Transformer Operations - Lionel FM Trainmaster Owner's Manual

Transformer operations

Running your Lionel FM Trainmaster with a Lionel transformer
Place your FM Trainmaster on Lionel or
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Lionel-compatible O gauge track.
• Note the pull of Magne-Traction between your FM Trainmaster and
the steel track. Magnetized wheels and axles increase your pulling power
(more than 25 cars on straight and level track) and keep your FM
Trainmaster on track while passing swiftly through curves.
Power up your FM Trainmaster with your
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transformer.
• Your FM Trainmaster is designed to operate on 7-18 volts alternating
current. Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible alternating-current
transformers are suitable; we recommend the TrainMaster Command
model railroad control system.
• Do not power your FM Trainmaster with direct current (DC).
Note!
Damage to sensitive electronic components may occur.
• When you first power up your track, the FM Trainmaster will
wait between 3 and 8 seconds as it "listens" for digital language
from the TrainMaster Command Base (available separately). When it's
determined that it's on a conventional (nonCommand) railroad, the FM
Trainmaster's headlights will illuminate and Railsounds will fire up. At
this point, the FM Trainmaster is in neutral. (This occurs when placing
the FM Trainmaster on your railroad for the first time. Thereafter, it starts
in forward after every three-second power interrupt.)
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Move 'em out!
• Get your FM Trainmaster moving. Press the DIR button on your
CAB-1 remote or Lionel transformer. This sequences the R2LC to the next
operating state. The R2LC (Radio Board) alternates between three states:
forward, neutral, and reverse.
• Adjust track voltage until your FM Trainmaster moves at your desired
speed. To increase speed, increase track voltage. To decrease speed, reduce
voltage. To stop the locomotive, cut track power.
• To select a single operating state (example: forward only), you can
deactivate the R2LC's sequencing function. Get your FM Trainmaster mov-
ing in the desired direction, then slide the reverse unit control switch on
the FM Trainmaster's underside to PROG. See page 4 for the switch loca-
tion and positioning.
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