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- Page 1 Rebuild OPERATOR’S MANUAL FRANÇAIS AU VERSO...
- Page 2 VIA about an F40PH-3 they will tell you that you have the name wrong and then make fun of you after you leave. We call the locomotive a rebuilt F40PH-2D, but you would be equally correct in calling it a GPA-30h. Nobody at VIA will know what the heck you are talking about, but if you point at the letters on the side of the engine and tell them that the locomotive is classified “GPA-30h”...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
• Factory Reset ................... 14 • Awesome Slow Speed Thingy ..............14 • More Information ..................15 Limited Lifetime Warranty ..................15 Acknowledgements ....................16 Notes ........................16 REBUILT F40PH-2D DCC FUNCTION QUICK REFERENCE HEADLIGHT BELL HORN (AND BELL) SLOW DOPPLER HORN FULL THROTTLE... -
Page 4: Break-In
We suggest that, after reading this manual, you put your F40PH-2D on a test loop and just let it run in each direction for an hour or two. Fast and slow. There already should be enough grease in the gearbox so you don’t need to add any more. -
Page 5: Removing The Shell
REMOVING THE SHELL If you need to open up your F40PH-2D (to install a crew, install a decoder, etc.) it is actu- ally quite easy to do. Just be sure to remember these important points: •... -
Page 6: Installing A Dcc Decoder
Provided we ever get around to it, this will be available for download on the F40PH-2D page in the Support section of our web site. You will need an ESU LokProgrammer to write the function mapping to the 54615... -
Page 7: Operation - Dc (Sound)
F40PH-2D, for good or for ill. As always, we’ll try to help you fix your F40PH-2D if one of these doo- dads scrambles your locomotive’s circuitry, but we can’t guarantee we’ll be able to. -
Page 8: Prototypical Operation - Dcc (Sound)
PROTOTYPICAL OPERATION – DCC (SOUND) We put a lot of time and effort into our original F40PH-2D to get it to operate the HEP (head end power) in a prototypical fashion, and we’re frankly a bit disappointed that VIA has rebuilt the engines to make them more efficient as we can’t use our original F40PH-2D programming. -
Page 9: Xenon Headlight
LOCOMOTIVE ADDRESS Your Rapido F40PH-2D comes from the factory with a decoder address of 3. We suggest if you are using DCC control that you first test that the locomotive responds on address 3. -
Page 10: Turn On The Sound
“clearing slot #36.” A basic summary of how to do this can be found on the F40PH-2D page in the Support section of our web site. More detailed information can be found on the Digitrax web site. -
Page 11: Functions: More Information
DCC system works precludes that. So the timer is the best we can do. It is not an option on the real F40PH-2D to blow the horn without the bell ringing, so we’re not telling you how to turn this off on your model. So there. - Page 12 TYPICAL OPERATION – DCC (SOUND) section above. F6 Ditch Lights The ditch lights should be turned on whenever the F40PH-2D is pulling a train – they are not just for use in the mountains like in the old days. However, remember to turn off the ditch lights when approaching a station or an oncoming train as they are BLINDING.
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Page 13: Horns
F40PH-2D page of the Support section of the Rapido web site. HORNS All of VIA’s F40PH-2D fleet has a K3L horn. Therefore we think the part of the manual about changing the horn is a bit pointless. So we’ve cut it ou–... -
Page 14: Sound Volume Settings Chart
0-128 FACTORY RESET On your F40PH-2D, you perform a factory reset by entering a value of “8” into CV 8. Note that this will cause all of your new volume and motor settings to be lost, so you will need to reprogram any settings that you want to keep. You did keep notes like we suggested earlier, didn’t you? -
Page 15: More Information
Your F40PH-2D will quickly take off at full speed and gradually slow down to a stop while the decoder reads the motor responses. You’ll have fabulous motor control after you do this. -
Page 16: Acknowledgements
“snow” for a photo shoot to impress your Facebook friends, pos- ing it for a photo on the nose of a real rebuilt F40PH-2D locomotive moving at more than 10MPH, setting the throttle to maximum while trying to pull a 40-car Canadian up a 3% grade because you wanted to see “how much it can pull,”...