Lionel StationSounds User manual

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StationSounds
Aluminum Coach
Owner’s Manual
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Congratulations!
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Congratulations on your purchase of the Lionel StationSounds Aluminum Coach!
Aluminum cars have been favorites for
many years. Now, they come equipped with
realistic StationSounds and authentic
interiors with figures.
The Lionel StationsSounds coach is
designed for use on conventional or
Command layouts. It will negotiate most
O-31 layouts, but O-42 or wider is
recommended for optimum performance.
The RailSounds effects include:
•Brake Sounds: Triggered by the brake
command (Command mode only–the
car must be in motion).
•Brake Let-Off Sounds: Triggered by
motion and stops in both Command and
conventional modes, or by direction
changes in Command mode.
•Rail Clatter: This feature accurately
recreates the sound of car wheels passing
over rail segments, timed to the speed of
the car. It is triggered by motion in
Command and conventional modes.
•StationSounds: Unique departure,
arrival and other announcements
activated from your CAB-1 in Command
mode and triggered by short
horn/whistle blasts in conventional
mode.

Table of contents
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Transformer operations
Conventional operation of StationSounds 4
TrainMaster Command operations
Command Control operation of StationSounds 5
StationSounds command table 6
Sample scripts 7-9
CAB-1 numeric keypad commands for your StationSounds Car 10
Assigning your StationSounds Car a new ID# 11
Reprogramming the circuit boards to restore features 12
Maintaining and servicing your StationSounds Car
Replacing your StationSounds Car lamps 13-14
Notes 15
Limited Warranty/Lionel Service 16
The following Lionel marks may be used throughout this instruction manual and are protected under
law. All rights reserved.
Lionel®, TrainMaster®, Odyssey®, RailSounds™, CrewTalk™, TowerCom™, DynaChuff™,
StationSounds™, Pullmor®, ElectroCoupler™, Magne-Traction®, CAB-1 Remote Controller®,
PowerMaster®, Lionel ZW®, ZW®, PowerHouse®, TMCC™

Conventional operation of StationSounds
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In conventional mode, short horn blasts (under 1 second) are used to activate the
StationSounds announcements.
StationSounds will only activate while the
car is stopped. Table 1 below describes how
StationSounds responds in conventional
mode.
Trigger Car Speed Timing Effect
Short Horn Blast Stop Within 15 seconds StationArrivalAnnouncement,
of Stopping Conductor ExitAnnouncement
(“Watch your step.”)
Short Horn Blast Stop Over 15 seconds Station DepartureAnnouncement,
Since Stop Conductor BoardingAnnouncement
(or on 1st power-up) (“All Aboard!”)
Use the volume control at the bottom of the car (see Figure 2 on page 11) to set the volume to
your desired level.
Transformer operations
Some announcements contain random phrases and pauses, you will note some
variation during operation.
Note!
Table 1. StationSounds responses

TrainMaster Command operations
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Command Control operation of StationSounds
To operate in the Command Control environment, you need a Command Base and a CAB-1 Remote Controller. You can find them both at your authorized Lionel retailer.
Place your StationSounds car on Lionel or
Lionel-compatible O gauge track.
• Make sure that the track power is OFF before placing the StationSounds Diner on
the track.
• Make sure your Lionel Command Base is plugged in and its communications wire
is connected to the COMMON post on your Lionel transformer or the U on any of
your installed PowerMasters.
• Once positioned on the track, increase track voltage to FULL (on PowerMasters,
slide the CMD/CONV switch to CMD).
Address your StationSounds Car using CAB-1
• Turn power on, then press . You are now ready to activate the Command
Control RailSounds features. Your StationSounds Car announcements will
respond according to Table 2 on page 6.
• All Lionel command-equipped products come factory-programmed with an ID# of
1. (To change the ID #, see page 11.) Even though your StationSounds car is not
an “engine”, it is still addressed using on the CAB-1 Remote Controller. Use
the volume control at the bottom of the car (see Figure 2 on page 11) to set the
volume to your desired level.

