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OPERATOR'S MANUAL
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Compatibility
This engine will operate on any
traditional O-31 Gauge track system,
including M.T.H.'s RealTrax® or
ScaleTrax™ or traditional tubular
track. It is also compatible with most
Transit Announcements
standard AC transformers. (See pages
45 and 46 for a complete list of
compatible transformers, power packs
and wiring instructions.)
PLEASE READ BEFORE USE AND SAVE
www.mthtrains.com

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  • Page 1 ScaleTrax™ or traditional tubular track. It is also compatible with most Transit Announcements standard AC transformers. (See pages 45 and 46 for a complete list of compatible transformers, power packs and wiring instructions.) PLEASE READ BEFORE USE AND SAVE www.mthtrains.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Before you Begin ..............3 Set Up Checklist .

  • Page 3: Before You Begin

    BEFORE YOU BEGIN By visiting the M.T.H. website, www.mthtrains.com, you will be able to view any additional manual updates that affect your engine. Enter the MTH Item number of the engine you want to check and select the manual icon to download or view it. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the manual.

  • Page 4: Ps 3.0 Enhancements

    PS 3.0 Enhancements ® Here are some of the exciting changes incorporated into your new MTH Proto-Sound 3.0 Locomotives. More advanced features such as Custom Speed Tables and Advanced Consisting can be found in the DCC section of this manual. ®...

  • Page 5: Activating Dcc Mode

    Activating DCC Mode Your MTH Locomotive has a DCC Decoder installed. However, in order to activate DCC Mode, you must install a DCS/DCC switch. See page 14 for more information. For installation instructions, please contact M.T.H. Electric Trains: Telephone: 410-381-2580; Fax: 410-423-0009; service@mth-railking.com, 7020 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia MD 21046-1532 CAUTION: Do not apply DCS signals and DCC signals to the same track simultaneously.

  • Page 6: Modes Of Operation

    Modes of Operation The following pages have detailed descriptions of the 4 different modes of operation: • Conventional AC • Conventional DC • DCS [MTH Digital Command System] • DCC (DCS/DCC Switch required) Conventional AC Operation When using conventional AC power, the engine will respond to changes in track voltage.

  • Page 7: Proto-Sound 3.0 Conventional Ac Operating Instructions

    ® Proto-Sound 3.0 Conventional AC Operating Instructions ® Activating Proto-Sound 3.0 Conventional AC Mode Features Throttle: To increase or decrease track voltage, and therefore train speed, turn the throttle control knob. Turning clockwise will increase voltage and speed, while turning counterclockwise will decrease voltage and speed.

  • Page 8: Operating Modes

    ® Proto-Sound 3.0 features are activated by sequences of Bell and Horn button pushes described below. Please read the full descriptions of each feature before using it. To use these buttons to activate features rather than to blow the horn or ring the bell, you should tap the buttons very quickly with a ½-second pause between button presses.
  • Page 9 Transit Announcement Sounds (TAS) Your Proto-Sound 3.0 street car is equipped with operator controlled Transit Announcement Sounds, hereafter known as TAS. This easy-to-use feature plays digitally reproduced transit announcements and platform action sounds whenever you activate and stop your engine. No additional wires or modifications are needed on your layout to enjoy these amazing sound effects.
  • Page 10 To program stations: 1. Running in Forward, stop the unit at the desired location for the first stop by pressing the direction button. Note: if you stop the engine with the throttle control, you must re-apply power so that the engine goes into neutral and does not shut down. 2.

  • Page 11: Proto-Coupler Operation

    ™ Proto-Coupler Operation This locomotive is equipped with one or more coil-wound Proto-Couplers for remote ® uncoupling action. Because Proto-Couplers are controlled through the Proto-Sound 3.0 microprocessor, they do not require an uncoupling track section or modification to your layout to function. You can fire a coupler from neutral or while in motion. Use the code shown below (and in the chart on p.

