Rapido Trains SW1200RS, Operator'S Manual

Page 1: ...OPERATOR S MANUAL FRANÇAIS AU VERSO ...

Page 2: ...do models into Molotov Locomotives We would like to warn you that this manual contains a considerable amount of inappropriate linguistic innuendo including four éclairs two crevasses and an orangutan But as these naughty things only appear in that one sentence you don t have to worry about them any more As always if there is anything amiss with your SW1200RS please do not hesitate to contact us We...

Page 3: ...Sound 11 Functions 12 Functions More Information 12 Horns 15 Sound Volume Settings 15 Sound Volume Settings Chart 16 Factory Reset 16 Awesome Slow Speed Thingy 16 More Information 17 Limited Lifetime Warranty 17 Acknowledgements 18 SW1200RS DCC FUNCTION QUICK REFERENCE F0 HEADLIGHT F1 BELL F2 HORN F3 CURVE SQUEAL F4 FULL THROTTLE F5 SLOW DOPPLER HORN F6 DITCH LIGHTS IF EQUIPPED F7 DIM THE HEADLIGH...

Page 4: ...steps rather than the usual Canadian straight steps Contrary to modelling lore for those of us who pre date the internet the 1200s and the 1300s have nearly identical hoods The louvers are the same Many CN SW1200RS locomotives were rebuilt into 7000 series locomotives in the 1980s including 7100 7107 These are the famous Sweeps a combination of SW1200RS and GP9 uprated to 1350 HP Man we would love...

Page 5: ...ion for the Canadian road switcher variant and GMD staff concurred although neither the builder nor CN revised their official records Railway historians and modellers adopted Cox s unofficial model designation and it remains in use BREAK IN Don t break in to anyone s layout room to steal their SW1200RS Just buy more for yourself But this isn t about that kind of break in Every locomotive needs a b...

Page 6: ...e out of gauge then remove the affected wheelset from the truck by prying off the bottom lid of the gearbox with a small flat screwdriver and then spreading apart the sideframes The wheelset can be regauged by grabbing each wheel and twisting Reverse the steps to replace the wheelset and ensure the gearbox cover is snapped into place before placing it on the track Check that all underbody piping a...

Page 7: ...em on your model s counterpart That means they are gone for good or at least until molecular transporters or TOMTIT machines are invented If you don t understand any of this paragraph just please remember that DETAILS VERY VERY SMALL CAN BE LOST EASY To that end please make every effort to ensure nothing flies away We normally suggest you work in a room with everything white walls floor ceiling wo...

Page 8: ...asionally play trains and you have a DC powered train set please contact us before operating your SW1200RS as it may not be safe for your engine and or your wallet for you to use your controller Some train set throttles put out a very high maximum voltage that is not suitable for scale model trains The maximum recommended voltage is 16 volts DC Similarly controllers designed for large scale trains...

Page 9: ...he 54615 decoder If you don t have a LokProgrammer you can adjust CVs in the usual way We will be selling SW1200RS sound decoders separately if they aren t on our web site by the time you read this call Dan Garcia at the office and yell at him But yell nicely please INSTALLING A DIFFERENT BRAND OF SOUND DECODER Don t INSTALLING BATTERIES RADIO AND A NEAT O APP TO CONTROL THEM Really Don t ADD COMP...

Page 10: ...it As long as we can keep reminding him of this event he ll be nice to DC modellers However Josh is the one writing this manual and he thinks DC is for YIntaghs Hab SoSlI Quch For those of you with ridged foreheads who are feeling deeply insulted we are pleased to inform you that Josh has now been sacked OPERATION DCC WITH SOUND We go to extreme lengths for accuracy in sounds as well as in looks O...

Page 11: ...d equipped locomotives on the mainline If your sounds do not operate correctly on a Digitrax DCC system this likely means that you need to clear the memory on your system achieved by clearing slot 36 A basic summary of how to do this can be found on the SW1200RS page in the Support section of our web site More detailed information can be found on the Digitrax web site If you have a really old DCC ...

Page 12: ...lass Lights FUNCTIONS MORE INFORMATION F1 Bell We have used a fantastic recording for our SW1200RS We polled a bakers dozen of railroaders and came to the conclusion that the bell ring rate is firmly set to as long as it makes noise Every engine seemingly had a different bell ring rate We chose a nice one F2 Horn We loved our last horn recording so much we decided to use it again To get a short to...

Page 13: ...e ve sourced a gorgeous K3L recorded on a moving locomotive doing about 30MPH Beauty goal eh And on top of that if you change your horn to an M3H see Horns below your Doppler horn automatically switches to an M3H Doppler recording F6 Ditch Lights if equipped If your locomotive comes equipped with ditch lights this function will allow you to activate them Pressing F6 turns them on Pressing F6 again...

Page 14: ...w one last year So we ve shoved this to a higher function button If you are one of those three people you are clever enough to remap this feature onto a lower function button by following the instructions in the full ESU Select Decoder manual which can be downloaded from the SW1200RS page of the Support section of the Rapido web site Functions F16 F19 These are not used Don t press them Also don t...

Page 15: ...Horn CV48 1 Nathan M3H NotethatyoucanonlychangethehornonaprogrammingtrackorusingaLokProgrammer SOUND VOLUME SETTINGS The sound volumes on your decoder have been pre set at the factory to levels that we found comfortable on our test tracks Sound levels are very much a matter of personal taste especially if you are going deaf like we are and what sounds great in one layout environment may sound too ...

Page 16: ...this will cause all of your new volume and motor settings to be lost so you will need to reprogram any settings that you want to keep What do you mean you didn t take any notes WE JUST TOLD YOU TAKE NOTES You re out of the band You can NOT lose all of the pre recorded sounds on your SW1200RS decoder by doing a factory reset However after performing a factory reset your SW1200RS may begin to do the...

Page 17: ...ocomotive If your locomotive has any defects that originate from the factory we will repair your locomotive using new components or replace it outright should a repair not be possible However we can only replace your locomotive while we have additional ones in stock We normally keep spares for up to six months after a model is released If you are like most of us and after purchasing this locomotiv...

Page 18: ...sed in Woodbury Heights NJ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many people have provided their kind assistance in order to ensure that our SW1200RS is an amazing model Special thanks go to Dan Dell Unto John Eull Ken Goslett Dave Love Steve Lucas Dave Minshall Bob Merriam Jakob Mueller Brian Schuff and the Ontario Southland Railway We also cannot forget the invaluable services of Richard Longpre for providing us wit...