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bottino
Lower Slower Delaware
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 | | 07/24/2008 3:53 PM |
| A good friend was given a PH Hobbies sound system all mounted in the fuel tank of an Aristo U25B. As usual, there are no directions. Can anyone help us with information on either a manual, or instructions as to how to connect it to the main board. A link to a manual download would be just fine, or specific directions.
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| Curmudgeon
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| | 07/24/2008 4:39 PM |
| I haven't seen manuals on-line.
There were a LOT of versions.
I have some dead ones in a box somewhere.
Rather than expending the effort, buy something that actually works.
I know, it was free.
Someone probably has a manual, but you'll have to get more specific on model. | | | |
| bottino
Lower Slower Delaware
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| | 07/25/2008 4:51 PM |
| The specific information on the box is as follows: U-25B P. H. Hobbies #23. As he said, if it sounds like a diesel, and was free it is good enough.
Anyone know anything more about it, like how to hook it up.
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| Greg Elmassian
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Carlsbad (San Diego), CA
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| | 08/08/2008 1:31 PM |
| Aristo forum would be a good place to ask this, someone there will have a manual.
Hmm... I just checked, I have a couple of jpgs of 4 pages of the manual.
Email me privately, I'll send them to you.
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Be sure to visit my site, lots of technical tips and modifications, and you can search for topics and key words.
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| Paul Norton
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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| | 08/08/2008 9:34 PM |
| It was a long, long time ago but here is what I remember about the PH Hobbies board. The diesel sound was poor, like blowing into an empty Chiclets box as a kid. I don’t whether Chiclets are still made so I may be dating myself.
My memory is poor, dang ol’timers, but I seem to remember a small battery pack of about three nickel sized cells. Everyone complained the battery pack never charged, and when dead were not available as a part.
There were four small holes on the side of the board to wire the bell and whistle to Aristo-Craft’s on-board accessory controller. Unfortunately the holes were too small for wire commercially available from Radio Shack, Active Electronics, etc. I drilled the holes slightly larger and the traces left the board.
I soldered four wires directly to the board components. After hooking up two wires to the Aristo-Craft accessory controller the horn worked. When I hooked up the two bell wires, nothing worked. By removing one of the ground/common wires, both the horn and bell functioned.
I would guess that there should be four more wires, two for power and two for a speaker. At that time, Aristo-Craft locomotives did not come with a speaker, but the fuel tanks on the U25-B did have slots in the bottom to let the sound out. The exploded parts diagram on the Aristo-Craft web site clearly shows this.
I was given the PH board for free and gave it back after trying it.
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