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Service & Warranty Information

How to Get Service Under the Terms of  the Limited One-Year Warranty

When you suspect an item is defective, please check the operator's manual for standard operation and trouble-
shooting techniques that may correct the problem.  Additional information may be found on the M.T.H. Website.  
Should you still require service, follow the instructions below to obtain warranty service.

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.  If  you did not purchase the item directly from the ASC, you will need to 
select a National Authorized Service Center (NASC).  These centers are compensated by M.T.H. to perform 
warranty service for any customer whose repair qualifies for warranty service.  A list of  NASC retailers can be 
located on the M.T.H. Website or by calling 410-381-2580.  Should the warranty no longer apply, you may choose 
either an ASC or NASC retailer to service your M.T.H. Product.  A reasonable service fee will be charged.

CAUTION:  Make sure the product is packed in its original factory packaging including its foam and plastic 
wrapping material to prevent damage to the merchandise.  There is no need to return the entire set if  only one of  
the components is in need of  repair unless otherwise instructed by the Service Center.  The shipment must be 
prepaid and we recommend that it be insured. A cover letter including your name, address, daytime phone number, 
e-mail address (if  available), Return Authorization number (if  required by the service center, a copy of  your sales 
receipt and a full description of  the problem must be included to facilitate the repairs.  Please include the 
description regardless of  whether you discussed the problem with a service technician when contacting the Service 
Center for your Return Authorization.

Please make sure you have followed the instructions carefully before returning any merchandise for service.  
Authorized M.T.H. Service Centers are independently owned and operated and are not agents or representatives of  
M.T.H. Electric Trains.  M.T.H. assumes no responsibility, financial or otherwise, for material left in their 
possession, or work done, by privately owned M.T.H. Authorized Service Centers.

If  you need assistance at any time email MTH Service at service@mth-railking.com, or call 410 381-2580.

Limited One-Year Warranty

All M.T.H. products purchased from an M.T.H. Authorized Retailer are covered by this warranty provided the 
product was manufactured within five years of  the date of  purchase.  This warranty is for the original purchaser 
and is non-transferable.                       

See our website 

www.mthtrains.com

 to identify an M.T.H. Authorized Retailer near you. 

M.T.H. products may be registered online in advance of  warranty work at 

www.mthtrains.com/warranty

.  The 

original sales receipt and the conditions below must be met regardless of  whether the product is registered on the 
M.T.H. website in order to obtain warranty service.

M.T.H. products manufactured within five years from the date of  purchase are warrantied for one year against 
defects in material or workmanship, excluding wear items such as light bulbs, pick-up rollers, batteries, smoke unit 
wicks, and traction tires.  We will repair, replace, or credit (at our option) the defective part without charge for the 
parts or labor if  the following conditions are met: (1) the item is returned to an M.T.H. Authorized  Service 
Center* (ASC) or M.T.H. National Authorized Service Center (NASC) or M.T.H. Electric Trains Service 
Department, (2) was manufactured within the previous five years and (3) was purchased within one year of  the 
original date of  purchase from an M.T.H. Authorized Retailer. Products manufactured after the five year cutoff  
from the date of  purchase are not covered under any warranty by 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.

Items sent for repair must be accompanied by a return authorization number, a description of  the problem, and a 

copy of  the original sales receipt from an M.T.H. Authorized Retailer

, which gives the date of  purchase.  If  

you are sending this product to an Authorized Service Center, contact that Center for their return authorization.

This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may have other rights that vary from state to state.  Specific 
questions regarding the warranty may be forwarded to M.T.H. Directly.

* Authorized Service Centers (ASC) are only obligated to provide warranty service for any consumer who has 
purchased the specific M.T.H. item from them that requires service work. 

Service Department:
M.T.H. Electric Trains
7020 Columbia Gateway Drive
Columbia MD  21046-1532

Summary of Contents for Premier E94 Crocodile

Page 1: ...tes on O 54 curves and the Scale wheel version operates on 36 radius curves It is also compatible with most standard AC transformers and DC power packs See page 52 and 53 for a complete list of compat...

Page 2: ...tographs 4 Conventional Mode 5 Command Mode Automatic Operation 5 Command Mode Manual Operation 5 Softkey Operation for Operating Pantograph Engines 5 Coupler Systems 7 PS 3 0 Enhancements 8 Conventio...

Page 3: ...When the Velcro straps are undone you can lift of the poly foam cover You now will see the engine and the display The engine is attached to the display stand with screws form the underside Lift he ent...

Page 4: ...play board The engine and display board will now separate The engine is now ready to be lubricated and placed on the track DO NOT OVER OIL DO NOT OVER OIL Figure 3 Lubrication Points on the Locomotive...

Page 5: ...Track Position Switch Figure 6 Pantograph Track Position Switch Conventional Mode When power is applied in conventional mode the pantographs will go through an orientation check This will make sure t...

Page 6: ...engine is running Every Direction button press on the DCS remote handheld or an AC transformer will cause the pantographs to change their orientation NOTE The default operation of the operating panto...

