Lionel 6-19868 User manual

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Lionel
Shark Aquarium Car
With CarSounds
Owner’s Manual
featuring and
SYSTEM
&
CarSounds™

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Congratulations
Table of contents
Congratulations! You now own the most sophisticated, fun and entertaining
aquarium car ever built—the Lionel
TrainMaster®Command-equipped
CarSounds™ shark aquarium car.
From the crisp detail and expert decor-
ation on the outside to the advanced tech-
nology inside, your Lionel CarSounds shark
aquarium car is ready for duty on your
model railroad.
Read this instruction manual thoroughly
for important tips on operating and main-
taining your CarSounds shark aquarium
car. When properly cared for, it will last a
lifetime. Experience the superiority of
today’s Lionel.
• Lionel Command™ R2LC unit for
use with the Lionel TrainMaster®
Command™ model railroad con-
trol system
• CarSounds sound system—
digital recordings from our old
friends in California.
• Odyssey™ System
• Die-cast ElectroCouplers™
• Stamped metal frame.
• Die-cast trucks.
• New luminescent panel lighting.
Transformer operations
Running your CarSounds shark aquarium car with a Lionel transformer 3
Notes on CarSounds 3
Using your CarSounds shark aquarium car ElectroCouplers 4
Your CarSounds shark aquarium car’s ElectroCoupler
in the TrainMaster Command environment 4
Speed Control using your shark aquarium car’s Odyssey System 4
TrainMaster Command operations
The Command control environment 5
Running your CarSounds shark aquarium car in the TrainMaster Command environment 6
CAB-1 commands for your CarSounds shark aquarium car 6
CAB-1 numeric keypad commands for your CarSounds shark aquarium car 7
Tuning your CarSounds shark aquarium’s performance 8
Assigning your CarSounds shark aquarium a new ID# 9
Advanced TrainMaster Command operations
Building Trains 10
Lionel Service 12

Transformer operations
Running your CarSounds shark aquarium car
with a Lionel transformer
Place your CarSounds shark aquarium car on Lionel or
Lionel-compatible O gauge track.
• Direction does not matter for your shark aquarium car except in
Command Control mode (for front & rear coupler identification).
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2Power up your CarSounds shark aquarium car with your transformer.
•Your CarSounds shark aquarium car is designed to operate on
7-18 volts alternating current. Virtually all Lionel and Lionel-compatible
alternating-current transformers are suitable; we recommend the TrainMaster
Command model railroad control system.
•Do not power your CarSounds shark aquarium car with direct cur-
rent (DC). Damage to sensitive electronic components may occur.
•When you first power up your track, the CarSounds shark aquarium
car will wait between 3 and 8 seconds as it “listens” for digital language
from the TrainMaster Command Base (available separately). When it’s determined
that it’s on a conventional (non-Command) railroad, CarSounds will start up, and
the light panel will illuminate. The sharks will be in “neutral”. To start the sharks
in motion, press the direction button on your transformer or CAB-1. This occurs
when you power up your shark car for the first time. Thereafter, motion will start
immediately with power applied to the track.
Note!
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3Move ‘em out!
•Get your CarSounds shark aquarium car moving, place it somewhere
within the train consist. Track voltage controls the speed of the sharks. A mini-
mum voltage of 5-7 vac is required to start the sharks “swimming”.
• Car motion activates the surf guitar song we call “The Shark’s Lament”, com-
posed for this product by one of our friends in northern California. If car motion
is slow and steady, the song will continue indefinitely. If you speed up the car
motion, the tempo of the song will increase, and it will culminate with a special
announcement from Val, the sharks’ trainer and constant companion.
• Random shark sounds and water rippling sounds will be heard throughout
operation.
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Notes on CarSounds
• Use the volume control knob on the underside of the CarSounds shark aquarium car to
adjust sound output. (See page 9 for its location.)
• For even more fantastic Railsounds effects, operate in the TrainMaster Command environment.
There are no sound features which will respond to a bell control
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• Horn/Whistle activation will override the car’s motion sensor, and “The Shark’s Lament”
will play at full tempo as long as the button is held.

