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M.T.H. HO Bavarian Class S 3/6
Express Steam Locomotive
Congratulations!
feature-rich and technically advanced HO Steam
locomotive ever produced! This highly detailed model
includes a broader range of features than you'll find on
any other HO scale steam, 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!
** Ps3 E+ model operates on 22" radius
curves or R3 (515mm) radius curves HO
Stud (3-Rail) Track
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- Page 1 M.T.H. HO Bavarian Class S 3/6 Express Steam Locomotive (PS3E+) ENGINEER’S GUIDE Congratulations! You've just purchased the most feature-rich and technically advanced HO Steam locomotive ever produced! This highly detailed model includes a broader range of features than you’ll find on...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Unpacking Your Engine ........Product Overview. - Page 3 QUICK START GUIDE Of course, you should read your manual over before running your S 3/6. But if you just can’t wait, choose how you want to run below and enjoy!! Your PS3E+ engine is designed to be run with AC power. However, you can also use DC power if you prefer.
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Page 4: Unpacking Your Engine
UNPACKING YOUR ENGINE Removing and Unwrapping Your Engine 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. What Else is in the Box? The following items are packed with your engine. -
Page 5: Product Overview
PRODUCT OVERVIEW Getting to Know Your M.T.H. HO Locomotive Key Features S 3/6 Your new HO is equipped with the exclusive M.T.H. Proto-Sound® 3.0 digital sound and control system. In plain English, this means your locomotive contains state-of-the-art electronics providing realistic digital sounds, puffing smoke perfectly synchronized with chuffing sounds and motion, precisely controlled speed in increments of 1 scale mile per hour, and much, much, more. - Page 6 Digital Control In standard conventional AC mode, your model still operates under digital control. The PS 3 advance speed control system converts track voltage into digital speed commands. Your model will run smoothly and consistently at any speed regardless of load, hills, or curves. If you are a DCC user, you'll quickly learn to appreciate the precision of our speed control and linear speed curve.
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Page 7: Engine Diagram
ENGINE DIAGRAM Boiler Smoke Stack Sliding Roof Vent Cab Interior Lighted Classification Light Lights Fireman/ Engineer Figures Wireless Close coupling drawbar Drive Wheels Pilot Truck Tender Control Hatch Wireless Close- coupling Receiver Drive Wheels Wireless Close-Coupling Drawbar Close-coupling Drawbar (prongs) Coupled Receiver You’re HO S-3/6 features our all new wireless close-coupling drawbar! To attach... -
Page 8: Set-Up/Maintenence
SET-UP Installing The Mechanical Couplers Your S 3/6 comes with a mechanical NEM360/362 coupler and pocket assembly. To install the coupler onto the rear of the tender, simply push it into the slot as shown below. M.T.H. HO S 3/6 Steam Engine... -
Page 9: Engine And Tender Connection
SET-UP Connection of the Engine and Tender S 3/6 Your MTH HO features our new wireless close-coupling drawbar. Along with providing a mechanical connection of the tender to the engine, the wireless close coupling drawbar also provides an electrical connection between the engine and tender. - Page 10 Next, remove brake shoe detail by gently prying and pulling up the part and set aside. Remove the 5 screws holding down the rectangular chassis bottom cover. Carefully remove the cover... then carefully remove the 2 screws holding down the gearbox cover, set them aside and then stop.
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Page 11: Lubrication
Now, very slowly and carefully lift the wheel set upward. Drop the replacement wheel set into the chassis. Make sure the bushings are in the correct orientation. The small rectangular tabs on the front and rear must be upward (with the engine upside down) toward the chassis bottom cover. Reinstall the gearbox cover with 2 screws...and then reinstall the chassis bottom cover with 5 screws, gently press the plastic molded brake shoe detail back into place, and install the rear drive rod screws. -
Page 12: Ps3 Enhancements
PS 3 ENHANCEMENTS DCC-DCS switch Secondly, you will notice on the bottom of your tender, that there is a DCC-DCS switch. To operate the engine in DCS mode, ensure the switch is set to DCS. If you wish to run the engine in DCC mode, ensure the switch is set to DCC. -
Page 13: Features And Operation
FEATURES AND OPERATION Now, for the fun stuff! Your new MTH HO steam engine has more features and operating capabilities than any HO engine 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 14: Conventional Ac
advanced features and yet, is so simple and intuitive, you can enjoy them! No programming tracks, bits and bytes, or conversion of binary to hexadecimal numbers here! To add an engine in DCS, just press “ADD ENGINE.” After that, If you want to start your engine, just press “START UP” or, to turn the smoke on or off, just press “SMOKE.”... - Page 15 Sounds In this mode, sound are pretty much automatic. If you're moving, you'll hear chuffing sounds. If you increase or decrease the throttle quickly, you'll hear labored or drift chuffing, respectively. Of course, if the engine has been sitting for a while, the engineer may open the steam cocks and release the moisture, don't worry, he never forgets to close them.
