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Conventional transformer operations
Using the LEGACY RailSounds sound system in the conventional environment
W
hen you first power up your locomotive, you will hear the sounds of the locomotive at
rest. As the locomotive moves, the chuffing sounds automatically increase with the
locomotive's speed. In the conventional environment, the whistle and bell sounds are
activated by your transformer controls if so equipped. See figure 8 page 34.
To silence the chuffing sounds, slide the LEGACY RailSounds sound system
switch located under the hatch on top of the tender to the BELL HORN position before
you power up the locomotive or after the locomotive has been powered down for a
minimum of ten seconds. The whistle and bell sounds will still be active. To adjust the
volume, use the volume control knob located under the hatch on top of the tender.
For proper operation of the LEGACY RailSounds sound system during track power
Note!
interruptions and for the locomotive shutdown sequence, you must install a nine-
volt alkaline battery. See pages 10-11.
In the conventional environment, you will experience several features of the LEGACY
RailSounds sound system.
• DynaChuff. Your locomotive's speed automatically determines the level of chuffing
sounds. At low speeds, the chuffing intensity is relaxed. When you highball down
the mainline, the chuffing intensity is labored.
• Whistle. A different whistle sound at different speeds and whistle steam effect.
• Authentic bell. Press BELL on your transformer to begin the syncronized bell
movement and sounds. Press BELL a second time to discontinue the effect.
• CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements. These brief conversations
between the train crew and the tower are triggered by short whistle blasts.
• Reverse unit reset sound. Power down your track, wait three seconds, and
listen for the air-release sound, which is the locomotive telling you that its
Lionel Command reverse unit has reset to forward (a nine-volt alkaline battery is
required).
• Shutdown sequence. When you turn off track power, you have two seconds to power
up again after you hear the reverse unit reset sound. If you do not restore power,
you will hear the realistic shutdown sequence. Because track power is off, a battery
is required for this sequence to function.
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