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Transformer operations
Using your CarSounds shark aquarium car’s ElectroCouplers in the
non-Command environment
To use your CarSounds shark aquarium car’s ElectroCouplers in the non-
Command environment, you must first cou-
ple a piece of rolling stock equipped with
Lionel magnetic couplers directly to your
CarSounds shark aquarium. The magnetic
coupler on the rolling stock will then react
to the magnetic field generated by a Lionel
remote-control track section (available sep-
arately). Place your rolling stock’s coupler
“trigger disc” over the central coil of a
remote-control track section and press
uncouple on the controller. The magnetic
field pulls the disc downward, and the cou-
pler opens.
Your CarSound shark aquarium
ElectroCouplers will NOT open
manually or by using a remote-
control track section
Magnetic coupler on the rolling stock coupled to
your CarSounds shark aquarium car
Note!
Remote-
control track
section
Your CarSounds shark aquarium car’s ElectroCoupler in the
TrainMaster Command environment
Your Lionel CarSounds shark aquari- um car is equipped with front and
rear Electrocouplers that respond to the
COUPLER F (front) and COUPLER R
(rear) button on your CAB-1 remote
when operated in the Trainmaster
Command environment. Simply press
either button on your CAB-1 remote, and
that coupler opens.
Your CarSounds shark
aquarium ElectroCouplers are
NOT designed to be opened manually.
Speed Control using your shark aquarium car’s Odyssey System
To establish a speed control setting for your
sharks, use the following steps.
1. Set the track voltage to the desired speed.
2. Hold the Horn/Whistle button down, and
increase the voltage by 3 volts mini-
mum. (The song will play, and you will
see the sharks momentarily speed up,
then return to your set speed.)
3. Release the Horn/Whistle button. The
sharks will stay at this speed unless volt-
age is turned below the “set” level.
Speed control settings are retained
indefinitely until you deactivate this
feature.
4. To deactivate speed control, reduce the
voltage by 3 volts minimum while hold-
ing the Horn/Whistle button. (You may
need to increase the track voltage before
performing this step if you are operating
below 10 volts.)
Note!

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Transformer operations
The Command control environment
Place your CarSounds shark aquarium car on Lionel or
Lionel compatible O gauge track.
•Make sure track power is OFF before placing your CarSounds
shark aquarium car on the track.
• Make sure your Lionel Command Base is ON and its communications
wire is connected to the COMMON post on your Lionel transformer or the U post
on any of your installed PowerMasters.
• Once positioned on the track, increase track voltage to FULL (on
PowerMaster, slide the CMD/CONV switch to CMD).
Address your CarSounds shark aquarium car using CAB-1.
• Press ENG and 1 on the numeric keypad of your CAB-1 remote. This
command is sent by CAB-1 to the Command Base, which then translates your
command into digital code. That code is sent around your railroad’s outside rails
in the form of a digital “halo.” All Command-equipped Lionels listen to this digi-
tal communication, but they do not respond until they hear their individual ID
number—in this case, “1.”
• The digital language of TrainMaster Command—and not track power—controls
the actions of Command-equipped Lionels. Track power is simply like gasoline in
the tank of your car—it gives you the power to go places, but it doesn’t tell you
where to go or how fast to get there.
• All Command-equipped Lionels come factory-programmed with an
ID# of “1.” To change the ID# of your CarSounds shark aquarium car
(equipped with an R2LC, designed to control coil couplers, motor speed, and
Railsounds features), see page 9.
Move ‘em out!
• Throttle up using your CAB-1. The CarSounds will start, and the light will illumi-
nate. The sharks will automatically start to “swim” around your car. The throttle
can be used to slow or speed up the sharks, but they will not come to a complete
stop until power is turned off (the throttle has only a limited range of speed con-
trol). Your CarSounds shark aquarium car will respond to your every command.
Read on.
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Lionel TrainMaster Command is the advanced model railroad control system
from Lionel. Your CarSounds shark aquari-
um car is equipped with the Lionel R2LC for
shark swimming speed, coil coupler, and
lighting control, and access to additional
Railsounds features. TrainMaster Command
gives you the power to operate multiple
Command-equipped locomotives on the
same track, at the same time.
To operate in Command, you need
a Command Base and a CAB-1
remote. Find them both at your authorized
Lionel retailer.
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