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Page 16: Dcc Digital Command Control
DCC/Motorola Digital Command Control Now, if your operating in this mode, you may very well know more about DCC than we do so, we're going to stick to telling you about our engine in this operating environment. First of all, in DCC mode, we brought all the features of conventional AC along and of course, added to them. -
Page 17: Sounds
Sounds As in conventional AC mode, the default sound arrangement is automatic. So, you can just run your engine and its sounds will follow the action. But, you operate in DCC for a reason. You want access to more features, right? Well, depending upon the capabilities of your DCC controller, you now have access to a range of sound features including bell, whistle, PFA, engine sounds on/off, master volume, Doppler, and more. -
Page 18: Smoke
Smoke The smoke system in DCC mode operates exactly as it does in analog DC mode with the added benefit of being able to turn it on or off remotely. Pressing F12 on your DCC controller will toggle the smoke unit on and off again. The manual smoke potentiometer under the control hatch (on top of the tender) must be fully clockwise for the F12 key to function. -
Page 19: Forward/Reverse Signal
Master Volume F6 – Master Volume The Master Volume operation in DCC is different. In order to change the master volume (F6) you need to do the following: A. If you have F6 set as momentary you would hold down F6 and it will increase the volume to 100%. -
Page 20: Engine Sounds
Engine Sounds F25 – Engine Sounds You can turn the Engine Sounds On/Off by pressing the F25 button. Pressing it once (enabling F25) will cause the Engine Sounds to shut off. TheWhistle/Horn and Bell sounds will still be active, however. To turn the engine sounds back on press the F25 button again (disable F25). - Page 21 F21 – One Shot Doppler You can set your MTH PS 3-equipped engine to simulate the actual Doppler Effect sound a real engine makes as it passes you. To do this, press the F21 button once (enable F21) and then listen as the engine makes that pitch shift that mimics the Doppler Effect perfectly.
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Page 22: F Function List
Function Chart Function Description Headlight Bell Horn Start-Up/Shut Down Lights Master Volume Front Coupler (Sound Only) Rear Coupler (Sound Only) Forward Signal Reverse Signal Grade Crossing Smoke Volume On/Off Smoke Volume Idle Sequence 3 Idle Sequence 2 Idle Sequence 1 Extended Start-Up Extended Shut Down Train Marker... -
Page 23: Dcs Digital Command System
DCS Digital Control System As you may have gathered by now, DCS is an MTH exclusive Digital Control 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 24 Sounds Doppler Loop You can either press the Doppler button on the remote to activate what we refer to as “one-shot” Doppler or, using DCS, you can program a Doppler loop that will peak at the same point on your layout, over and over. Custom Sounds You can fire any of 10 individual sound bites pre-loaded into your engine.
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Page 25: Proto-Sound® 3.0 Expanded Dcc Functionality
Forward (Boiler) Forward (Tender) Reverse (Boiler) Reverse (Tender) To set your engine's lights to indicate that it is pulling a string of cars behind it, press the LMK softkey so the DCS Remote displays “Marker Light OFF”. Your engine's lights will now look like this: Forward (Boiler) Forward (Tender) Reverse (Boiler) - Page 26 For Era I Engines (Special Service Operation): Announcing a Special Train For Era II Engines (Wrong Line Operation): Forward (Boiler) Forward (Tender) Reverse (Boiler) Reverse (Tender) It is important to note that your Boiler and Tender lights will be different if you have the LMK softkey set to a Train indication (LMK toggled OFF).
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Page 27: Configuration Variables
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 28: Cv29
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 MTH's is no different. The most important part of CV29 is the ability to switch between long and short addressing. -
Page 29: Feature/Factory Reset
Enter “38” to change the value of CV29 and hit Enter The engine will give you a two whistle/horn blast response 4. In the following steps you will now need to write values to CV17 and CV18 to tell the engine what the long address should be5. Call up CV17 and enter the value required for CV17. - Page 30 Below is the table of Factory Default MTH supported DCC CV's. This table is specific to the engine in the title of this manual: Factory Default Values for MTH PS3.0 DCC Configuration Variables (CV’s) Default Value Function Function Decimal Description CV Description Short Address Function - Horn High Byte...
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Page 31: Cv Programming (Marklin 6021 Controller)
CV Programming – Marklin 6021 Controller Note: There are 4 DIP switches on the back of the Marklin 6021 Controller. For MTH engines you will want the DIP switches set to the following: 1 - OFF 2 - ON 3 - OFF 4 - OFF To enter programming mode using a Marklin 6021 controller, perform the following steps:... - Page 32 2. Briefly turn the speed knob counter clockwise to the direction change position. The headlight should shift to a short-short flash pattern. 3. Enter the units digit of the CV contents preceded by a zero. For the example of 128, enter 08. The state of the function LED does not matter.
