Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1995-December - Vol 17 Issue 10

Journal
CD
ST.Ion
CD-ROM
MERIT
CAPCOM
MEGATOUCH
CPS/I
BLOWN MONITOR
AUDIO VOLUME
FUSE
PROCEDURE
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December 1995
Customer Service
Merit Industries
Bensalem, Pennsylvania
Service Dept.
Capcom USA Inc.
Sunnyvale, California
PROBLEM
SUBJECT
Monitor is inoperative after
power-up.
Volume control of all Capcom
CPSII system boards.
GAMES AFFECTED
PROCEDURE
All Megatouch games using Type
19 Ducksan monitors.
To correct audio volume prob-
1 ems on any CPSII system
board:
SYMPTOMS
After power-up, you can hear the
fan running and see the power
supply light, but there is no pic-
ture.
1. On the "A:' board, depress and
hold volume down button at least
5 seconds to reset the internal
DATs.
CAUSE
2. Release the volume down but-
ton.
Fuse on monitor chassis has
blown.
SOLUTION
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Replace existing fast-blow 3 amp
250V fuse. If you do not have the
proper fuse, call Merit customer
service for assistance: 800/445-
9353. Part number is EC3004.
3. On the ''A:' board, depress vol-
ume-up button to reach desired
volume level.
4. For any further volume setting,
Capcom recommends use of the
sound test in the test menu.
ACME ORLANDO
WHAT:
WHERE:
WHEN:
'96
American Coin Machine Exposition.
Orange County Convention/Civic Center.
Thursday, March 7th - Saturday, March 9th, 1996.
December 1 995
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STAR* TECH
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MERIT
STICKY
COUNTERTOP
WILLIAMS
~SEAT
WESTESN
GAMES BURNT
FLIPPERS
TJ1AJ:1ND PDST
MONITOR PCB
MODIFICATION
Customer Service
Merit Industries
Bensalem, Pennsylvania
Jonathan Deitch
Games Technician
Atlanta, Georgia
PROBLEM
PROBLEM
Components on the monitor
board burning out.
Sticking flipper action on Will-
iams pin games.
GAMES AFFECTED
SouJTION
All countertop games.
Put a screw on each side of the
interuptor. Then stretch a rubber
band across the interuptor and
hook it on the screws. You can
adjust the tension by looping the
band on the screws or using a
different rubber band.
SYMYI'OMS
Frequent bum out of compo-
nents on the monitor chassis.
CAUSE
Power surges from the AC line
can bum out components on the
monitor chassis.
SOLUTION
Add a varistor (SA3207-01 for the
120V models) across the AC line.
Also, it is important that you do
not remove the ground from the
power cord and please make sure
the game is plugged into a
grounded outlet.
Its Time to
Clean out Your
Warehouse
we
Buy, Sell, or Trade for
et.: uaz:
Pl.AYER APPRECIATION
What you're doing is stretching
a rubber band across the end of
the plastic interuptor to add ten-
sion. This helps the "feel" when
the springiness of the plastic be-
gins to disappear. Especially
when the plasic gets hot.
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(503) 726-1813
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You can trade your old
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EYGO Moo
Narrow body countertop games
with Eygo monitors must have
lw resistors at R103 and Rl04.
If you have a widebody
countertop you do not need the
resistor change; for the parts and
more information, call Merit
Customer Svc: 800/445-9353.
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