This document provides comprehensive instructions for the Carrera DIGITAL 132 racetrack system, specifically for the 30139 NASCAR set. It covers assembly, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting, ensuring users can fully enjoy their racing experience.
Function Description
The Carrera DIGITAL 132 system is a digital slot car racing track designed for enthusiasts to race up to six cars simultaneously on a 1:24 scale track. Key functionalities include:
- Multi-Car Racing: Allows up to six cars to race on the same track, with individual speed control for each car.
- Lane Changing: Features special track sections that enable cars to change lanes, adding strategic depth to races.
- Digital Control: Utilizes a Black Box for centralized control of car coding, speed, braking, fuel tank capacity, and race modes.
- Pace Car Function: Allows one car to operate autonomously as a pace car, driving at a set speed and entering the pit stop automatically.
- Autonomous Car Function: Enables a car to drive independently at a programmed speed, useful for practice or demonstration.
- Pit Stop Functions: Supports refuelling, where cars can enter a pit stop to replenish their fuel, with visual cues (flashing lights) indicating fuel levels.
- Race Modes: Offers both "Training Mode" for practice and "Race Mode" with a starting sequence and false start detection.
- Light Function: Cars feature working lights that can be switched on or off via the speed controller.
- Compatibility: While primarily a digital system, it includes instructions for programming DIGITAL 132 cars for use on Evolution (analogue) tracks.
Usage Features
The manual details various features to enhance the user's racing experience:
- Assembly: Provides step-by-step instructions for assembling the track, including connecting track sections with clips, installing guard rails, and setting up raised sections. It emphasizes the importance of a flat, non-carpeting surface for track construction to avoid static charging and flammability issues.
- Electrical Connection: Guides users on connecting the transformer to the Black Box and plugging in speed controllers, stressing the use of original Carrera DIGITAL 132 components for proper function and safety.
- Car Preparation: Explains how to optimize car performance by adjusting magnet units and spacing plates, which influence the magnetic effect on the track. It also covers the importance of fanning out contact brushes for continuous driving and regular cleaning.
- Car Coding/Decoding: Instructs users on how to code individual cars to specific speed controllers, allowing personalized control. The process involves placing the car on the track, pressing the lane-change button, lifting and replacing the car, and repeating the button press. Decoding is achieved by holding the car.
- Setting Basic Speed and Braking Effect: Users can program the basic speed and braking intensity for each car using the speed controller and lane-change button, offering customizable driving dynamics.
- Setting Fuel Tank Capacity: Explains how to activate the refuelling function and set the fuel tank capacity for each car, adding a strategic element to races. Cars will slow down or stutter when low on fuel, prompting a pit stop.
- Lane Changing Operation: Clearly outlines that the lane-change button must be kept depressed until the car has fully passed the point to successfully change lanes.
- Safety Instructions: Highlights critical safety warnings, including the product's unsuitability for children under 36 months due to small parts, the danger of magnets, and the importance of regular inspection of components for damage. It also advises against outdoor or wet operation and warns about the risk of injury from catapulted cars.
Maintenance Features
To ensure the longevity and optimal performance of the Carrera DIGITAL 132 system, the manual provides detailed maintenance guidelines:
- Track Maintenance: Recommends keeping the track surface and slots clean with a dry cloth, avoiding solvents or chemicals. When not in use, the track should be stored in a clean, dust-protected location, preferably in its original packaging.
- Car Maintenance: Advises regular cleaning of axle and wheel bearings, pinion gears, gear-wheels, and bearings. Lubrication with a resin- and acid-free grease is recommended. Users should also regularly check the condition of sliding contacts and tyres.
- Contact Brush Replacement: Provides instructions for replacing double sliding contacts, emphasizing careful handling to avoid damage.
- Rear Axle/Engine Block Replacement: Details the procedure for changing the rear axle and engine block, noting that the vehicle must be fully assembled before operation and that engine changes should only be performed by adults.
- General Cleaning: Stresses the importance of regularly cleaning all racetrack components to ensure proper operation, always pulling the plug prior to cleaning.
- Troubleshooting: Offers a checklist for resolving common malfunctions, such as checking power connections, track connections, cleanliness, sliding contact integrity, and car coding. It also explains the automatic power cut-off in case of a short circuit.
- Driving Tips: Provides advice on driving technique, such as braking before curves and accelerating out of them, and warns against fastening or blocking vehicles while the motor is running to prevent overheating or damage.
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