- Page 33 27 Speed Step Mode maps directly to the 28 speed steps used in DCC but does not use the 28th speed step. It uses the odd steps on acceleration and the even steps on deceleration. 28 Speed Step Mode maps directly to the 28 speed steps used in DCC When the New Motorola format is used (DIP switch 2 in the ON position on the Marklin 6021 Controller), you can re-map F1-F4 using CV115-CV122.
- Page 34 User-Settable F-Function List This feature allows you to take the 28 F-Functions that currently reside in each MTH Protosound 3 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.
- Page 35 The list on page 34 includes ALL F functions that an MTH PS3 engine 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 engine 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 36: 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 engine that it is facing reverse in the consist •... - Page 37 To set this consists up so that: • The Headlight is ON in the Front engine when going Forward, OFF when the consist is in Reverse • The Reverse light and headlight is OFF in the Rear engine when the consist is going Forward, headlight is ON, reverse light is OFF when the consist is in Reverse •...
- Page 38 Set CV22 to a value of 2 to the Rear engine's address to tell the Rear engine that you want to control its FL control with the F0 button at the consist address. The engine will give you two horn blasts to announce that it received the CV change Ensure F0 is deactivated at the Rear engine's address.
- Page 39 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 40: Programming Track
Programming Track Your MTH PS3.0-equipped HO engine can function on Programming Track outputs from DCC systems. Because each DCC system manufacturer's output capabilities on the Programming Track differ it is recommended that you use a DCC Programming Track Booster to perform functions on the programming track. -
Page 41: Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS Physical Boiler Length (front cplr to rear cab wall) ~240 mm Tender Length (over rear cplr) ~152 mm Overall (over couplers) ~382 mm Boiler Width (across cab window details) ~39.9 mm Tender Width ~37.3 mm Boiler Height (rail to smoke stack) ~57.1 mm Tender Height (rail to smoke stack) ~59.7 mm... -
Page 42: Recommended Transformers
Recommended Transformers AC Power Supply Chart RECOMMENDED AC TRANSFORMERS Transformer Min/Max. Power Transformer Center Rail Outside Rail Model Voltage Rating Type Marklin 6646 Red Terminal Black Terminal 0-17v 32-VA Standard (Or Equivalent) DC Power Supply Chart RECOMMENDED DC TRANSFORMERS Transformer Power Notes On Use Transformer... -
Page 43: Troubleshooting Guide
CARE AND MAINTENANCE Troubleshooting Guide The following Guide will help you trouble shoot your MTH HO engine. This guide is broken up into the four operating modes of the engine, Conventional AC, Analog DC, DCC, and DCS Conventional AC Starting Up Solution This is normal behavior. - Page 44 Conventional AC Lock-out Solution The engine maybe locked into the neutral I can't get the engine to run after I power position. Follow the procedure in the "Lock up the transformer. It sits still with the into a Direction" section to unlock the diesel and compressor sounds running.
- Page 45 Analog DC Start-up Solution When I apply power to the Check to see if that section of track has track my engine doesn’t do power. Use a voltmeter or a lit passenger anything. No lights, no sound, car. no nothing. Slide the engine a couple of feet in either direction, you may have a bad track section Have you got that section electrically...
- Page 46 Check for an obstruction in the smoke stack Add 10-12 drops of smoke fluid Lights Solution One of my lights is out Most likely you had been running the engine in DCC or DCS mode and toggled that light off. Put it back into one of those modes and turn that light back on.
- Page 47 S ta rt-u p S o lu tio n W h e n I a p p ly p o w e r to th e D id yo u p re s s F 3 ye t? F 3 o n yo u r D C C tra c k m y e n g in e d o e s n ’t d o h a n d h e ld w ill s ta rt yo u r e n g in e u p .
- Page 48 Check for an obstruction in the smoke stack Add 10-12 drops of smoke fluid 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 None of my lights are on Could be the same reason as “One of my lights is out”...
- Page 49 DCS (Remember, it's NOT DCC) Start-up Solution When I apply power to the track my This is normal. You have to hit the Start-Up engine doesn’t do anything. No lights, button. no sound, no nothing. Check to see if that section of track has power. Use a voltmeter or a lit passenger car, not your tongue.
- Page 50 Smoke Solution My engine isn’t smoking Press the smoke button this will activate the at all smoke If you just filled it with smoke fluid sometimes the fluid can make a seal in the stack. Blow down the stack to clear the air bubble Check the Tender/Boiler drawbar connection.
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Page 51: Service And Warranty Information
First, e-mail, write, call or fax a 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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