Page 7: ...roto Coupler If your model came equipped with the Lenz style coupler DO NOT install an MTH Proto Coupler without updating the DSP code Like wise if your model came equipped with an MTH Proto Coupler D...

Page 8: ...e to play the full shut down sounds Also the capacitors allow you to operate your engine in conventional mode just like you would any other conventionally controlled engine Finally because there are n...

Page 9: ...nsity halogen lamp on the latest modern diesels LED s allow for various correct colors Also they require less power and do not emit as much heat as incandescent bulbs Modes of Operation There are 4 op...

Page 10: ...e is another interruption in track power The next interruption in track power will move the sequence to the reverse state The engine will now move in the reverse direction If the power interruption wa...

Page 11: ...orn Whistle To sound the whistle firmly press the Horn Whistle button The whistle will sound for as long as you continue to depress the button It will stop when you release the button Direction Your t...

Page 12: ...Fire the Rear Coupler Fire the Front Coupler Speed Control On Off Lock into a Direction Road Pull Reset to Factory Defaults 1 Bell 1 Horn Whistles 1 Bell 2 Horn Whistles 1 Bell 3 Horn Whistles 1 Bell...

Page 13: ...disabled operator control over the Horn and Bell buttons until the full PFA sequence is complete After waiting about 30 seconds for that sequence to run press the Direction button again to trigger the...

Page 14: ...MTH Proto Coupler DO NOT install the Lenz style coupler without updating the DSP code Damage may occur to the coupler or the PS 3 0 board If you desire to change the type of electrically operated coup...

Page 15: ...urn it to the other condition You will want to do this during the initial neutral upon start up if you ever couple this engine to another engine that is not equipped with speed control to avoid damagi...

Page 16: ...Bell Bell Bell Bell PULL ROAD Horn Bell Bell Bell Bell Premier E94 Crocodile Electric Engine 16 Rear ENGINE IN FORWARD ENGINE IN REVERSE Rear Rear ENGINE IN FORWARD ENGINE IN REVERSE Rear YARD ROAD T...

Page 17: ...olarity or direction switch on the power pack the engine will run in the opposite direction The electronics in your MTH Proto Sound 3 0 locomotive are designed to slowly change direction without a nee...

Page 18: ...nit on or off just press SMOKE No combination of letters or numbers to remember Additional details can be found in the DCS manual that accompanies your DCS system or on the MTH Web site www mthtrains...

Page 19: ...ear ENGINE IN FORWARD ENGINE IN REVERSE Rear PUSH Rear ENGINE IN FORWARD ENGINE IN REVERSE Rear Red Austrian version only Rear ENGINE IN FORWARD ENGINE IN REVERSE Rear Red Red Austrian version only Re...

Page 20: ...whether it s steam diesel or electric and whether it has smoke or not Please refer to the table of Default CV Values for your particular engine s F Functions A note about enabling disabling F Functio...

Page 21: ...iving 2 Press the F4 button twice toggle F4 on then off again to stop the engine at the station It is recommended to do it this way rather than bring the engine to a stop with the throttle since PFA a...

Page 22: ...ce toggling on then off will fire your Rear Coupler Forward Reverse Signal Just like a real engine you can announce the direction of intended movement using your DCC handheld and F9 and F10 F9 Forward...

Page 23: ...toggle F12 OFF the pantographs will automatically realign themselves to the correct orientation based upon the engine s current direction of travel Additional F Functions F15 F16 Idle Sequence Pressin...

Page 24: ...1 to shut off the Doppler Effect With a little practice in timing and speed you can make this happen right in front of you F22 Coupler Slack When an engine hooks up and pulls a train it has to take up...

Page 25: ...ng both F19 F20 OFF results in YARD lighting Description Function Premier E94 Crocodile Electric Engine 25 F26 Brake Sounds Pressing the F26 button enable F26 will disable the Brake Sounds for your en...

Page 26: ...t DCC address The default Short address is always 3 The default Long address will be 3333 To change your engine s Short Address using PoM 1 Call up the engine s current address on your DCC handheld 2...

Page 27: ...n the engines memory Reapplying power in less than 5 seconds may result in losing the setting changes If all else fails and you aren t sure of something never fear You can always get your engine back...

Page 28: ...changing the engine s address to 55 you are just telling the DCC system to start talking to engine address 55 You will want to make sure that no other MTH engines are on the rails or any other manufa...

Page 29: ...ed engine in a consist CV23 Consist Acceleration Rate CV24 Consist Deceleration Adjustment CV25 Speed Table Select CV29 Decoder Configuration CV49 Short Address controllers that prohibit PoM CV50 Exte...

Page 30: ...Step 27 Alternate Speed Curve Step 28 Reverse Trim User ID 1 User ID 2 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146...

Page 31: ...4 Crocodile Electric Engine 31 SOUNDS Bell 1 Brake Sounds 2 Cab Chatter 3 Clickety Clack 4 Coupler Close 5 Coupler Slack 6 Drift Chuff 7 Engine Sounds 8 Forward Signal 9 Grade Crossing Signal 10 Horn...

Page 32: ...to write at CV170 So looking at the Function ID table above you can see that PFA is a value of 23 4 Using your DCC system enter a value of 23 for CV170 and hit Enter You have just re assigned the PFA...

Page 33: ...If the desired CV number is equal or greater than 80 enter the hundreds and tens digits of the CV number on the keypad For example to program CV 94 enter 09 on the keypad then press the function key t...

Page 34: ...79 Operation Until the engine receives a packet that is addressed to it that uses the new M rklin format the single function key directly controls startup and shutdown If the function key is on the e...

Page 35: ...n the ON position on the Marklin 6021 Controller you can re map F1 F4 using CV115 CV122 When Bit 2 of CV56 is set you now have functionality of F5 F9 at the current engine address 1 For example if you...

Page 36: ...nds to See diagram below for example Custom Speed tables Below is a table that shows the value to write to CV25 to achieve the desired speed curve For example if you would like to use speed curve 18 t...

Page 37: ...CV22 and write a value of 1 This tells the engine that it s a forward facing engine and that you want F0 to control the FL function at the consist address The engine will give you two horn blasts to...

Page 38: ...ntrol is integral For example if you wanted to flip the Rear engine around and make it face forward in the consist all you d have to do is go into the Rear engine s address address 3 in the example an...

Page 39: ...ut Down F3 and Front Coupler F7 you will want to write a value of 71 to CV21 This is setting bits 0 1 2 and 6 ON a CV21 s bits are shown in the table below the decimal value is shown in parenthesis Pr...

Page 40: ...ng 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 f...

Page 41: ...value For example if you had a consist address CV19 set to 5 and you wanted to alter this to show an engine reversed in the consist you would need to set bit 7 decimal value 128 for the engine you wa...

Page 42: ...remove the trucks by unscrewing the black Phillips motor mount screw located on the underside of the drive trucks 3 Once the motor mount screw has been removed pull the motor away from the truck block...

Page 43: ...ot rubbing alcohol applied with a cotton swab To clean the track use RailKing Track Cleaning Fluid or denatured not rubbing alcohol and a clean rag Unplug the transformer and wipe the rails of the tra...

Page 44: ...he wheel You may find it useful to use two small flathead screwdrivers to stretch the tire over the wheel 6 If you twist the tire while stretching it over the wheel you will need to remove and reinsta...

Page 45: ...er the engine Rotate throttle clockwise to increase track power Check that you have the Panto Track switch in the correct position for your operating environment Coupler Solution When I try to fire th...

Page 46: ...engine doesn t go into reverse When the PFA enters its last sequence the bell automatically comes on When PFA is enabled pressing the whistle and bell has no effect I push the direction button but th...

Page 47: ...ssenger car Slide the engine a couple of feet in either direction you may have a bad track section Have you got that section electrically isolated with a toggle switch or other device Check that you h...

Page 48: ...back to its out of the box defaults Lights Solution Motion Solution When I apply power to the track my engine starts up lights and sound but it won t move My engine hesitates at slow speeds Lower the...

Page 49: ...the correct position for your operating environment Start up Solution Sound Solution I have no sound on my engine but my lights are on and it moves just fine When I run Doppler I can hear the Doppler...

Page 50: ...bit It should clear up shortly after lubricating and running This is normal dial up the speed on your DCC controller to make your engine move PFA Solution I hit F4 to start the PFA but the engine jus...

Page 51: ...e doesn t do anything No lights no sound no nothing I get an error when I hit Start Up DCS is polarity sensitive when powered by a DC power supply This is normal You have to hit the Start Up button Ch...

Page 52: ...Be a little patient and let it run for a bit It should clear up shortly after lubricating and running This is normal dial up the speed on your DCS Remote to make your engine move PFA Solution When I e...

Page 53: ...ard Lionel 1063 Lionel LW Powermaster U A U A U A 8 17v 8 18v 8 18v 60 Watt 75 Watt 135VA Standard Standard Electronic All Trol Left Terminal Right Terminal 0 24v 300 Watt Electronic Dallee Hostler Le...

Page 54: ...mbo 50101 18VDC on Supply 0 18VDC at Controller 240 Watt Electronic MRC 6200 0 18 5v 60 Watt Electronic Not Recommended For 70 3001 1 J3a Not recommended for 70 3001 1 J3a RECOMMENDED DC TRANSFORMERS...

Page 55: ...utton push stops all Proto Sound 2 0 and Proto Sound 3 0 engines but does not turn off the input power to the TIU One Touch Global Mute UnMute Single button mutes or unmutes all DCS controlled locomot...

Page 56: ...vice Centers If you need assistance at any time email MTH Service at service mth railking com or call 410 381 2580 Limited One Year Warranty All M T H products purchased from an M T H Authorized Retai...

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