Catalog - Phoenix Sound

1 Catalog Phoenix Sound Systems, Inc. 3514 West Liberty Road Ann Arbor MI 48103. phone: 734-662-6405. fax: 734-662-0809. e-mail: 2005-2017 Phoenix Sound Systems, Inc. Table of Contents BigSound PB11v6 BigSound P8 BigSound P14 Sound Remote Knuckle Coupler Driver P5T Auxiliary Input Computer Sound American Geared European European European Diesel & Gas, Electric & Batteries & Switches, Jacks & May 2017. -2- Disclaimer ALL INFORMATION AND PRICING IN THIS Catalog IS CONSIDERED TO BE. ACCURATE AS OF THE TIME OF ORIGINAL Sound . SYSTEMS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE OUR PRICE STRUCTURE, PRODUCT LINE OR ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION AT ANY TIME. THIS. Catalog DOES NOT GUARANTEE OR FIX PRICING OR AVAILABILITY OF. MERCHANDISE. Introduction Dear Model Railroading Friends, Thank you for considering Phoenix Sound Systems for the enhancement of your railroad.

2 We hope that you enjoy our products as much as we enjoy developing and using them ourselves. We love to hear your feedback concerning our products and any suggestions which you may have. We want to offer products which you, our customer, desire. This being our goal, we view your input as an integral part of our design and development process. Thank you for your interest in, and support of, Phoenix Sound Systems. In the following pages you will find our current product line as well as additional services we offer. Do not hesitate to contact Phoenix if you have any questions or suggestions. We look forward to hearing from you. We hope you find everything you are looking for in this Catalog . If, on the other hand, you do not, please contact us. Chances are we will be able to find, fabricate or finagle something to meet your needs. May 2017.

3 -3- BigSound PB11v6 Kit The BigSound PB11v6 Kit is a complete Sound system which typically consists of the following: 16-bit digital soundboard with a preloaded library selection, specified by purchaser. A high-quality 8 speaker of appropriate size for the locomotive specified. A 3-cell ( ) nickel metal hydride (NiMH) rechargeable battery. A Computer Access Jack. Reed switches for train speed, auxiliary sounds, and special effects activation. 3 per steam kit, 2 with all others Toggle switch for volume control. Axle magnets (Steam Kits only). Manual with installation instructions and wiring diagram. When ordering the BigSound PB11v6 Kit, it is best to specify two key pieces of information. First, the Sound file you would like, and secondly the make and model the system is intended to be installed in. By telling us which physical environment the system will be placed in, we can tailor the speaker size to give optimum performance as well as include any necessary additional switches, plugs, connectors or helpful installation tips and tricks we have assembled.

4 On the following pages, you will find a complete listing of sounds we currently have available. List Price: $ THE PB11V6 Sound BOARD ONLY IS AVAILABLE FOR $ May 2017. -4- BigSound P8 Kit The BigSound P8 Kit is a complete Sound system for DCC and Remote Control users which typically consists of the following: 16-bit digital soundboard with a preloaded library selection, specified by purchaser. A high-quality 8 speaker of appropriate size for the locomotive specified. A Computer Access Jack. Toggle switch for volume control. Axle magnets and Reed Switch Steam Kits only. Manual with installation instructions and wiring diagram. When ordering the BigSound P8 Kit, it is best to specify two key pieces of information. First, the Sound file you would like, and secondly the make and model the system is intended to be installed in. By telling us which physical environment the system will be placed in, we can tailor the speaker size to give optimum performance as well as include any helpful installation tips and tricks we have assembled.

5 On the following pages, you will find a complete listing of sounds we currently have available. List Price: $ THE PB8 Sound BOARD ONLY IS AVAILABLE FOR $ May 2017. -5- BigSound P14 Sound Board The P14 is our first Sound system intended for use in O and smaller scales. The P14 is a 16 bit polyphonic Sound system with a 1 Watt amplifier capable of driving speaker loads down to 8 ohms. The board can be programmed with the Phoenix Computer Interface, allowing you to choose from our extensive Sound library of over 80 different locomotive sets.. The P14 is targeted towards O scale On30 DCC or Battery Powered DCC. remote control operators and will accept a maximum of 30V. For those running CVP Products miniAirwire900 CONVRTR , the P14 can be configured to accept a low power single sided DCC signal details available in the P14 Low Power DCC Supplemental Guide.