  • Page 12: Speed Control

    Speed Control M.T.H. engines equipped with Proto-Sound 3.0 have speed control capabilities that allow the engine to maintain a constant speed up and down grades and around curves, much like an automobile cruise control. You can add or drop cars on the run, and the engine will maintain the speed you set.

  • Page 13: Reset To Factory Default

    Reset to Factory Default To override the settings you currently have assigned to the engine and reset it to its factory defaults, while in Neutral tap the Horn button quickly once, followed by five quick taps of the Bell button, allowing approximately ½ second to lapse between each quick button press.

  • Page 14: Dcs - Digital Command System

    Additional details can be found in the DCS manual that accompanies your DCS system or on the MTH Web site, www.mthtrains.com With DCS, you can have a whole fleet of MTH PS 3.0 engines on the rails and they will remain shut down until you command them to start up.

  • Page 15: Basic Dcc Operation

    Basic DCC Operation Your MTH PS3.0-equipped engine takes full advantage of DCC's capabilities. Below are the basic commands you'll want to know to get started running quickly. Please refer to the Advanced DCC Operation section of the manual if you want to dig into the full capability of DCC.

  • Page 16: Lights

    Lights F0 – Headlight/Taillight. This toggles your headlight/taillight on and off. F5 – Lights. This toggles your firebox and cab interior light on and off. Master Volume F6 – Master Volume There are 10 volume levels. Pressing F6 twice (toggling on then off) raises the Master Volume one level.

  • Page 17: Engine Sounds

    F12 – Clickety Clack On/Off Enabling F12 will Clickety Clack on. Disabling F12 will turn Clickety Clack off. *When Clickety Clack is enabled, the bell and whistle/horn are not operational 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.
  • Page 18 F21 – One Shot Doppler You can set your MTH PS3.0-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.

  • Page 19: Function Chart

    FUNCTION CHART F Key Description Head/Tail light Bell Horn Start-Up/Shut Down Lights (except head/tail) Master Volume Front Coupler Rear Coupler Forward Signal Reverse Signal Grade Crossing Clickety Clack (On/Off) Idle Sequence 4 Idle Sequence 3 Idle Sequence 2 Idle Sequence 1 Extended Start-Up Extended Shut-Down Rev Up...

  • Page 20: 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 21: Feature/Factory Resetting

    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 be 5. Call up CV17 and enter the value required for CV17. You will get a two whistle/horn blast response 6.
  • Page 22 Lost or Unknown Engine Address and the 55-55-55 Address Reset In some cases you may not remember or have somehow lost the engine address. Following the above Feature or Factory Resets will allow you to recover an engine. The limitation to this is that for most resets you must know the engine address.

  • Page 23: Proto-Sound 3.0 Expanded Dcc Functionality

    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 24 Factory Default Values for MTH PS3.0 DCC Configuration Variables (CV’s) Default F-Key Description Description Value Range 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 25 User-Settable F-Function List This feature allows you to take the 28 F-Functions that currently reside in each MTH Proto-Sound 3.0-equipped O-Gauge Engine and change the location of that function. For example: F4 is currently PFA and you'd like that placed down to F28 which is Feature Reset.
  • Page 26 The above list 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.

  • Page 27: 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 28 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 29 11. Call up the consist address (address 4 in this example) 12. Press the F0 button to ensure the FL is toggled on. Most systems have a light bulb icon to indicate whether F0 is active or not. Ensure that it is ON NOTE: The convenient thing about setting up the consist as described above is that it allows you flexibility in the orientation of an engine in a consist;...

  • Page 30: Programming Track

    NOTE: CV21 is ONLY used when you have some value other than 0 written to CV19. If CV19 = 0 then the values of CV21, CV22, CV23, and CV24 are not used 3. Call up your Middle engine (address 2 in the example) 4.
  • Page 31 So, in the above example you simply add up the values in the “Decimal Value” row – 128+64+0+16+8 +0+0+1 = 217. You would write 217 to the CV you were altering. The above applies to any CV. Also, if you have a CV that already has a value assigned that you do not want to alter but need to make additions to it, for example CV29, you would simply add the additional bits you enabled to the existing value to obtain the new CV value.

