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M.T.H. HO SUBWAY
(PS3)
Engineer's Guide
Congratulations! You've just purchased the most
feature-rich and technically advanced HO subway
set ever produced! This highly detailed model
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includes a broader range of features than you'll
find on any other HO powered car, 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
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running, and a great deal of fun to operate, it
doesn't get any better than this.
Operates on 18" radius curves with Code 70,
Code 83 or Code 100 rails.
PLEASE READ THE MANUAL
BEFORE USE AND SAVE
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- Page 1 M.T.H. HO SUBWAY (PS3) Engineer's Guide Congratulations! You've just purchased the most feature-rich and technically advanced HO subway set ever produced! This highly detailed model includes a broader range of features than you’ll find on any other HO powered car, including smooth performance from a three-scale-mile-per- hour crawl to full throttle;...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS UNPACKING YOUR SUBWAY SET............4 Removing and Unwrapping Your Subway Set ...........4 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ................4 Getting to Know Your M.T.H. HO Subway Set ........4 SET-UP ......................6 Lubrication ......................6 Non-Powered Car...................7 MODES OF OPERATION .................8 FEATURES AND OPERATION..............9 Analog DC (standard DC power pack)............9 DCS - Digital Command System ...............11 DCC - Digital Command Control .............13... - Page 3 QUICK START GUIDE Of course, you should read your manual over before running your powered car. But if you just can’t wait, choose which control method that you use from the list below. Follow the steps outlined in your section, run your powered car and enjoy! Now, after a few minutes, shut down the powered car and read through your engineer’s guide.
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Page 4: Unpacking Your Subway Set
UNPACKING YOUR SUBWAY SET Removing and Unwrapping Your Subway Set Carefully remove and unwrap the model on a soft surface. By nature, models with high levels of detail have some small fragile parts. Carefully remove any foam packing pieces that may be surrounding the model. - Page 5 Digital Sound Your Proto-Sound 3.0 (PS3) equipped powered car contains over 100 individual recordings. These recordings are played back dynamically at appropriate times to create a symphony of realism for your ears. Hear the sound automatically intensify or lighten when speeding up or slowing down, listen to the sounds of brakes squeaking and squealing as you come to a stop, or enjoy the random conversations of railmen working as your model sits at idle.
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Page 6: Set-Up
SET-UP Lubrication Use light machine, household, or the oil in the MTH maintenance Kit (Item #30-50051). Apply a very small amount to all axle points as shown. Lubricate Axles (L) Lubricate Axles (L) 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. -
Page 7: Non-Powered Car
Non-Powered Car If you need to access the interior of the non-powered car for any reason, such as adding figures, simply pull outward slightly on the body near a truck as you pull up on the truck. After you free one side repeat this step on the other end of the car. -
Page 8: Modes Of Operation
Modes of Operation There are 3 modes of operation with different levels of features accessible in each. We refer to them as Analog DC, DCS and DCC. Here’s a brief explanation before we get into the features of each mode. Analog DC This is when there is nothing connected to the rails except a conventional DC power pack. -
Page 9: Features And Operation
FEATURES AND OPERATION Now, for the fun stuff! Your new M.T.H. HO powered car has more features and operating capabilities than any HO powered car ever built by any manufacturer. We're going to walk you through everything she does in general, but you'll probably find a few we forgot to mention on your own. - Page 10 Speed Control Your powered car is equipped with speed control. This feature is always active, even in analog DC mode. Basically, your powered car constantly measures track voltage and converts this to a digital speed command. You should notice the speed remains constant up and down grades, around curves, and with varying loads.
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Page 11: Dcs Digital Command System
DCS Digital Command System As you may have gathered by now, DCS is an M.T.H. exclusive Digital Command System that provides easy access to dozens and dozens of features in our models. We developed DCS to provide a powerful and advanced model train control system that was simple and enjoyable to use. - Page 12 Custom Sounds You can fire any of 10 individual sound bites pre-loaded into your powered car. 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. Proto-Dispatch Press the “MIC”...
