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M.T.H. HO Dash-9
Diesel Engine
(PS3)
Engineer's Guide
Congratulations! You've just purchased the most
feature-rich and technically advanced HO diesel
locomotive ever produced! This highly detailed
3
model includes a broader range of features than you'll
find on any other HO scale diesel, including smooth
performance from a three-scale-mile-per-hour crawl
to full throttle; "cruise control" for steady speeds
regardless of curves, switches and grades; built-in
decoders for DCC and the M.T.H. Digital Command
System (DCS); and a full range of prototypical
sounds. If you're looking for motive power that's
accurately detailed, smooth running, and a great deal
of fun to operate, it doesn't get any better than this.
PFA
Passenger/Freight
Operates on 18" radius curves with Code 70, Code 83
Announcements
or Code 100 rails.
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- Page 1 M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine (PS3) Engineer's Guide Congratulations! You've just purchased the most feature-rich and technically advanced HO diesel locomotive ever produced! This highly detailed model includes a broader range of features than you’ll find on any other HO scale diesel, including smooth performance from a three-scale-mile-per-hour crawl to full throttle;...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
- Do not operate the hobby transformer with damaged cord, plug, switches, buttons or case. This product may be protected by one or more of the following patents: 6,019,289; 6,280,278; 6,281,606; 6,291,263; 6,457,681; 6,491,263; 6,604,641; 6,619,594; 6,624,537; 6,655,640. Rev: _80dl18109i_HO Dash-9 Ps3 1/14/15 ©2014, M.T.H. Electric Trains®, Columbia, MD 21046... - Page 3 5 seconds after removing power to insure the settings are stored in the engines memory. Reapplying power in less than 5 seconds may result in losing the setting changes. M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
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Page 4: Unpacking Your Engine
Carefully remove any foam packing pieces that may be surrounding the model. What Else is in the Box? The following items are packed with your engine. Engineer’s Guide Mechanical Kadee-Compatible Couplers with mounting hardware Snow Plow M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... -
Page 5: Product Overview
Your HO diesel includes built-in realistic horn sound effects, including forward (two blasts) and reverse (three blasts) signaling and crossing signal sounds, all available with one-touch control from a DCS controller or through any DCC controller capable of accessing up to F28. M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... - Page 6 There are so many more things to learn and enjoy about M.T.H. HO Engines, we could write a book. But, that's no fun. So, if you haven't already done so, flip to the Quick Start Guide and let's run your new engine!! M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
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Page 7: Engine Diagram
Kadee® Metal See-Through Fan Vents Compatible Detailed Horn All wheels Powered Controls Control Hatch To remove the Control Hatch, gently pull it outward and lift it off from the side. Volume pot M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... -
Page 8: Set-Up
Proto-Couplers by following the steps detailed above and then install the included mechanical couplers or any other Kadee-compatible couplers by following the steps below. Cover Plate Coupler Pocket Coupler Coupler Pocket Cover Spacer Screws M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... -
Page 9: Snow Plow Installation
Your gearbox is properly greased at the factory and probably never needs service, however, if you run excessive hours pulling heavy loads, it's a good idea to remove the gearbox cover and re-grease using M.T.H. gear grease or equivalent. Lubricate Axles (L) Lubricate Axles (L) M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... -
Page 10: Modes Of Operation
M.T.H. is new to DCC but, we recognize it’s importance to many HO operators. So, we loaded our engine with more DCC features easily accessible to the operator than any HO engine ever built previously. You DCC guys are in for a real treat! M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... -
Page 11: Features And Operation
This can invoke the anti-jack rabbit feature. The solution is to flip the direction switch more quickly or disable the feature in DCC. Please see page 23 for more information. Don't worry you won't hurt the engine. M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... -
Page 12: Speed Control
That means when your engine is stopped the ditch lights will go off. Once you start moving again in forward (when the headlight goes from dim to bright) they will come back ON, provided you have them set to ON. M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... -
Page 13: Dcs Digital Command System
You can fire any of 10 individual sound bites pre-loaded into your engine. These are typically, diesel idling sounds. Each one at the press of a single button. You can also make voice or other audio recordings and play them back on command with ease. M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... - Page 14 Your holidays may never be the same! Lighting As with everything in DCS, this becomes a little more than obvious. Pressing the “HEADLIGHT” button turns off the directional headlight and reverse light (if equipped). M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
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Page 15: Dcc Digital Command Control
F Function buttons. Your MTH PS3.0-equipped engine's default short address is 3. So all you have to do is power up your DCC system and call up Locomotive 3 to begin. M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... - Page 16 3. Press the F4 button twice (toggle F4 on then off) again to advance the sequence. You'll hear “Now boarding…” for passenger sound sets and freight yard sounds for freight sound sets. M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
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Page 17: Master Volume
Again, just like a real engine, you can trigger the Crossing Signal on your engine. This is two long, one short, one long whistle/horn blast. F11 – Crossing Signal Pressing F11 twice (toggling on then off) will sound your Crossing Signal. M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... -
