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MYLOCOSOUND
Installation and Trouble Shooting Manual
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Easy installation using screw terminals with no soldering.
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Uses a TV remote control to adjust the sounds to match the prototype loco.
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For track powered DC or DCC or battery powered, radio controlled or ride on locomotives.
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Measures 55mm x 33mm x 11mm.
1. CONTENTS
2. OVERVIEW
The soundcard generates recorded sounds from actual locomotives, trams and railcars. The terminal
connections on the right in the photo above are necessary for the soundcard to generate sounds which
vary with the loco speed and load. The terminal connections on the left trigger the various sounds
where the locomotive controller has the appropriate outputs available. The trigger terminals are
labelled F1 to F7 and are referred to by these labels in these instructions. For example, "Triggering F1"
means to close a contact between the F1 terminal and the Battery negative terminal.
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Summary of Contents for MyLocoSound Micron Series
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
MYLOCOSOUND Installation and Trouble Shooting Manual Micron Edition • Easy installation using screw terminals with no soldering. • Uses a TV remote control to adjust the sounds to match the prototype loco. • For track powered DC or DCC or battery powered, radio controlled or ride on locomotives. -
Page 2: Overview
Sounds can also be triggered by a Sony infra-red TV remote control which can be purchased locally. Low cost, universal, TV remote controls are available from most consumer electronics stores and need to be set to Sony coding to work with the soundcard. Although it can be used when running in the garden, the remote control is intended mainly for the adjustment and testing of sounds. -
Page 3: Installing In Analogue Dc Track Powered Vehicles
4. INSTALLING THE SOUNDCARD IN ANALOGUE DC TRACK POWERED VEHICLES The soundcard is suitable for use on analogue DC track powered railways on which the following wiring diagram should be used: The wiring diagram below shows the connections for the DC jumper board in a Bachmann locomotive. When the motor voltage is below seven volts it is insufficient to power the soundcard. -
Page 4: Installing In Dcc Track Powered Vehicles
On analogue DC layouts which have pure DC controllers (as opposed to PWM controllers) you may need to give the throttle a bit of a tweak to start the sound. On those layouts, the sound will automatically turn off after one minute of inactivity and another tweak will turn it back on. With the more common PWM controllers and with DCC the sound will turn on automatically and stay on. -
Page 5: Installing In Battery Powered Vehicles
The soundcard is not a DCC decoder and cannot trigger sounds directly from the controller. Some decoders have a servo output which can be used to trigger sounds from the controller buttons by using a servo switch. These connection options are shown below: Many decoders also have function outputs which can be used to trigger sounds. -
Page 6: Installing In Ride On Vehicles
Wiring diagrams for many other radio control systems can be found in the INSTALLATIONS menu at www.mylocosound.com. 7. INSTALLING IN RIDE ON LOCOMOTIVES When used in 5 inch and 7¼ inch ride on railways there is a lot of environmental noise. The output of the soundcard alone is not sufficient for these environments and an external amplifier needs to be used. -
Page 7: Infra-Red Receivers
8. THE INFRA-RED RECEIVERS The infra-red receivers accept commands from the handheld remote control to adjust or trigger sounds. Two receivers are provided. One is fixed in the middle of the soundcard. The other is on a flying lead which plugs into the small white socket as shown on page one. -
Page 8: 10. Trouble Shooting
The Mute button will start and stop the sound and lets you select the different sounds. The MENU button changes the way the sounds operate. 10. TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE THE TV REMOTE CONTROL WON’T WORK Start the soundcard, press any button on the remote control and the LED should flash. If it does not flash then the battery probably needs replacing. - Page 9 0 button on the remote control and hold it down for three seconds. The soundcard will beep five times when the reset is complete. Installation Instructions - Micron. 30 June 2024 For more information and other installation wiring diagrams, please visit the web site at www.mylocosound.com or e-mail sales@mylocosound.com. Copyright © 2013-24 MyLocoSound Pty. Ltd.
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