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Page 13: Dcc - Digital Command Control
DCC - Digital Command Control DCC is a popular digital command scheme wherein the track power is also a digital control signal. That is, using a DCC controller, you can communicate with multiple engines and have all of them moving at different speeds and in varying directions on the same track at the same time. - Page 14 Start-Up/Shut-Down F3 – Start-Up/Shut-Down Pressing this twice (toggle on then off) will start up your engine. When you apply DCC power your MTH PS3.0-equipped engine will remain dark and quiet. Since you likely don't want to run the engine this way, simply press F3 twice to start your engine.
- Page 15 Forward/Reverse Signal Just like a real engine, you can announce the direction of intended movement using your DCC handheld and F9 and F10. F9 – Forward Signal Pressing F9 twice (toggling on then off) will sound the Forward Signal. This is two whistle/horn blasts. F10 –...
- Page 16 F7 – Auto Mode Auto Mode is a mode of operation that allows the engine to run along a pre-programmed route that you have taught it. When F7 is On the engine will announce “Auto Mode”. Toggling F7 Off will shut off Auto Mode and put the engine back into Manual Mode.
- Page 17 b. To save as an Out-and-Back: i. Ensure the engine is sitting at the final station you programmed in step 4. ii. Press F2 On/Off again and the engine will announce, “Save Complete” and the engine will go back to the normal engine sounds.
- Page 18 F17 – Extended Start-Up If your engine is shut down or you've just applied DCC power pressing F17 twice (toggling it on then off) will start the Extended Start-Up sounds. This is very similar to F3 except you will hear the crew talking back and forth about getting the engine ready to run.
- Page 19 F23 – Coupler Close To play the Coupler Close sound press the F23 button twice (toggling it on then off). You can play this sound as you're coupling cars together to add realism. F24 – Custom Sound 1 Functions exactly like Custom Sound 2 except Custom Sound 1 will play a different pre-programed sound each time F24 is toggled On/Off.
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Page 20: F-Function Chart
FUNCTION CHART F Key Description Head/Tail light Bell Horn Start-Up/Shut Down Station Announcement Lights (except headlights) Master Volume Auto Mode Learn Mode Forward Signal Reverse Signal Custom Sound 2 All/Random Stops Idle Sequence 4 Idle Sequence 3 Idle Sequence 2 Idle Sequence 1 Extended Start-Up Extended Shut-Down... - Page 21 CV29 Cv29 is the basic decoder setup CV that is used by all DCC decoder manufactures. So, if you are familiar with CV29 from other manufacturer’s decoders M.T.H.’s is no different. The most important part of CV29 is the ability to switch between long and short addressing.
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Page 22: Factory Reset 55-55-55
CV18 to tell the engine what the long address should be In order to determine your required values for CV17 and CV18 you will need to go to https://mthtrains.com/sites/default/files/CV17- CV18%20Spreadsheet.pdf Enter in the long address you want then click anywhere else in the... - Page 23 There are a couple of ways to reset your M.T.H. PS3.0-equipped engine: Factory Resets: Clears everything (makes engine just like it was when you bought it new) • Send a decimal 08 to CV8 to reset everything entirely back to factory default •...
- Page 24 • Enter PoM mode on your DCC handheld and write a value of 55 to CV55. Again, even though your MTH engine is NOT on address 55 it will still listen for this reset command • Call up address 3 on your DCC handheld and hit F3. The engine should now start-up If you have performed the 55-55-55 reset and the engine still doesn't respond then place the engine on the programming track output of your DCC system...
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Page 25: Advanced Dcc Operation
MTH PS3.0 Expanded DCC Functionality Advanced DCC Operation This section of the manual provides more in-depth detail on how to set up and configure your MTH PS3.0-equipped engine using the NMRA-standard CV’s as well as the manufacturer-specific CV’s. It also explains some of the other F Functions not covered in the Basic DCC Operation section. -
Page 26: Configuration Variables
Factory Default Values for MTH PS3.0 DCC Configuration Variables (CV’s) Default Description F-Key Description Range Value 0-127 Short Address Function - Bell High Byte 0-255 Start Voltage (Cv52 bit 0 must =1) Function - Bell Low Byte 0-255 Accel Adjustment Horn High Byte 0-255 Decel Adjustment... - Page 27 User-Settable F-Function List This feature allows you to take the 28 F-Functions that currently reside in each MTH Protosound 3.0-equipped HO Engine and change the location of that function. For example: F18 is currently Extended Shut Down and you'd like that placed down to F28 which is Feature Reset. The below instructions explain how you can do this.
