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F59PH Operating Manual
advance the transformer throttle past 10 volts when you first enter RESET,
wait for the diesel startup sounds to begin and then slowly turn the
transformer throttle to the off position and then back on again to enter the
forward phase. Interrupting the power too quickly may cause the system to
re-enter RESET (signaled by two dings of the bell). Should this happen,
wait longer before interrupting the power to enter the Forward phase.
Proto-Sound® comes with several programmable functions, including
Engine Volume Adjustment, Separate Bell Button Operation
(pre-programmed at the factory), Cab Chatter On/Off Control, ProtoCoupler
On/Off Control and Horn-In-Neutral Operation. Each of these features are
described in more detail later. You will notice that when in RESET, your
engine will not respond to the whistle button with a horn blast or continuous
bell ringing. In fact, when in RESET and the whistle button is depressed,
only one single bell chime will be heard each time the whistle button is
pressed. If you don’t want to configure or change your locomotive using
any of these programmable features, simply leave RESET and wait 2.2
seconds before interrupting the power to put the engine in forward. After
you leave RESET, your engine will operate normally in all the direction
states of forward, neutral and reverse.
HORN OPERATION
Your MTH F59PH Proto-Sound®-equipped engine is equipped with a
digital recording of a diesel horn. The horn sound can be activated anytime
the engine is in forward or reverse by pressing the horn/whistle button on
your transformer. The horn will continue to blow as long as the
horn/whistle button is depressed. The horn will not function in RESET and
must be configured through a RESET option to allow the horn to work
when the engine is in neutral. See page 20 for information on horn
programming in the Using RESET To Program Proto-Sound® section of
this manual.
BELL OPERATION
Your Proto-Sound® equipped engine also features a digital recording of an
actual diesel engine bell. The bell can be turned on or off by simply
pressing the Bell button on your transformer anytime the engine is in
forward, neutral or reverse. The bell will continue to ring until the bell
button is depressed a second time. Note: The bell will not function in
RESET.
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