Rapido Trains FL9 Manuallines - Horns
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F19 Air Release
This makes an air release sound. Ahhhhh....
HORNS
There are two extra horn recordings included with your FL9, and you can change them
around by changing the value of CV 48. The default is the Hancock Air Whistle, which
was a New Haven staple and the horn these locomotives used for most of their service
lives. The K5LA and the Leslie S2 were for later editions for Amtrak and Metro-North/
ConnDOT, respectively.
CV48-0 Hancock Air Whistle
CV48-1 Nathan K5LA
CV48-2 Leslie S2
Note that you can only change the horn on a programming track or using a LokProgram-
mer.
SOUND VOLUME SETTINGS
The sound volume settings have been designed by Bill to be layout friendly. That means
that they will not sound particularly loud if you are used to other manufacturers’ locomo-
tives BLASTING at full volume out of the box. They will also not sound particularly loud
if you are going deaf like Jason. (He’s modeling Spadina Yard with its engine terminal
and 40 idling locomotives. You should be able to hear his layout from Buffalo.) You can
easily make the sounds louder if you regularly operate your locomotives at shopping
malls, train shows, or on airport runways. If you want the sounds to be even louder, we
suggest you give up scale modeling and go buy a real FL9.
You can also adjust the relative volume levels of the different elements of the sound
recordings. Jason demanded that Bill “turn that darn thing down!” when he heard the
bell volume. If you are the type of guy who wants his FL9 bell heard in the next county,
you have lots of room to increase its volume. Ours is set at level 25 of a possible 128.
To set the volume levels go into the program mode on your DCC system (refer to your
system’s manual for instructions on how to do this as each system is slightly different);
enter the desired CV number; then enter the desired levels. Note that this can be done
either on a programming track or on the main (ops mode) if your DCC system supports
programming on the main.
We strongly recommend that you keep notes on which settings you have changed and
which values were used. If you ever need to do a reset on the decoder (see “Factory
Reset” below) then having good notes will allow you to easily re-enter any changes that
you might want to keep.