9
Upgrades
Available Railsounds and Command Control Upgrades
T
o experience the most from your F3 sev-
eral upgrade options are available,
including Railsounds, Command Control,
and Electrocouplers. With these you can
enjoy the full spectrum of digitally recorded
real diesel sounds and the ability to control
your locomotive from anywhere. As with all
upgrades you may choose to have this done
at an authorized Lionel Service Center for a
fee, or you can choose “do it yourself”.
Just follow these instructions we have
included and you’ll be ready to experience
the fun that is today’s Lionel
Railsounds Upgrade
I
nstallation is as follows: using kit 6-
22964 , which includes two plug-in cir-
cuits. Remove the cab from the chassis as
described on page 8. Carefully remove the
entire circuit board assembly from the two
plastic stand-offs. Carefully lift the assembly
just high enough to remove the Signal
Sounds circuit board with the aluminum
heat sink bracket and set it aside. (You will
want to store this in the static resistant
packaging from the upgrade kit). Plug the
RailSounds sound card to the slot marked
“AUDIO”. (The sound card can be identi-
fied by the large square chips/receptacle on
both sides). Plug the power supply card to
the slot marked “POWER”(The power sup-
ply card has the large coil). NOTE: Be sure
these are plugged in correctly, or
RailSounds will not function. Damage may
occur if the engine is operated with these
circuits in the wrong locations!
If no other upgrades are to be made,
recab the engine reversing the cab removal
steps. Your engine will now have RailSounds
including horn and bell which respond to
your sound activation button, and engine
sounds which respond to the speed of the
locomotive and to track voltage. Other ran-
dom realistic sounds will occur, listen for
these. For even more sounds and com-
mand control of your engine, install the
command upgrade kit 6-22960 (sold sepa-
rately). The next section includes detailed
instructions for this upgrade.
Signalsounds
Board
Raildsounds
“Chip” Board
Railsounds Power
Board
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