TrainMaster Command operations
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Trigger Car Speed Effect
STOP StationArrivalAnnouncement
STOP Conductor:“WatchYour Step.”
(FirstTriggerAfter StationArrivalAnnouncement.)
STOP Conductor:“WatchYour Step.”
(Trigger AnyTimeWhile Stopped.)
STOP Conductor:“All Aboard!”
STOP Station DepartureAnnouncement
MOVING Conductor:“Tickets Please.”
(FirstTrigger After Motion Start.)
MOVING Steward DiningAnnouncement(1)
(In motion for less than 1.5 Minutes) (Alternating with Lounge Service)
MOVING Steward DiningAnnouncement(2)
(In motion for more than 1.5 Minutes) (Alternating with Lounge Service)
MOVING Steward Lounge ServiceAnnouncement
(In motion for more than 3 Minutes)
MOVING Conductor:“Next Stop!”
Table 2. StationSounds Command table
Some functions described above require you to press two keys in sequence, using the
key as a “prefix” before the numeric key (e.g., ). Pressing the same numeric
key without the “prefix” will produce a different function. If you have pressed the key for
other reasons (e.g., to“open” the keypad on your CAB-1), you can still trigger a “non-
prefixed” function by pressing the number (the unassigned numeric key) before triggering
your desired function.
Also note that pressing the key by itself immediately after you have played a station
arrival announcement will make the conductor say “Watch your step”; subsequent key
presses will make the conductor say “All Aboard!” This permits you to step through an entire
arrival/ departure script with single key presses. Additional “Watch your step” announcements
may be triggered at any time while the car is stopped by pressing the and keys, if
desired.
StationSounds command table

TrainMaster Command operations
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Example 1 below shows you how to perform a complete arrival/departure script to and from
an imaginary train station with a PA announcer.
Announcements using are “station” announcements, and those using are
conductor/steward announcements. Refer to Figure 1 on the following page to see how
StationSounds operates on a round trip.
Sample scripts
Train pulls into the station and stops:
Press * Station PA announces train arrival
Press ** Conductor assists arriving passengers
Press * Station PA announces train departure
Press * Conductor calls“All Aboard!”
Train pulls out of station and starts trip:
Press Conductor collects tickets
Press Steward announces first seating in
dining car or lounge car service
Press After 1.5 minutes,steward announces
second seating in dining car or lounge car service
Press After 3 minutes,steward announces lounge service
Train approaches station:
Press Conductor informs passengers of next stop
Train pulls into station and stops.
*Note that these functions may be repeated, if desired, by pressing the same key(s) again.
**Note that this function may be repeated, if desired, by pressing .
Note how the pattern can be repeated for multiple stops.
Example 1. Arrival/departure script
Note!

TrainMaster Command operations
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The next example shows how to perform a short arrival/departure script to and from a small
station without a PA announcer.
Train pulls into station and stops:
Press Conductor assists arriving passengers
Press Conductor calls“All Aboard!”
Train pulls out of station and starts trip:
NOTE:The script sequence for the train in motion is the same as on the previous page.
IN STATION
“Now Arriving”
“Watch Your Step”
“Now Departing”
“All Aboard”
“Tickets
Please”
“Dining Car
First Seating”
“Next Stop
Coming Up”
“Lounge Car-
Drinks”
“Dining Car
Second Seating”
EN ROUTE
Note how pattern
can be repeated
for multiple stops.
Figure 1. StationSounds on a round trip
Example 2. Short arrival/departure script
Sample scripts (continued)

TrainMaster Command operations
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To make operation easier, program your
StationSounds Car with the same number as
your engine (see page 11). Your engine will
respond to the same commands if equipped
with CrewTalk and TowerCom, and brake
sounds will come from both units. If you wish
to program your StationSounds Car into a
lash-up, you must assign it as a “front”
engine to enable the announcements. (It will
operate the same as if given the same engine
ID#.)
As you experiment with your StationSounds Car, you will note that it is possible to have multiple
announcements running simultaneously. For example, with your StationSounds car stopped,
press the first two announcements on page 7 in quick succession. You will hear them overlap
with almost as much commotion as a real train station. If your engine has CrewTalk and
TowerCom, these announcements will also “overlap” with your StationSounds car, unless your
engine is equipped with a seven second delay on TowerCom. (Recent production F-3 locomotives
have this feature, for example. They are also equipped with two-part TowerCom corresponding to
the arrival and departure announcements in your StationSounds Car.)
Sample scripts (continued)

TrainMaster Command operations
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CAB-1 numeric keypad commands for your StationSounds Car
When you press AUX1 on CAB-1, you turn the numeric keypad into ten command buttons. The keypad lets you control extra command
features (until you press any top-row button like SW, ACC, RTE, TR, or ENG).
RailSounds sounds in bold italics.
AUX1
1Raises the volume of RailSounds. Sound volume increases.
2StationSounds announcement. See table on page 6.
3Starts up RailSounds.
4Lowers the volume of RailSounds. Sound volume decreases.
5Turns off RailSounds.
7StationSounds announcement. See the table on page 6.