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swamprat96:
Got a friend with one of these. It has an IR gun system(so he tells me) that keeps blowing IR sensors. It has a CRT in a deicated cabinet and I think its the first generation

1. If he's right and the guns are IR could I replace the CRT with a LCD or a plasma (CRT is on the way out)
2. Anyone know anything about the ir system used and where to get parts?
3. Finally any suggestions why its eating IR sensors?

TIA
swamprat96:
OK - have I posted on the wrong forum? Yes it is a true arcade machine so I guess not totally BYOAC- but- I want to modify it so surely still ok?

Has seriously no-one worked on one of these? I've found the replacement sensors (betsons)- even found why they blow so easily and the fix (static kills the sensors and there's a sega board add in to fix). But I still would like to know if I can change the screen easily. I "guess" I can if its IR for the guns - but might have missed something
BobA:
IR sensors that work with CRT type screens usually do not work with LCD screens.  Not sure if this is the case with the game you are working with but the whole light gun area is very much in the air.   The light guns on a dedicated arcade game will most likely only work with the type of screen used in the original game.
swamprat96:
Interesting. So I may have a poor understanding of the IR guns used in this sega game. I have only experience with Guncons, Topguns and mame and I do understand how those work.  So I presumed that IR guns were the same theory as Topguns- but they read the sensors at each corner of the screen?

The guns are the same ones as used in HOTD 2 and 3 for arcade and Virtua Cop 3
BobA:
I didnt realize your screen had IR emitters that could be sensed by the gun.  Which jurassic park game its it? 
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