Operating instructions

RailKing 4-Car Subway Set Operating Manual

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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 car, the next time you run the car,

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 Subway Set 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

Subway Set’s unique Subway Announcement Sounds feature, the bell

button is used to activate the Subway Announcements as well as to control

the bell. In addition, since most Subways only used the bell to signal a start

or stop sequence and rarely ran with the bell constantly running, use of the

bell was normally quite limited. Nevertheless, the ProtoSound® equipped

Subway Set bell can be controlled by a bell button. Instead of pushing the

button on to start the bell sound, the operator must push and release the bell

button quickly. Failure to release the button quickly will activate the

Subway Announcement 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 car, simply interrupt the power with the transformer

throttle or the transformer directional switch and enter forward or reverse.

PROTO-COUPLER™ OPERATION

Your RailKing Subway ProtoSound-equipped car contains a coil-wound

ProtoCoupler® for remote uncoupling action. The coupler is mounted on

the front power truck. Because the ProtoCoupler is controlled through

ProtoSound’s microprocessor, it doesn’t require an uncoupling track section

or modification to your layout to function. The three simple steps below

are required to operate the coupler.

1. Put your engine in NEUTRAL and turn the throttle all the

way up.

2. Press the transformer whistle button to “Arm" the coupler.

(You will hear a “Clank")