Table Of Contents - GMC Rapido F9B Operating Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prototype Notes ........................................................................................... 4
• Canadian Pacific ............................................................................. 4
• Canadian National .......................................................................... 5
Break-In ...................................................................................................... 6
Minimum Radius Requirements ....................................................................... 6
Changing the Couplers ................................................................................. 6
Missing or Damaged Parts ............................................................................ 7
Checking and Adjusting Your Locomotive ........................................................ 7
What are all the Extra Bits? ........................................................................... 8
Removing the Shell ....................................................................................... 9
Operation - DC (Silent) ................................................................................. 9
Installing a Silent DCC Decoder ................................................................... 10
Operation - DC (Sound) ............................................................................. 10
Operation - DCC (Sound) ............................................................................11
• Locomotive Address .........................................................................11
• Turn On the Sound .......................................................................... 12
• Functions ....................................................................................... 12
• Functions: More Information ............................................................ 13
• Horns & Bells ................................................................................. 15
• Sound Volume Settings ................................................................... 16
• Factory Reset ................................................................................. 17
• More Information ........................................................................... 17
Limited Lifetime Warranty ........................................................................... 17
Acknowledgements ................................................................................... 21
F7B/F9B DCC FUNCTION QUICK REFERENCE
F1 BELL
F2 HORN
F3 FULL THROTTLE
F4 DYNAMIC BRAKE (CN USERS LEAVE THIS ALONE)
F8 STARTUP/MUTE/SHUTDOWN
F9 FRONT HEADLIGHT
F10 REAR HEADLIGHT
F11 BRAKE
F12 DOPPLER HORN − SLOW
This sound-equipped Rapido model features an ESU Loksound
V5 decoder. For more information, please visit www.esu.eu.
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