Lionel VISION Horse Car User manual

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Lionel VISION
Horse/Reindeer Car
Owner’s Manual
Lionel VISION
Horse/Reindeer Car
Owner’s Manual

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Thank You!
Thank you for your purchase of these Lionel VISION Horse/Reindeer Cars! On the outside, these cars are accurately de e sound car is equipped with the latest technology
to bring you realistic loading and unloading sounds, and true-to-life freight car sounds. Many of the
sounds are activated through your cab control unit, and many of them by the actual movement of the
cars on your layout. Enjoy the realistic train sounds, and have lots of fun loading and unloading your
horse/reindeer cars while you listen to ent loading scenarios and unloading scenario
sounds!
All horse/reindeer cars feature
• Die-cast metal sprung trucks and operating couplers
• Hidden uncoupling tabs
• Separately applied under frame details
• Wire formed individually applied grab irons
• Minimum curve: O-54
The sound equipped horse/reindeer car feature
• LEGACY Command Control operation including volume control, sound
activation, and minimum / maximum sound control.
• LEGACY Railsounds sound system with horse/reindeer car, Freight, Train brake,
and Flat wheel sounds.
e following Lionel marks are used throughout this Owner’s Manual and are protected under law.
All rights reserved.
Lionel®, LionChief®, LionChief Plus®, FlyerChief®, TMCC®, LEGACY®, FasTrack®, TrainMaster®, Odyssey®,
RailSounds®, CrewTalk™, TowerCom™, ElectroCoupler™, CAB-1® Remote Controller,Wireless Tether™,
SensorTrack™
• Play sounds in reaction to movement and track layout.

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Table of Contents
VISION Horse/Reindeer Car basics
VISION Horse/Reindeer Car switch locations 4-5
LEGACY and Command Control remote operations
LEGACY control operations 6
Choosing an IDfor your VISION Horse/Reindeer Car 6
Setting up your VISION Horse/Reindeer Car with yourCAB-2 remote 7-10
e LEGACY CAB-2 remote controller 11
TrainMaster Command Control (TMCC) operations 12
Creating a Train with theoriginal (grey)CAB-1 remote 12
Creating a Train with theCAB-1L (blue) remote 13
Operating yourVISION Horse/Reindeer Carwith the CAB-1 orCAB-1L remote 14
CAB-1 remote controller commands 15
Adjusting the volumefrom yourLEGACY remote 16
Adjusting the volumefrom yourCAB-1 orCAB-1L remote 17
Shut down and Start up commands 17
Loading scenarios1, 2, and 3 18-19
Unloading 20
Loading and Unloading in Conventional Operation only 20
Sound System operations
Freight Sounds 21
Rail Sounds 21
Grind 21
Bump 21
Flat Wheel 21
LEGACY Sound System operations
Train Brake 22
Notes 23
Limited Warranty/Lionel Service 24

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VISION Horse/Reindeer Car switch locations
The sound equipped VISION Horse/Reindeer Car contains RailSounds programming switches. Refer to Figure 1. e instructions below are speci to this particular car; note that
available features (and switches) may di from other cars and rolling stock.
Program / Run Switch
Your horse/reindeer car is automatically assigned an ID#1 when y st receive it. Assign it
erent from the locomotive pulling it. To assign a new ID # to the horse/reindeer car
in LEGACY and Command operation follow these steps:
1. Slide the Program/Run switch to the “PROG” position.
2. Place the horse/reindeer car on the track.
3. Connect the Command Base and plug it in.
4. Power up the track to 18 Volts AC (50 or 60 Hz).
5. Press ENG on your CAB controller.
6. Enter an unique ID#. Choose any number from 1 to 98 that has not been assigned to another
engine or freight car.
7. Press the SET button on your CAB controller.
8. Slide the Program/Run switch back to the RUN position.
horse/reindeer car’s ID# has been set. Be sure to record the new ID# for your reference.
Min/Max Switch
Used to make the sound, simulating standard FreightSounds, less or more active. When the switch is
in the MIN position, the dialog and some background motion sounds will tur s allows you
to put more than one sound-equipped car on the same ID. To do this, set one car to MAX and then
trigger ects will come from all cars; however dialog will only come
from one.
Volume Pot
To adjust the overall volume of sounds, turn over the car and insert a small Flathead screwdriver
into the Volume Pot adjustment post and turn. To increase the volume, turn the post clockwise. To
decrease the volume, turn the post counter-clockwise. Your CAB-remote can also adjust volume; the
setting of this physical control will limit the maximum volume your car can produce.
Power your VISION Horse/Reindeer Car with an alternating-current (AC) transformer
only. Powering your horse/reindeer car with a direct-current (DC) transformer, or in
excess of 19 volts AC, may result in damage to sensitive electronic components.
Note!
VISION Horse/Reindeer Car basics

