AGAIN THE FOUR GRAY WIRES CAN BE TWISTED TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE EASY CONNECTION.
ALL THAT’S LEFT TO CONNECT THE RED POWER SUPPLY WIRES THESE CONNECT TO THE ONLY TWO EMPTY TERMINALS WHICH SHOULD BE TERMINAL 1 & 2 TERMINAL THREE SHOULD CONTAIN THE FOUR BLACK WIRES.
IF THIS IS CORRECT THEN PLEASE CONTINUE IF NOT RETRACE YOU WORK OR CONTACT US.
HAVING CHECKED ALL THE CONNECTIONS IS TIME TO POWER UP THE UNIT BUT BEFORE THAT WE WILL LOOK AT THE TWO SWITCHES ON THE BOARD THERE TOGGLES SHOULD BOTH BE UP AS PER THE PICTURE ABOVE.(YOUR SOUND UNIT WILL NOT WORK IF NOT BOTH AS ABOVE)
THERE PURPOSE IS TO SELECT THE DIFFERENT TIMING FOR PROGRAMING WE HAVE LEFT THEN THERE SO IF YOU WANT TO AT A LATER DATE REPROGRAM THE I.C YOU CAN MAKE USE OF THEM BUT LEAVE WELL ALONE UNTIL THEN.
POWER SUPPLY CONNECTIONS
THE FREE ENDS OF THE RED WIRES CAN BE CONNECTED TO A SUITABLE POWER SUPPLY IDEALLY BETWEEN 12 VOLTS AC/DC UP TO 20 VOLTS AC/DC IF YOU HAVE A SPARE AUX TERMINAL ON YOUR TRAIN CONTROLLER THEN THIS WILL BE FINE IF NOT A PLUGPTOP TYPE POWER SUPPLY RATED AT 12VOLT 300MA OR ABOVE WILL DO.
AFTER SWITCH ON THE POWER THE ONLY NOISE YOU SHOULD HEAR IS A LITTLE HUM FROM THE SPEAKER. NOTE THE VOLUME CONTROL ON THE THREE LEADS MAY CAUSE MORE HUM WHEN TOUCHED SET THE CONTROL TO MID WAY AND PUSH ANY OF THE EIGHT BUTTONS AND YOUR SOUND THAT IS SELECTED SHOULD BE HEARD
ANNOYING HUM FROM MAINS POWER SUPPLIES.
AS WITH ANY AMPLIFIER WITH A HIGH GAIN INPUT MAINS HUM CAN BE REALLY ANNOYING AND HERE IS A FEW IDEALS TO HELP GET OVER IT.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE VOLUME CONTROL WIRES YOU MAY FIND BY FOLDING (NOT COILING UP ) THE GREEN AND BLACK WIRES HUM WILL QUITEN DOWN IF YOU HAVE A SPARE PIECE OF WIRE WRAP ON END ROUND THE NUT AND WASHER OF THE VOLUME CONTROL AND THE OTHER WRAP AROUND THE THREE VOLUME WIRES.
A SMALL AMOUNT OF HUM WILL STILL BE HEARD BUT THIS IS NORMAL.
WE HOPE THIS PRODUCT WILL ADD TO THE ENJOYMENT OF YOUR LAYOUT ANY QUESTION OR QUIRES PLEASE CALL US.
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