MTH Electric Trains AEM-7 Betriebsanleitung

RELECTRIC TRAINSMTH AEM-7 ELECTRIC ENGINEOPERATING INSTRUCTIONS Thank you for purchasing the MTH Electric Trains Premier AEM-7Electric locomotive. T

10MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualPASSENGER ANNOUNCEMENTS (PFA) ProtoSounds is equipped with operator controlled passenger stationannouncements, hereby kn

11MTH AEM-7 Operating Manualhear the bell chiming turn on and if you listen carefully you should hear ahorn blast after three seconds have passed at w

12MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualACTIVATING AND TRIGGERING PASSENGERSTATION ANNOUNCEMENTS Before PFA can be heard the feature must be activated first. Ac

13MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualII. After entering neutral, ProtoSounds will immediately play an airrelease sound followed approximately two seconds late

14MTH AEM-7 Operating Manualis followed by a public address message that the train on track 1 or 2(whichever track number the arriving public address

15MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualTIPS ON USING THE PFA FEATURES PFA is a unique feature of ProtoSounds that is completely controlled by theoperator. You

16MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualPROTOSOUND® VOLUME ADJUSTMENT Your ProtoSound® system has two types of volume adjustment. Amanual turn knob on the botto

17MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualUSING “RESET" TO PROGRAMPROTOSOUNDS® As mentioned earlier, there are several programmable options in eachProtoSound-

18MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualSETTING THE ENGINE VOLUME Of all the sounds that come with each ProtoSound-equipped locomotive,the one most often turned

19MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualPROGRAMMING FOR A SEPARATE BELL BUTTONCONTROLLER To operate ProtoSounds with aseparate bell button controller,like the Li

2MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualTable Of ContentsQUICK START - BASIC OPERATION 3PROTOSOUNDS® OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS 4DCRU® Reverse Unit Operation(All 3-Rai

20MTH AEM-7 Operating Manualdescribed on page 8. To change the default setting, enter RESET and go toFeature 45. (See the section Using RESET To Pr

21MTH AEM-7 Operating Manualbutton. To reset ProtoSounds to its original factory setting of no horn inneutral, repeat the above procedure but keep pr

22MTH AEM-7 Operating Manualon and off until ProtoSounds sounds two bell dings (signifying that the PFA features have been turned off). Simply turn t

23MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualProtoSound features back to their original factory defaults includingRemote Lockout Control.RESETTING ALL PROTOSOUND® OPTI

24MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualREVERSE UNIT LOCK-OUT OPERATION ProtoSound’s unique design eliminates the need for a lock-out switch onthe locomotive by

25MTH AEM-7 Operating Manualof the horn. QUICKLY TURN THE POWER BACK ON AGAIN. Yourengine is now locked into NEUTRAL.NOTE: When locking the engine i

26MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualOIL & LUBRICATION INSTRUCTIONS In order for the engine to perform correctly and quietly, it is important that the ch

27MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualOnce the motor mount screw has been removed, pull the motor away fromthe truck block and lightly coat the motor worm gear

28MTH AEM-7 Operating Manual Before the new tire can be installed, you must make sure the old tire hasbeen completely removed from the groove in the

29MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualTROUBLE SHOOTING PROTOSOUND®PROBLEMS Although ProtoSound® has been designed and engineered for ease of use,some questions

3MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualQUICK START - BASIC OPERATION The MTH AEM-7 contains state-of-the art electronics with several built-in automatic features

30MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualCOUPLER PROBLEMS REMEDYThe ProtoCoupler won’t let the engine uncouple on the “Fly”.The power required to fire the coupler

31MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualBATTERY PROBLEMS REMEDYI get no sounds when the engine shifts between thedirection states.The battery may be dead or needs

32MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualPFA PROBLEMS REMEDYThe PFA feature does not begin even after stoppingthe engine and hearing the brake sounds.The power was

33MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualTRANSFORMER WIRING CHART ProtoSounds® is designed to work with any standard AC transformer thatuses a “Pure Sine-Wave&quo

34MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualO-42 OPERATION While the MTH AEM-7 electric is more than capable of operating on O-42 curves and switches, you may find t

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SERVICE & WARRANTY INFORMATIONHOW TO GET SERVICE UNDER THE TERMS OF THE LIMITED ONE YEAR WARRANTY For warranty repair, do not return your product

4MTH AEM-7 Operating ManualPROTOSOUNDS® INSTRUCTIONS The MTH ProtoSound® digital sound and train control system providesthe operator with unprecedent

5MTH AEM-7 Operating Manualapproximately 2.2 seconds during which you will hear the engine’s startupsounds begin. In order for ProtoSounds to properl

6MTH AEM-7 Operating Manualwhenever the engine is in NEUTRAL. The bell will never ringcontinuously in RESET (Remember NEUTRAL is the state betweenFo

7MTH AEM-7 Operating Manualof the air lines coming apart. It can best be described as aCHA-CHUSHHH sound. The coupler doesn’t have to be fired inNEU

8MTH AEM-7 Operating Manualand is explained in more detail in the “Activating Freight Yard Sounds”section found later in this manual. The sound itsel

9MTH AEM-7 Operating Manualdown even though the sounds play. This simulates the wheel flange squeal ofa train traveling through a turn too quickly.No