Operating instructions

RailKing 4-Car Subway Set Operating Manual

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SUBWAY ANNOUNCEMENTS (TAS)

ProtoSounds® is now equipped with operator controlled Subway

announcement sounds, hereby known as TAS. This easy to use feature

plays digitally reproduced Subway announcements and platform action

sounds whenever you activate and stop your Subway Set car. No additional

wires or modifications are needed on your layout to enjoy these amazing

sound effects, though an option does exist that allows you to completely

automate your Subway run activating the sounds at user specified locations.

The sounds themselves are randomly generated and randomly “shuffled” on

the ProtoSounds software chip. This gives the system the ability to produce

different sounds in a different order each time the TAS feature is enabled.

These different sounds are heard each time you cycle the transformer

throttle from on to off in the same manner that you would cycle the throttle

to enter the various states of forward, neutral and reverse. The entire TAS

sequence is designed to simulate the arrival, disembarking, embarking, and

departure of a Subway Set stop. The sounds include the Subway driver

announcing the stop and the upcoming stop, passenger disembarking and

embarking sounds, driver to passenger requests, door openings and closing

and general subway platform action sounds. Each is described in more

detail in the following sections.

ACTIVATING SUBWAY SOUNDS

Your ProtoSounds® equipped engine features an operator controlled

Subway announcement sound set that can be activated in one of three ways,

in automatic mode, manual mode or in layout controlled mode. Once

activated, this easy to use feature plays digitally reproduced sounds of a

Subway stop.

Option 1 - Automatic Mode: If you are using a separate bell button

controller to ring your bell (like the Lionel Railsounds No. 5906 bell

activation button) you can activate the feature by entering forward or

reverse and pressing and holding the bell button for one second to signal the

subway set to activate

the TAS feature.

Continued holding of

the bell button will be

followed by a special

“air let-off” sound

Psst, Psst

Put Engine In

Forward or Reverse

Press & Hold

The Railsounds® Bell Button

For 3 Seconds

Listen For The

Air Let Off Sound