6 The P14 has 1 trigger input intended for chuff synchronization. This system is a DCC Sound decoder as well, allowing direct triggering of sounds and effects by DCC function buttons. The P14 supports a limited number of DCC CVs as well allowing minor tweaking of performance and configuration. List Price: $ May 2017. -6- Remote Knuckle Coupler The Phoenix Knuckle Coupler, was designed in conjunction with our Remote Coupler Driver Board quite simply because we were tired of constantly having to manually uncouple cars in a few easily reached locations on our layouts. Now you can drop cars and build trains at any location on your layout you wish. Truck mounting for easy installation on large scale locomotives and rolling stock. Manufactured from nylon for high durability and long life. Solenoid drive means consistency, durability, dependability and ease of operation even allowing you to uncouple on the fly.

7 The Phoenix knuckle mates with knuckles from: Accucraft/AMS, USA. Trains, Bachmann, Aristocraft and of course Kadee. List Price: $ May 2017. -7- Coupler Driver Board The Phoenix Remote Coupler Driver Board, or coupler board in short, was designed quite simply because we were tired of constantly having to manually uncouple cars in a few easily reached locations on our layouts. The coupler board is fully DCC compatible and many of the settings can by adjusted by changing CV values. The coupler board can be programmed to trigger by DCC functions 1-28. The Coupler Driver Board has four outputs, two servo and two solenoid connections for the Phoenix Remote Knuckle Coupler. Two physical trigger inputs are included on the coupler board allowing couplers to be fired by non-DCC remote control systems such as Locolinc and Revolution. Physical trigger inputs allow the coupler board to have two independently triggered events; each event can trip either a single servo, two servos, a single solenoid, two solenoids or a servo and a solenoid.

8 This allows two remote control outputs to trigger up to 4 couplers (2 servos and 2 solenoids). DCC users can fire up to four couplers (2 servo and 2 solenoid). independently by assigning each output (servo A, servo B, solenoid A and solenoid B) its own DCC function or multiple outputs may be assigned to the same DCC function. List Price: $ May 2017. -8- P5T Auxiliary Input Board The BigSound P5 Kit is a complete Sound system for DCC users. We realize that not everyone uses DCC and a variety of other remote control systems are in use. In order to make the enhancements in the P5 systems available to a wider audience we developed the P5T Auxiliary Input Board. The P5T connects to the P5 and adds 6 analog trigger inputs and a pair of motor voltage inputs The analog triggers interface with your remote control system in order to Sound the bell, horn/whistle or any of the trigger assignable effects.

9 Triggers may be assigned using the Computer Interface. The P5T easily connects the P5with the following systems: Locolinc , RCS. and Train Engineer. The P5T will allow the P5 to connect to other remote control systems as well as those listed above. The P5T may also be connected to the P8 and PB series systems in order to gain additional analog trigger inputs beyond those built in to the PB11v6, PB11, PB9 and P8 boards. Part Number: 6055-05. List Price: $ May 2017. -9- Computer Interface The Computer Interface connects to the BigSound 2K2, P series & PB. series Sound systems, enabling customers to adjust settings and parameters to suit their preferences. The program is a simple icon-based menu system that enables even novice users to select and alter settings as they choose. The best part about the Computer Interface is that users can make all of these adjustments without ever removing the Sound board from the locomotive!

10 The Computer Interface is designed to be the perfect companion to the Phoenix Sound BigSound 2K2, P5, PB9, P8, PB11, P14 or PB11v6 board; these boards are equipped with an access jack that enables immediate connection with the Phoenix Sound Systems Computer Interface. Adjustable Parameters include: All individual Sound volumes, including those for the Bell, Whistle, Forward Whistle, Reverse Whistle, Stop Whistle, Chuff Rhythm Turbo On/Off and Volume for Diesel Chuff Cut-Off Alter the Sound of the Chuff with volume control for each level of Chuff Settings for EACH Rev of a Diesel Over 25 settings just for Chuff Over 30 settings just for Diesel Revs and much System Requirements: IBM compatible computer running Windows 95 or newer 175 MB of disk space (if you wish to install all the ROM files). USB port ( Phoenix USB Interface requires Windows 2000 or newer, Windows 98SE is NOT supported although the software itself will run on older Windows versions.)