Broadway Limited rolling thunder User manual

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SYNCHRONIZED FULL
SPECTRUM SOUNDS
YOU
CAN
FEEL.

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Thank you for purchasing the Broadway Limited Rolling ThunderTM System. We
strive every day to make model railroading
a more enjoyable hobby and to that
end, we’ve developed Rolling ThunderTM.
Real trains shake the very ground they roll
on. Their sounds are unmistakable in their
depth and power. With your new Rolling
ThunderTM system, you can unlock the more
realistic sounds of your Paragon3 equipped
BLI locomotives in both frequency and
volume. Rolling ThunderTM truly represents
the next generation in model railroading
technology. Enjoy.
Robert Grubba
President / CEO
Broadway Limited Imports, LLC

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Model train sound systems have always been limited by the
physical size of the speakers that can
t in a scale model. Until now.
Broadway Limited locomotives
equipped with the Paragon3 sound
system transmit the low frequency
portion of the locomotive sounds to
the Rolling ThunderTM receiver. The
receiver is connected to a powerful
subwoofer that reproduces the
deep rumbling sounds of a real
locomotive, perfectly synchronized
to the movement of the model and
to the higher frequency sounds that
continue to play through the speaker
in the model. The result is the most
realistic sounding model train ever
made.

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Setup
For most layouts, the subwoofer should
be positioned under the center of
the layout. The receiver should be
RT Receiver
Subwoofer RCA Cable
Wall Power

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positioned near the layout controls,
plugged into a household outlet. The
red power light will ash for a few
seconds, then stay on. The supplied
RCA cable should be used to connect
the receiver to the subwoofer. To
start, set the Subwoofer Level knob to
6 and the Low Pass Frequency knob
to 200. Turn on the power switch.
LOW PASS
FREQUENCY (Hz)
SUBWOOFER
LEVEL
Place your Paragon3 locomotive on
the track and operate normally. You
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sounds coming from the subwoofer
within a few seconds of starting the
locomotive. If you do not hear the
subwoofer after the rst 10 seconds
of running the locomotive, you may
need to position the receiver and
the locomotive closer together. The
locomotive can typically transmit
about 15 feet, but may need to
be closer to the receiver to begin
transmitting. Positioning the receiver
near the height of the track will
improve reception.
When running a locomotive, adjusting
the volume of the locomotive with
Function Key 8 or with the DC Master
will also adjust the volume played
through the subwoofer.
Setting CV214 for a locomotive will
adjust the subwoofer volume for that
locomotive. The range is 0-255. A

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higher number is louder. The default
is 128.
If you are running one locomotive at
a time on a layout less than 15 feet
long, you probably don’t need to
read the rest of this manual.
Using Multiple Locomotives
The subwoofer can only play the
sounds of one locomotive at a time.
Once the receiver locks onto the rst
locomotive, it will continue to play
the sounds from that locomotive
until that locomotive moves out of
range or is turned off, after which the
next available locomotive will begin
playing through the subwoofer. If
more than one locomotive is running
at the same time, each locomotive
must be set to a unique transmit
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selected by setting CV 212 for that
locomotive to a value between 1
and 29. Channels 1-4 should be used
rst, Then 5,6, 7, etc. (Using channels
5-29 require changing CV143 in the
receiver to match the highest channel
number. See page 16).