume 299 100 0-128 emergency horn volume 307 128 ...
Page 15: More Information
15 smoother operation. It’s called the automatic motor tuning feature. This feature will automatically adjust the back-emf in most cases and give you phenomenal slow-speed performance. In order to use this automatic adjustment you need to use ops mode programming, i.E. Programming on the main. Make ...
Page 16: Acknowledgements
16 of course, damage caused by playing demolition diesel, running your locomotive through baking soda “snow” for a photo shoot to impress your facebook friends, pos- ing it for a photo on the nose of a real rebuilt f40ph-2d locomotive moving at more than 10mph, setting the throttle to maximum while ...