  • Page 32: Maintenance

    Maintenance Lubricating and Greasing Instructions The engine should be well oiled and greased in order to run properly. Regularly lubricate all axles and pickup rollers to prevent squeaking. DO NOT DO NOT Use light household oil, such as that found in M.T.H.'s maintenance kit. OVER OIL OVER OIL Do not over oil.

  • Page 33: Cleaning The Wheels, Tires And Track

    3. Once the motor mount screw has been removed, pull the motor away from the truck block and lightly coat the motor worm gear and bronze drive gear (in the truck block) with grease. 4. Reassemble the truck and motor, being careful not to pinch any wires between the truck block and motor mount.

  • Page 34: Headlight Replacement Instructions

    First, remove the truck sides from the truck block. To do this, turn your engine upside down and remove the truckside mounting screws as seen in Figure 10. Once the truck sides have been removed: 1. Make sure the old tire has been completely removed from the groove in the drive wheel, using a razor blade or small flathead screwdriver to pry away any remains.
  • Page 35 Lights in the passenger area of the power car and all lighting in the non-powered cars is incandescent bulb lighting. To replace the interior lights in the powered and non-powered cars: 1. Follow the shell removal instructions found in the “Lubrication and Greasing” section of this booklet.

  • Page 36: Troubleshooting Proto-Sound 3.0 Problems

    Troubleshooting Proto-Sound® 3.0 Problems Although Proto-Sound® 3.0 has been designed and engineered for ease of use, you may have some questions during initial operation. The following table should answer most questions. If your problem cannot be resolved with this table, contact M.T.H. for assistance (telephone: 410-381-2580;...
  • Page 37 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 38 Conventional DC Start-up Solution Check to see if that section of track has When I apply power to the track my power. Use a voltmeter or a lit passenger car. engine doesn't do anything. No lights, no sound, 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 isolated...
  • Page 39 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. The engine will remember that when you run it again in Conventional DC.
  • Page 40 Start-up Solution When I apply power to the track my Did you press F3 yet? F3 on your DCC handheld will start your engine up. engine doesn’t do anything. No lights, no sound. Check to see if that section of track has power.
  • Page 41 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. Could be the same reason as “One of my None of my lights are on.
  • Page 42 DCS (Remember, it's NOT DCC) Start-up Solution This is normal. You have to hit the Start-Up When I apply power to the track my button. engine doesn't do anything. No lights, no sound, no nothing. Check to see if that section of track has power.
  • Page 43 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 engine Could be the same reason as “One of my None of my lights are on. lights is out”...

  • Page 44: Transformer Compatibility And Wiring Chart

    Transformer Compatibility and Wiring Chart Proto-Sound® 3.0 is designed to work with most standard AC transformers. The chart below lists the many compatible transformers. Note that many of the operational commands described in these instructions require a bell button, so if your transformer does not have its own bell button, you should consider adding one to get the full benefit of the system.

  • Page 45: Dc Power Supply Chart

    DC Power Supply Chart RECOMMENDED DC TRANSFORMERS Transformer Power Notes On Use Transformer Min/Max. Model Rating Type Voltage MRC 6200 0-18.5v 60-Watt Not Recommended For #70-3001-1 J3a Electronic 0-20v 100-Watt Electronic Controlmaster 20 PH Hobbies 0-20v 100-Watt Electronic PH Hobbies 0-20v 180-Watt Electronic...

  • Page 46: Additional Features Accessible With The Dcs Remote Control System

    Additional Features Accessible With The DCS Remote Control System (Additional equipment required) While conventional mode operation of a Proto-Sound® 3.0 engine yields wonderfully realistic sound and several train control features, command mode operation allows the user to access a world of command functions never before accessible to O Gauge railroaders.

  • Page 47: Service & Warranty Information

    M.T.H. Electric Trains. The manufacture date of an item can be verified on the item's detail page “shipping date field” on the M.T.H. website (www.mthtrains.com). This warranty does not cover damages caused by improper care, handling, or use. Transportation costs incurred by the customer are not covered under this warranty.

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