User Manual

ProdigyAdvanceSquaredHandheldThe“Shift”buttononthehandheldletsyou
accessaccessoryfunctionsF10toF28,withouthavingtouseanotherbuttonasadouble
shiftbutton.Toaccessthesehigherfunctions;pressthe“Shift”buttononce.“SFT”,
showsonyourdisplay.Inputthenumbersofthefunctionyouwanttoaccess.Example
“Shift”button+“1”+“9”=Function19.Thefunction,[ifapplicabletoyourdecoder],
shouldactivate,and“SFT”onyourdisplaywilldisappear.Theabovewillalsobethe
sameforProdigyAdvancehandheldsthathavebeenupgradedfortheMTHK4/NMRA
F28features.
ProdigyAdvanceWirelessConversionSet,[item#0001411] Thisisa2pieceset
consistingofareceiverunitandawirelesshandheldtransmitter.Thereceiverunit
simplyplugsintoanyhandheldportonyourbaseunitorextensionplate.Onlyone
receiverisneededregardlessofhowmanywirelesshandheldsyouareusing.Forbest
operation,thereceiverunitshouldnotbeplacedunderthelayoutinatangleofwiresor
wherescenerymeshscreeningmayinterferewiththeradiotransmissions.
Thewirelesshandheldcomescompletewithonboardrechargeablebatteries,andthe
batterylevelshouldbecheckedpriortousingthehandheldforthefirsttime.Best
operationisaccomplishedwithfullychargedbatteries.Thereisa“PowerSwitch”onthe
rightsideofthehandheld,andthehandheldshouldbeswitchedoffwhennotinuseto
conservebatterylife.Thehandheldhasthesamecableconnectiononthebottomasthe
tetheredhandhelds,andtorechargethebatteries,simplyplugaProdigyhandheldcable
intothebottomofthehandheld,andtheotherendofthecableintoyourbaseunit.You
arestillabletouseallthefeaturesofthishandheld,[asatetheredhandheld],whilethe
batteriesarerecharging.Ifyouneedto,youcansubstitute4“AAA”alkalinebatteriesfor
use.
Note: Donotmixalkalineandrechargeablebatteriestogether,anddonotattempt
torechargealkalinebatteriesinsidethehandheld!!!!
ThewirelesshandheldhasthesamefamilylookasalltheotherAdvance/Express
handhelds,buthasafewmorefeaturesforconvenientuse.
Note:Donotforgetto assignanindividualaddressforwirelesshandhelds.Theycannot
beassignedthesameaddressesasyourtetheredhandheldsiftheyarebeingusedatthe
sametime.
Youcandoeverythingwiththewirelesshandheldasit’stetheredcousins;programona
programtrack,orprogramonthemain,acquireandrunalllocos,setupconsistsand
routes,andaccessaccessorydecoders.ButtonlayoutisfamiliarastheAdvancehandheld
withtheadditionofthreeextrabuttons:
“ProgCVOnMain” ThisbuttonletsyouautomaticallygointoCVprogrammingof
thelocomotiveyouarepresentlyoperatingwithouthavingtopressthe“program”button
and“enter”buttonnumeroustimestoreachthisfeature.Youcanenterthisprogramming
mode,changethedecodersparameters,andexittheprogrammodeanytimeyouwantand
asmanytimesasyouwant.
“Save”Thisbuttonisusedtosaveyourcurrentlocomotivestoyourrecallstackbefore
shuttingofthepowerswitchtothehandheld,andshuttingyourbaseunitpoweroff.Enter