- Page 28 The above list includes ALL F functions that an MTH PS3 powered car could have. You are free to change any of the above listed items to any F function position, 1-28. For example, if you your powered car came from the factory without a smoke unit but you added one at a later date you could swap out any of the F functions, 1-28, for the Smoke On/Off and the Smoke Volume.
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Page 29: Advanced Consisting
Advanced Consisting Advanced Consisting follows the NMRA standards. Any values assigned to CV's 21-24 are ignored once the consist is removed (CV19 set to 0). • Setting the MSB (Bit 7) of CV19 tells the powered car that it is facing reverse in the consist. - Page 30 To set this consists up so that: • The Headlight is ON in the Front powered car when going Forward, OFF when the consist is in Reverse • The Reverse light and headlight is OFF in the Rear powered car when the consist is going Forward, headlight is ON, reverse light is OFF when the consist is in Reverse •...
- Page 31 Set CV22 to a value of 2 to the Rear powered car's address to tell the Rear powered car that you want to control its FL control with the F0 button at the consist address. The powered car will give you two horn blasts to announce that it received the CV change Ensure F0 is deactivated at the Rear powered car's address.
- Page 32 Setting Up CV21 for a Consist Cv21 allows you to set which F Functions you want the consist address to control. For example, you will likely want all of your MTH consist engines to respond to Start-Up/Shut Down (F3). Also, you'll likely want at your Front engine to respond to the Bell and Horn commands (F1 and F2, respectively) and the Front Coupler (F7 on most MTH models).
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Page 33: Programming Track
Programming Track Your MTH Proto-Sound 3.0-equipped HO powered car does not program well on Programming tracks due to the inclusion of super capacitors utilized in the locomotive's electronic package. The super capacitors provide backup power to the electronics, allowing the locomotive to better negotiate track sections suffering from poor electrical conductivity. -
Page 34: Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS Electrical Input Voltage 0-24 VDC Current Draw (lights, sounds) ~230 - 650mA Lighting LED - Rule 17 Operating Analog DC Modes DCC - Digital Command Control DCS - Digital Control System Default Addresses DCC short DCC extended 3333 US PATENTS US 6,457,681 Oct. -
Page 35: Care And Maintenance
CARE AND MAINTENANCE HO Troubleshooting Guide The following Guide will help you trouble shoot your M.T.H. HO powered car. This guide is broken up into the three operating modes of the powered car Analog DC, DCC, and DCS Analog DC Start-Up Solution When I apply power to the track my... - Page 36 Start-up Solution When I apply power to the track my Did you press F3 yet? F3 on your DCC powered car doesn’t do anything. hand-held will start your powered car up. No lights, no sound, no nothing. Check to see if that section of track has power.
- Page 37 Lights Solution One of my lights is out. Check your F keys. F0 is the headlight (also controls the Back-up light) and F5 will toggle the Cab light and firebox light. None of my lights are on. Could be the same reason as “One of my lights is out”...
- Page 38 DCS (Remember, it’s NOT DCC) Solution Start-up When I apply power to the track my This is normal. You have to hit the Start-Up powered car doesn’t do anything. button. No lights, no sound, no nothing. Check to see if that section of track has power.
- Page 39 DCS (Remember, it’s NOT DCC) Lights Solution One of my lights is out. Check that you haven't turned it off with the DCS controller. You have independent control over lights on your powered car Could be the same reason as “One of my None of my lights are on.
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Page 40: 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 Subway Car w/Proto-Sound 3.0... -
Page 41: Service & Warranty Information
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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