Operation; Quick Start; Connecting To Your Layout; Running A Loco - MRC Prodigy Advance2 User Manual

Operation

Quick Start

Connecting to Your Layout

Follow the diagram to connect the Command Station (base unit) to your layout.
Prodigy Command Station
To Main Track
Power

Running a Loco

Note First, turn the Cab switch on the base unit to "Cab #1 to #8" for faster
response time. We will explain the reason later.
To run a loco, you have to first know its address. Most decoders you
purchase have the factory default address #3. If you purchase a decoder
equipped loco, its address may be its road number. Read your decoder
and/or loco manual for your decoder address.
To select a loco, press the LOCO key. Using the numeric keypad (0 - 9),
enter the loco address. Press ENTER. You have just acquired the loco.
The Cab will automatically remember the loco address for later recall.
Use the DIRECTION key to set the loco's direction. Turn the THROTTLE
knob slowly to increase the loco's speed. The selected loco, or current
loco, will begin moving. You can also tap the +1 or -1 to adjust the loco's
speed. Do not hold the -1 key, since this is also the DEL key and will
delete the loco. To toggle the headlight (F0) on or off, press 0.
Note A blinking loco address indicates that another Cab is also controlling that loco.
This is just a reminder and does not affect your control of the loco. However,
since two Cabs are trying to control the same loco simultaneously, the loco
may not act as you expect. One operator will have to relinquish control of the
loco by deleting the loco from his Cab for proper operation.
MRC Prodigy Advance
(base unit)
Green Plug
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1. Plug the power supply into the base unit.
2. Plug the AC line cord (110VAC, 60Hz)
into a wall outlet.
3. Using a small flat-bladed screwdriver,
attach two wires (22 AWG or heavier)
from the Main Track layout to the
terminals marked Main Track and two
wires from the Program Track to the
terminals marked Program Track
4. Plug one end of the cable into the Cab/
To
Handheld and the other into a Cab Jack
Program
on the base unit. Do not use the jack
Track
labeled "Factory use only", as this is for
future upgrades.
5. Double-check all wiring and then turn
the power switch on the base unit to
the "On" position. The power light
should be on and you are ready to run
your decoder equipped locos.
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Operation 2-1