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Got a Smash TV today $100 - what to do?
Dervacumen:
--- Quote from: shardian on November 30, 2006, 07:18:14 am ---Well, what you should do is load it in a truck, drive it across country, and leave it sitting beside my garage door. ;)
Seriously, that is a good score. I would love a smash tv.
Have you checked all connections (Jamma harness, sound board harness)? You should make sure everything is seated properly after transport. Also, print out a copy of the manual.
http://www.arcadedocs.com/vidmanuals/S/SmashTV.pdf
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Wow! Thanks for the manual, I was going to attempt finding one today. You RULE!
I did reseat all the connections and they're okay. Unless I missed one.
Dervacumen:
--- Quote from: shardian on November 30, 2006, 10:33:48 am ---The odds of almost all of the microswitches being bad is very unlikely. Either a ground fault, or one of the jamma harnesses is loose. Remember that this is jamma+ and has an extra harness.
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Can you come over here and work out the rest, too?
I found a grounding wire that was flopping around on a lead. Once I fiexed that most of the control faults went away. I still have the sound problem and a few of the directions seem goofy but I'll hopefully have a chance to look at them this weekend.
Dervacumen:
--- Quote from: Chunce DeLeone on November 30, 2006, 01:30:10 pm ---
I just got 4 Samsh TV joys off ebay that were barely touched, mint condition, even with some small tie wraps to keep the leaf in better, soldered grounds, totally Sycted to create my cab with a Smash TV Centric CP
Nice Pick UP!
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So YOU'RE the guy that got those....ERGGHH. Actually you're right, these controls are very nice. Right On!
I'm giddy with excitement.
Dervacumen:
--- Quote from: _Iz- on November 30, 2006, 03:16:52 pm ---Maybe the sound board controls the inputs (this is the case on several video games). Fix the sound board problems first and you may find it fixes the inputs.
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I'm basically ignorant when it come to these things. Can you give me a couple of links to research and understand? This is my first delve into the world of JAMMA and JAMMA+ and though I *think* I understand the whole JAMMA standard I don't know how the sound board problems relate to the inputs.
Just learing and getting sucked in...
Derv
Dervacumen:
15 minutes later everything works. There was a broken wire leading to the speaker. The sound is still a little funky - it get insanely loud if I turn the volume knob. I'll continue to investigate.
The original CP ground wire was disconnected from the CP, but fastened to it by a puny 22ga wire that was kinda like a jumper. Strange modification.
Once I fiddled with that (still just twisted together, so not really repaired yet) all of the CP inputs work. I need to adjust the leaf switches a bit.
I'm buying a few locks today to put in the coin door and back door. Then it's on to cleaning and touchup.
I think I stumbled upon a really good deal. :cheers: