MTHTrains GG-1, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ... wiring instructions and is completely compatible with most other 3 rail locomotives rolling stock and accessories The locomotive is equipped with several deluxe features that are simple and fun to operate Each feature is described among the following pages which should be read before the engine is operated For those of you who can t wait to get started the Quick Start Basic Operating Instructions...

Page 2: ...nctions 24 Locking The Engine Into Forward or Reverse 24 Unlocking The Engine 24 Locking The Engine Into Neutral 24 OIL LUBRICATION INSTRUCTIONS 26 TRACTION TIRE REPLACEMENT INSTRUCTIONS 28 LIGHT BULB REMOVAL REPLACEMENT 29 TROUBLE SHOOTING PROTOSOUND PROBLEMS 29 ProtoSound RESET Feature Chart 32 Transformer Wiring Chart 33 O 72 OPERATION 34 SERVICE AND WARRANTY INFORMATION 35 HOW TO GET SERVICE 3...

Page 3: ...ed The reverse unit is designed to ignore dirty track dead spots on switches or minor short circuits without disrupting the engine operation even at slow prototypical speeds Once the engine is placed on the track the throttle on the transformer can be advanced You will see that only the engine s lights come on and that only two dings of the ProtoSound bell occur followed by the diesel start up sou...

Page 4: ...ngine is controlled by a ProtoSound DCRU reverse unit that contains the standard forward neutral reverse states found on most reverse units However as described earlier when power is first applied to the track the reverse unit begins in RESET or what seems like a neutral state Power must be interrupted again to get the locomotive to enter the forward state It is this first RESET state that gives P...

Page 5: ...inging In fact when in RESET and the whistle button is depressed only one single bell chime will be heard each time the whistle button is pressed If you don t want to configure or change your locomotive using any of these programmable features simply leave RESET and wait 2 2 seconds before interrupting the power to put the engine in forward After you leave RESET your engine will operate normally i...

Page 6: ...olts or less any higher voltage will arm the ProtoCoupler and press the whistle button The bell should begin chiming To turn the bell off press the whistle button again If you want to keep the bell on while running the engine simply interrupt the power with the transformer throttle or the transformer directional switch and enter forward or reverse PROTO COUPLER OPERATION Your MTH GG 1 ProtoSound e...

Page 7: ...nt or rear coupler Simply slide the switch toward the direction of the coupler you want to make active NEUTRAL ACTIVATED CAB CHATTER SOUNDS Your engine is equipped with four dispatacher to engineer Cab Chatter radio transmissions that occur every 2 to 30 seconds Each sequence will play at random intervals to eliminate repetition While the sounds are selected to play randomly by the microprocessor ...

Page 8: ...urves crossings or coming to a stop at a station side track or switch yard As mentioned above you will find that initially your engine may continue to play the brake sounds once your engine comes to a stop or that the sounds stop prematurely before the engine comes to a complete halt For example if you simply run the engine and turn the throttle off quickly the brake sounds will likely continue pl...

Page 9: ...Cad batteries are a dry battery and should not leak or cause any damage to your locomotive and will last up to five years or longer If you notice that the sounds seem distorted or garbled at low voltages or become silent when power from the transformer is shut off the battery may be going bad Before replacing the battery you should put the engine in NEUTRAL and leave the transformer throttle at ab...

Page 10: ...d departure messages passenger disembarking and embarking sounds conductor voices and general train station ambient sounds Each is described in more detail in the following sections ACTIVATING PASSENGER SOUNDS Your ProtoSounds equipped engine features an operator controlled passenger station sound set Once activated this easy to use feature plays digitally reproduced sounds of a passenger station ...

Page 11: ...whistle button To activate the feature turn on the transformer throttle and get your engine into the neutral position not RESET Once in neutral set the transformer throttle at 8 volts or less and press and hold the whistle button for at least three seconds You will hear the bell chiming turn on and if you listen carefully you should hear a horn blast after three seconds have passed at which time y...

Page 12: ...same direction it arrived The following operator controlled events control PFA s actions and sounds Event 1 Forward While the locomotive is running in forward or reverse PFA is activated by the operator pushing and holding the bell button down for three or more seconds The locomotive bell begins chiming and can be left on or turned off without disabling PFA Event 2 Neutral Before Reverse The opera...

Page 13: ...operator now interrupts the transformer throttle again to enter the next reverse unit phase reverse In an effort to enhance realism PFA has disabled the reverse phase so that it doesn t power the motors and cause the engine to move backward Upon entering reverse PFA confirms to the operator that it has entered the reverse state by immediately playing the highlight sound of the conductor s voice sa...

Page 14: ...se unit phase forward PFA confirms to the operator that it has entered the forward phase by playing a conductor voice yelling All Aboard Immediately after playing all aboard the sound of the doors closing is heard Within two seconds of the doors closing the locomotive bell begins chiming and the air compressor pumps start After approximately 7 chimes of the bell the engine automatically begins mov...

Page 15: ...is equipped with ProtoSounds or PFA If the engine isn t equipped with PFA the only thing to remember is that you not turn up the transformer throttle very high when entering the reverse state found in Event 3 If the throttle is set too high then the second locomotive will begin vibrating on the track as its motors will be turning in the reverse state since engines not equipped with PFA cannot disa...

Page 16: ...w allows you to control all the sounds in the system and a remote control RESET option Option 6 allows you to control the volume level of the engine sounds remotely from the transformer Turning the volume adjustment knob clockwise will increase the volume and counterclockwise will lower the volume of all sounds bell horn engine sounds Cab Chatter etc Figure 4 Adjusting The ProtoSound Volume ...

Page 17: ...release sound is heard each time the throttle is advanced In addition there are special sounds to tell you what RESET position you are in For example if you want to select Feature 2 you put the engine in RESET and move the throttle up and down from full throttle to low two times After the second advance you will hear two clinks indicating that the computer is now in Feature 2 Advance the throttle ...

Page 18: ...and pushing it a fourth time will give you no engine sound The microprocessor will immediately play the sound level each time the whistle button is pushed so that you can decide if it is acceptable You can recycle through the four choices by simply continuing to press the whistle button Once you have decided on the appropriate volume level turn the transformer throttle off and on again or press th...

Page 19: ...ignifying that the module has been programmed for a bell button Simply turn the throttle off and then on again to Lock In the new setting To reset the computer to its original factory default setting no separate bell button operation repeat the above procedure but keep pushing the whistle button until the computer only responds with one bell ding PROGRAMMING FOR SQUEAKING BRAKE OPERATION ProtoSoun...

Page 20: ... you are operating your engine with a separate bell button and want to blow your horn when your engine is in neutral you will need to program ProtoSounds to do so as the factory setting only allows the horn to blow in forward or reverse To do this enter RESET and go to Feature 25 See the section Using RESET To Program ProtoSounds on page 17 Once in Feature 25 press the transformer whistle button a...

Page 21: ...rn the ProtoCoupler function off enter RESET and go to Feature 10 See the section on Using RESET To Program ProtoSounds on page 17 Once in Feature 10 press the transformer whistle button and wait for ProtoSound to sound a bell ding s Continue pressing the whistle button until ProtoSounds sounds two bell dings signifying that the ProtoCoupler option has been turned off Simply turn the transformer t...

Page 22: ...activate the Remote Lockout Control setting go to RESET Feature 40 See the section entitled Using RESET To Program ProtoSounds on page 17 Once in Feature 40 press the transformer whistle button and wait for ProtoSounds to sound a bell ding Continue pressing the whistle button until ProtoSounds sounds two bell dings signifying that the Remote Lockout Control has been selected To lock in the setting...

Page 23: ...itive and boring messages While the sounds are selected to play randomly by the unit s computer there is no guarantee that you won t hear the same message repeated twice or more times If you don t want to hear the Cab Chatter sounds they can be turned off through Feature 23 To turn off the Cab Chatter sounds enter RESET and go to Feature 23 See the section Using RESET To Program ProtoSounds on Pag...

Page 24: ...LOWING TURN THE THROTTLE OFF AND THEN LET GO OF THE WHISTLE BUTTON After about one second you will hear a short horn blast QUICKLY TURN THE THROTTLE BACK ON AGAIN Your engine is now locked into Forward or Reverse and it will remain so until you unlock the engine even if you wait a year to run your engine again UNLOCKING THE ENGINE Unlocking the engine is a similar procedure WHILE THE ENGINE IS MOV...

Page 25: ... coupler firing depending on the transformer throttle voltage settings prior to the user s attempt to lock out the engine Remember the horn doesn t blow in NEUTRAL unless you programmed it to do so using Feature 25 See page 20 for details only the bell rings or the coupler operates in NEUTRAL While it doesn t make any difference on how the lockout function operates you may hear one of the three di...

Page 26: ...at the factory and shouldn t need additional grease until after 50 hours of operation or one year whichever comes first Grease cannot be added to the internal gearing until the body is removed from the chassis which is held in place by six Phillips screws The screws are located on each end of the chassis as seen in Fig 9 on the following page After removing the screws lift the body away from the c...

Page 27: ...ock idler and drive gears with grease Use the diagram shown in Fig 7 above as a guide and add grease to the points marked with a G Periodically check the locomotive wheels and pickups for dirt buildup as this can significantly affect the engine s ability to perform properly Dirty track and dirty wheels can cause both poor electrical contact as well as poor traction especially on elevated track sec...

Page 28: ...he locomotive In addition it is important to make sure that the tire is fully seated inside the groove Any portion of the tire extending out of the groove can cause the engine to wobble A razor blade can be used to trim away any excess tire that doesn t seat itself inside the groove properly Once the new tire s are in place reassemble the truck sides to the truck blocks and then reassemble the cha...

Page 29: ...is depressed fully the ProtoSound circuit may not recognize the signal Try pressing the whistle button slower taking approximately 1 second to fully depress the button BELL PROBLEMS REMEDY When I press the whistle button to activate the bell the horn sounds You are trying to ring the bell in Forward or Reverse The bell only operates in Neutral unless you have programmed ProtoSounds to recognize a ...

Page 30: ...p the transformer It sits still with the diesel compressor sounds running The engine is locked out into the Neutral position Follow the unlocking procedures in the Lockout Section The engine won t lock out into Forward Neutral or Reverse even after the short horn blast sounds You are waiting too long to turn the throttle back on after the short horn blast sounds The power must be turned back on im...

Page 31: ...ave completed This will guarantee that the system check will have been completed since the startup sounds take longer than 2 2 seconds to play If the problem persists we recommend that you operate the throttle with a slower movement as you interrupt the power in RESET and enter the Forward Phase BRAKE SOUND PROBLEMS REMEDY When the transformer is throttled down the sounds won t play The brake feat...

Page 32: ...d pressing the whistle and bell buttons has no affect Because PFA must control various effects in each PFA event the bell and whistle functions are disabled until either the PFA events have been completed or the engine is shut down for 3 or more seconds I can t get PFA to begin when the engine is stopped in the neutral position It is possible that PFA was never enabled or has been disabled Try rea...

Page 33: ... A 5 16v 90 Watt Standard Lionel 1043 U A 5 16v 90 Watt Standard Lionel 1043M U A 5 16v 90 Watt Standard Lionel 1044 U A 5 16v 90 Watt Standard Lionel 1053 U A 8 17v 60 Watt Standard Lionel 1063 U A 8 17v 60 Watt Standard All Trol Left Terminal Right Terminal 0 24v 300 Watt Electronic Cab 1 Powermaster A U 0 18v 135V A Electronic Dallee Hostler Left Terminal Right Terminal Lionel LW A U 8 18v 75 W...

Page 34: ... be followed including the following Read this and all related manuals transformer power supply locomotive etc thoroughly before using this device This device is not recommended for children under eight years of age without adult supervision MTH recommends parents examine the toy transformer used to power this device periodically for conditions that may result in the risk of fire electric shock or...

Page 35: ...e address daytime phone number Return Authorization number 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 one of our service technicians when contacting MTH for your Return Authorization number 3 Please make sure you have followed the instructions caref...

Page 36: ......