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The Monitor FAQ
Ken Layton:
You'll need to take the monitor to a service tech or repair center and it's gonna cost ya.
Sune_S:
I wrote this tutorial a while back. Hope you like it!
Using MAME with TVTool - for owners of Nvidia cards w/ TV-Out.
http://tvtool.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=67&start=16
Here's the TVTool website:
http://tvtool.info/index_e.htm
-Sune
Tilzs:
My monitor only fits in my cocktail upside down because coin mechs on the coindoor hit the monitor's PCB when the coindoor is closed. Can I make my monitor display updside down?
Yes you can by a technique known as yokeflipping. You can find out more about it here
http://www.dameon.net/BBBB/yoke.html
menace:
Monitor Interference fix as provided by Ken Layton:
If the pattern is "herringbone" (as the experts call it) which newbies would call a fine "worm wiggle" you need to connect a jumper wire on your power supply between the "Frame Ground" terminal and the DC output Ground terminal.
The FG terminal on the power supply should get jumpered to the either one of the GND terminals on the power supply. FYI those GND terminals are the DC output ground.
menace:
Question: What is the specific function of a 1:1 Isolation transformer? Isn't it supposed to keep the AC at a steady 60hz? Keep the spikes out so the monitor doesn't blink?
Answer (courtesy of Ken Layton): As pertaining to commercial arcade games the function is solely to isolate the monitor's "hot" chassis from all other components in the cabinet and keep you from frying if you touch the chassis. Only the monitor is connected to the output side of the transformer and nothing else. The transformer was not designed as a voltage regulating/spike protecting unit. It is a safety device for sure.