After unsuccessfully searching for parts and info on my just ordered RMT 1776 GG-1, I'm turning to anyone familiar with RMT's 1776 GG-1 for help.
Is the "God Bless America" tune activated by a horn button on a seperate, stand alone sound board or is it integrated as part of the board that controls F-N-R for this engine? Could not find any schematics for this engine and since mine is on special order, I don't have it to open up and look for myself.
Thank you, your help is appreciated.
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After unsuccessfully searching for parts and info on my just ordered RMT 1776 GG-1, I'm turning to anyone familiar with RMT's 1776 GG-1 for help.
Is the "God Bless America" tune activated by a horn button on a seperate, stand alone sound board or is it integrated as part of the board that controls F-N-R for this engine? Could not find any schematics for this engine and since mine is on special order, I don't have it to open up and look for myself.
Thank you, your help is appreciated.
Call up Walt at RMT and pose the question to him. He's a nice guy and I'm sure, more than willing to help.
Dennis,
I would call Walter to ask him directly but there is no contact phone number on the RMT-DIRECT website.
I'm hoping he'll see this post and reply here on the forum.
From the home page: rmt-direct@readymadetoys.com
From the home page: rmt-direct@readymadetoys.com
Still waiting for Walt's reply.
For forum members who own this locomotive, did RMT include a manual that with a parts list or parts drawing?
ogaugeguy, my GG-1 has a fold out instruction sheet but it does not go into any parts details.
I know Walter is extremely busy but he is pretty good in responding to questions posed here.
George
The "God Bless America" tune is activated by the horn/whistle button on your transformer and is not part of the F-N-R activation.
I would assume that the sound board for this is separate as is the diesel horn board on the other RMT diesels with this feature. Otherwise, it would have been a redesign for one single engine, which seems unlikely.
Here's a video with the sound demonstrated. Not being unpatriotic, but I just prefer the horn blast over the music. Notice how abruptly the engine stops... all the RMT engines I have stop much smoother than this, so I believe the operator used the direction button to stop the loco and then hit the horn button to activate the music.
Don't know if OGR Magazine reviewed the RMT GG1, but the other 3-rail train magazine did in December 2012 and gave it a very positive review.
I'm sure Walter at RMT is busy as mentioned above. And even the BEEP and BUDDY, which have been around for years, do not have wiring schematics shown on the RMT website. At one time, when RMT was with Aristo, there were some parts listed on the Aristo/RMT website.
Received this reply from RMT's Walter Matuch, "Sound tune is part of overall electronics system in that must be there to complete circuit. I do not know result of, if any, damage if removed."
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