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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: CEE1281 on March 20, 2007, 09:31:56 am

Title: PLEASE HELP-GT FOR TO BOWLING CONVERSION.
Post by: CEE1281 on March 20, 2007, 09:31:56 am
I RECENTLY BOUGHT A WORLD CLASS BOWLING PCB AND WANTED TO INSTALL IT INTO BY GOLDEN TEE FORE 2005(GREEN BOARD) WHEN I GO TO SWITCH BETWEEN THE TWO GAMES THE GOLDEN TEE WILL LOOK(PICTUE)GOOD,BUT THE WORLD CLASS BOWLING PICTURE WILL BE ALL SCRAMBLED.I COULD HEAR SOUND.BUT NO PICTURE.IWAS TOLD THAT THE BOWLING AND GOLF HAVE TWO DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS AND THAT I HAVE TO MESS WITH THE DIP SWITCHES SO THAT THEY MATCH.CAN ANYONE HELP ME.I TRIED TO MESS WITH THE DIP SWITCHED BUT I COULDNT FIGURE IT OUT.THANKS
Title: Re: PLEASE HELP-GT FOR TO BOWLING CONVERSION.
Post by: BobA on March 20, 2007, 11:15:35 am
See Ken Layton's reply in the Monitor/Video forum
Title: Re: PLEASE HELP-GT FOR TO BOWLING CONVERSION.
Post by: RayB on March 20, 2007, 11:58:45 am
Lucky for me folks, I have a handy UPPER to lower convertor:
i recently bought a world class bowling pcb and wanted to install it into by golden tee fore 2005(green board) when i go to switch between the two games the golden tee will look(pictue)good,but the world class bowling picture will be all scrambled.i could hear sound.but no picture.iwas told that the bowling and golf have two different resolutions and that i have to mess with the dip switches so that they match.can anyone help me.i tried to mess with the dip switched but i couldnt figure it out.thanks
Title: Re: PLEASE HELP-GT FOR TO BOWLING CONVERSION.
Post by: horseboy on March 20, 2007, 12:10:40 pm
Lucky for me folks, I have a handy UPPER to lower convertor:
i recently bought a world class bowling pcb and wanted to install it into by golden tee fore 2005(green board) when i go to switch between the two games the golden tee will look(pictue)good,but the world class bowling picture will be all scrambled.i could hear sound.but no picture.iwas told that the bowling and golf have two different resolutions and that i have to mess with the dip switches so that they match.can anyone help me.i tried to mess with the dip switched but i couldnt figure it out.thanks


I tried that, but I am lazy and it was going to take me more than 30 seconds. Good form, though.
Title: Re: PLEASE HELP-GT FOR TO BOWLING CONVERSION.
Post by: CEE1281 on March 20, 2007, 03:18:03 pm
i know, im a newbie here.Other than that anybody have any ideas that might help me.
Title: Re: PLEASE HELP-GT FOR TO BOWLING CONVERSION.
Post by: horseboy on March 20, 2007, 03:24:11 pm
i know, im a newbie here.Other than that anybody have any ideas that might help me.

See Ken Layton's reply in the Monitor/Video forum
Title: Re: PLEASE HELP-GT FOR TO BOWLING CONVERSION.
Post by: grantspain on March 20, 2007, 05:08:31 pm
i know there is a dip switch on the golden tee boards to change frequencies (i think its marked high/low)but i do not know about the bowling game
the make and model of your monitor are very important as some monitors can auto change frequencies whilst others have jumper plugs
i can tell you that in the u.k golden tee 2005 will have a hantarex polo 2 auto frequency installed but in regards to cabs used in the states i could not say
why not try contacting incredible technologies directly to get the info
Title: Re: PLEASE HELP-GT FOR TO BOWLING CONVERSION.
Post by: CheffoJeffo on March 20, 2007, 08:23:48 pm
If you can't figure out the dip switches, don't mess with the yet.

I have seen four threads, all started by you and all asking the same VERY FREAKING LOUD question, except that you left out important pieces of information (e.g. swapping boards!!!).

So, WHAT board is currently installed and WHAT exactly are you seeing ? WHAT did you see/do prior to this farkedness ?

Please be precise ... makes it easier to understand what might be happening.

Cheers

EDIT: fredster is probably right ... I was harsh ... yes, welcome.
Title: Re: PLEASE HELP-GT FOR TO BOWLING CONVERSION.
Post by: fredster on March 20, 2007, 10:08:53 pm
God you guys kill me.  Not everybody is a internet junkie.  I'm glad he spent the time to figure it out this far.

Hello CEE1281.  Welcome to the sorted underbelly of the internet.  Filled with freaks and digital kids with no lives.

The first thing I suggest is to google search for the information you are looking for by finding a scanned manual.  Failing that, ask on the newsgroup RGVAC.  The RGVAC is rec.games.video.arcade.collecting

As them if they can tell you. 

These new games are made by IT.  You can email the technical department of IT and lots of times they will answer.  They are usually more interested in customers who bought a machine and are running it, like a brand new GT.

However, they do condesend to the level of the home user from time to time.  They might be able to tell you. 

You have lots of issues with monitors.  If you are lucky enough to have a high resolution monitor, it should have picked it up.  So you probably have a lower resolution monitor.  You need to understand the function of each of the dip switches to understand what you have done.

Dip switches set many things.  They set the  board to freeplay, to test mode, to difficulty level, even to cocktail mode. (where the screen flips for player 1 or 2).

I don't have a manual for that game.  Ask at RGVAC.  That newsgroup is read by 1000's of people every day.

And again, welcome.