Page 18: Engine Sounds
F19 – Rev Up This will force the engine to Rev Up. Press the F19 button twice (toggling on then off) to Rev Up one notch. There are eight rev levels in a Diesel/Electric. M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... - Page 19 (enable F27) will disable the Cab Chatter. Pressing the F27 button again (disable F27) will enable Cab Chatter. Cab Chatter is On by default. F28 – Feature Reset This resets features to default. M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
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Page 20: F-Function Table
One Shot Doppler Coupler Slack Coupler Close Single Horn Blast Engine Sounds Brake Sounds On/Off Cab Chatter On/Off Feature Reset *Refer to pages 23, 24 & 25 for CV Data and Function ID M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... - Page 21 3. In this step you have to tell the MTH engine that you want it to start looking at long addresses. You do this in CV29: Bring up the CV menu on your DCC handheld Enter “29” to edit CV29 M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
- Page 22 - Send a decimal 64 for a Feature Reset. This resets volumes, smoke and light settings. - Send a decimal 128 to reset only address values back to factory default - This is the same as writing 55 to CV55 to engine address 55 M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
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Page 23: Advanced Dcc Operation
User ID #1 – General Purpose use for customer CV106 User ID #2 – General Purpose use for customer CV115- MTH Function Assignments – See table of supported CV’s and manual CV170 section on how to re-arrange them for further information M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... - Page 24 Brake Sounds On/Off Low Byte Reverse Trim Cab Chatter On/Off High Byte User ID #1 Cab Chatter On/Off Low Byte User ID #2 Feature Reset High Byte Function - Bell High Byte Feature Reset Low Byte M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
- Page 25 Extended Shut Down Marker (Train/No Train) Extended Start Up Beacon (Alt Lighting/Country) Start Up/Shut Down Train Wreck ELECTRIC SMOKE Trolley Manual Mode Electric Boiler Start-Up Trolley Learn Mode Electric Pressure Release Trolley Auto Mode M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
- Page 26 Write a value of 18 to CV25. Your engine will now use the speed curve #18 below If you want to create your own speed table using CV's 67-94 then write a value of 0 or 1 to Cv25 M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
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Page 27: Advanced Consisting
Setting CV21 and CV22 determine which F Functions the consist responds to • See diagram below for example Engine 3 - Rear Engine 1 - Front Engine 2 - Middle Normal Forward Direction of Travel M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... - Page 28 CV change. Some DCC systems may already do this for you but the instructions assume your system does not. If you are in doubt then go ahead and follow step 5 as it will do no harm M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
- Page 29 F9-F12 are used in a consist: 7 (128) 6 (64) 5 (32) 4 (16) 3 (8) 2 (4) 1 (2) 0 (1) (Decimal Value) Used Used (Engine (Engine Function Used Used Facing Rev) Facing Fwd) M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
- Page 30 Your engines are now set up according to the example above. You will note that there is no F0 in CV21. This is because that function (FL) is controlled by CV22. Please refer to the Advanced Consisting section for more information regarding CV22. M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
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Page 31: Programming Track
= 128) for the engine you want to reverse. To do this - take 128 (the new bit you want to set) + 5 (the existing bit that you do not want to alter) = 133. You would then write a value of 133 to CV19. M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... -
Page 32: Specifications
DCC - Digital Command Control DCS - Digital Control System Default Addresses DCC short DCC extended 3333 US PATENTS US 6,457,681 Oct. 2, 2002 US 6,619,594 Sept. 16, 2003 US 6,655,640 Dec. 2, 2003 M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... -
Page 33: Care And Maintenance
New engines may take a little bit to get everything running, even after they are lubricated. Be patient and let it run for a bit. It should clear up shortly after lubricating and running. M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... - Page 34 This is normal. You will need to press the F21 Doppler shift but then the engine button again to turn Doppler off. Your engine sounds fade out and I can’t get them sounds will now return to normal. back. M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
- Page 35 Try to get a hold of the engine on its last known long address Place the engine on the Programming Track output on your DCC system and write a value of 3 to CV1 M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
- Page 36 This is normal. You will need to press the Doppler shift but then the engine Doppler button again to turn Doppler off. Your sounds fade out and I can’t get them engine sounds will now return to normal. back. M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
- Page 37 Delete the engine from your DCS remote, and I believe it to be set at attempt to re-add it. On the DCS Remote, hit Menu > System > Engine Setup > Recover Engine M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0...
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Page 38: How To Order Parts
HOW TO ORDER PARTS: Replacement parts are available directly from the M.T.H. Parts Department Order online: www.mthtrains.com E-mail: parts@mth-railking.com Fax: 410-423-0009 Phone: 410-381-2580 Mail: 7020 Columbia Gateway Drive Columbia MD 21046-1532 M.T.H. HO Dash-9 Diesel Engine w/Proto-Sound 3.0... -
Page 39: Service & Warranty Information
M.T.H. Authorized Service Center (ASC) in your area to obtain Repair Authorization. You can find the list of ASCs on the M.T.H. Website, www.mthtrains.com. Authorized Service Centers are required to make warranty repairs on items sold only from that store; all other repairs may-- or may not be done at the store's own discretion.
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