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8 CHANNEL BASIC BASE BOARD READY PROGRAMMED

THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING THE UP TO 8 BASIC BASEBOARD ONE OF THE MANY PRODUCTS FROM THE RANGE OF SOUNDS TO BRING YOUR LAYOUT TO LIFE FROM www.mrrails.com

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS UNIT HAS A REPROGRAMMABLE PROCESSOR SO YOU CAN ERASE AND CHANGE THE SOUNDS AS OFTEN AS YOU LIKE.

THE PROGRAMMER TO REPROGRAMME THE UNIT IS CUSTOM TO MRRAILS AND ALLOWS EASY PROGRAMMING SEE WEB SITE FOR DETAILS.

AS THIS BOARD HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED WITH YOUR REQUESTED SOUNDS OR THE SELECTION FROM OUR WEB SITE IT’S READY TO WIRE UP AND GO.

YOUR PACKAGE SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS

1 X BASIC BASEBOARD ASSEMBLED P.C.B

1 X SPEAKER READY WIRED

8 X PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES READY WIRED

2 X 1 METRE LENGTHS OF WIRE TO ALLOW YOU TO CONNECT TO YOUR POWER SUPPLY (SEE NOTE AT END OF SHEET)

1 X SET OF INSTRUCTIONS ETC OF WHICH YOU ARE READING NOW

CONNECTING THE SPEAKER SEE BELOW

ALL CONNECTIONS TO THIS BOARD ARE VIA SCREW TERMINALS THEREFORE A SMALL FLAT OR CROSSHEAD SCREWDRIVER WILL BE REQUIRED.

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    CONNECT THE SPEAKER WIRES TO THESE TWO TERMINALS
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IT DOES NOT MATTER WHICH WAY ROUND THE SPEAKER WIRES ARE CONNECTED

CONNECTING THE 8 PUSH SWITCHES

YOU WILL HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED WITH 8 PUSH SWITCHES 4 OF THEM WILL HAVE A BLACK WIRE CONNECTED TO ONE LEG AND A DIFFERENT COLOURED WIRE TO THE OTHER .AND THE OTHER FOUR SWITCHES WILL HAVE A GRAY WIRE AND A DIFFERENT COLOURED WIRE ON THE OTHER LEG.

 

TECHNICALLY YOU CAN CONNECT THE SWITCHES ANY WAY ROUND BUT FOLLOW THE WIRING BELOW AND IT WILL SIMPLIFY CONNECTING UP.

 

PLEASE IGNORE THE FIRST TWO CONNECTIONS

DIVIDE THE SWITCHES INTO 2 GROUPS THE BLACK WIRES FROM FOUR SWITCHES ALL CONNECT TO THE SAME TERMINAL

CONNECT THE BLACKS TO PIN 3--------------CONNECT THE  YELLOW TO PIN 4--------CONNECT THE  ORANGE TO PIN 5--------CONNECT THE  WHITE TO PIN 6-----------CONNECT THE MAUVE  TO PIN 7------

BY NOW YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL THE BLACK WIRED SWITCHES CONNECTED UP .

REMEMBER TO IGNORE THE FIRST TWO TERMINALS AND CONNECT ALL THE BLACK WIRES TO TERMINAL 3

(HANDY TIP IT MAY BE EASIER TO TWIST ALL THE BLACK WIRES TOGETHER FIRST AND INSERT AS ONE WIRE).

NOW WE CAN CONNECT UP THE LAST BANK OF 4 SWITCHES THESE SHOULD EACH HAVE A GRAY WIRE AND A COLOURED WIRE AGAIN YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CONNECT IN THIS ORDER BUT IT DOES HELP SHOULD YOU GET MIXED UP AND NEED TO REFER BACK

CONNECT THE YELLOW TO PIN 8--------------CONNECT THE ORANGE TO PIN 9-------------CONNECT THE  WHITE TO PIN 10-------------CONNECT THE MAUVE TO PIN 11--------------CONNECT THE GRAYS TO PIN 12------------

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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