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VISION Horse/Reindeer car switch locations continued
Figure 1. Switch locations
VISION Horse/Reindeer Car basics
RUN/PGRM
MAX/MIN
Volume Pot
PGRM/RUN
MAX/MIN
RUN/PGRM
MIN/MAX
LIGHTS
OFF ON

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LEGACY and Command Control Remote Operations
1. Turn o track power, and then plug in the LEGACY Base and connect it to the
track.
2. Place your horse/reindeer car on the track.
3. Increase track power (no more than 18 volts AC) . If a circuit breaker trips when you
turn on the Lionel power supply, check the wheels of your car to make sure they are all
securely on the track. Check to make sure the track is free of all metals that may cause a short
circuit.
4. Moving your Vision powering up the track automatically
turns on the sound.
LEGACY Control operations
Choosing an ID for your VISION Horse/Reindeer Car
Your VISION Horse/Reindeer Car is designed for operation with the Lionel LEGACY system. It will also operate on the original Lionel Trainmaster System (TMCC1) with limited features and also
on the LEGACY Cab-1L / Base-1L operating system (again with reduced features.) Using a Lionel
r.
Your commands are sent by the Remote Controller to the Command Base, which broadcasts a
radio frequency that is distributed through the outside rails of the track to your sound equipped
car
The VISION Horse/Reindeer Car must be given a unique Engine ID. Use the Program / Run switch and follow the instructions on Page 4. Setting it to the same LEGACY or TMCC ID as the locomotive
pulling it will result in undesired operation. Once a unique ID is set, the VISION Horse/Reindeer Car
should be assigned to a train along with your locomotive.
If you have more than one VISION Horse/Reindeer Car, for best results set them all to unique ID’s.
You may also choose to set them all to the same ID. In this case, set one horse/reindeer car’s min/max
switch to the MAX position (see page 5) and all others to MIN.

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LEGACY and Command Control Remote Operations
Setting up your VISION Horse/Reindeer Car in your CAB-2 remote
For best operation, your VISION Horse/Reindeer car should be set to TYPE FRT (Freight Sounds). is will display a special set of touch screen icons specically designed for use with this type of car.
1. Press ENGand the 1or 2digit TMCC ID you assigned to your Horse/Reindeer car
following the instructions on page 4.
2. Press INFO (see page 11 for button location).
3. Press SCROLL buttonuntil you see the TYPE Tab (DSL STM DSW SSW)
4. Press the small black down-facing triangle to the right of SSW. iswill scroll
down through several pages of engine types.
5. e third page includes Accessory, Passenger, BreakDown BUnit and Freight
(ACC PAS BDU FRT)
6. Choose FRT. Your screen should looklike this:
7. Press INFO to complete the operation.

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LEGACY and Command Control Remote Operations
Setting up your VISION Horse/Reindeer Car in your CAB-2 remote continued
Adding Your Horse/Reindeer car to a Train
For best operation, your VISION Horse/Reindeer car should be assigned to a Train. Be sure it has a
To add a horse/reindeer car to a train:
1. Press the TR button and enter a 1 or 2 digit number for your new train. (2, in
this example)
2. Press the INFO button. Your screen will look like this:
3. Press BUILD.
4. Enter the TMCC ID of the locomotive that will head up this train. (20 in this
example)

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LEGACY and Command Control Remote Operations
Setting up your VISION Horse/Reindeer Car in your CAB-2 remote continued
Adding Your Horse/Reindeer car to a Train
5. Press ADD to add a secondmember to the Train
6. Enter the TMCC ID of the freight car.
7. Press SET andwait for the Ready To Run message.
To move your locomotive, select the Train by its ID number and use the throttle, boost, and brake
to run it. Apply your CAB2 Train brake and hear the brakes operating on your VISION Horse/Reindeer
car. For more prototypical action, stopping with the train brake applied (in any amount) will keep your
freight consist stretched-out and prevents stress on the coupler when starting. Your train simulates
this eect. If you stop without using Train Brake, you’ll hear the impact of your freight car hitting
the coupler in front of it. And when you move the next time, you’ll hear another impact sound as the
coupler slack is taken up.

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LEGACY and Command Control Remote Operations
Setting up your VISION Horse/Reindeer Car in your CAB-2 remote continued
Using Train Link
To send a command specifically to your VISION Horse/Reindeer car, such as triggering loading/
unloading, press the Train Link button (see page 11 for button location).
Select one or more commands then press the Train Link button to continue controlling your train.
In order to send commands directly to your car, you must press Train Link. e
remote will show the screen above. In this mode, the train itself (ie. the engine) will not
respond because you are sending commands directly to the horse/reindeer car.
Note!
CAR COMMANDS
If you wish to control the train press Train Link again. In this mode you will be able to adjust speed,
apply the train brake, access TowerCom and CrewTalk, blow the engine’s horn or whistle, and ring the
engine’s bell.