STAR*TEcH
Journal
December 1996
REVITALIZE YOUR VIDEOI
With
STAR*TECH
Journal's
VIDEO
BRIGHTENER
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o Prepaid
o COD (USA only)
Pinball Cleaning Tips
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you are doing - hooking up a 12 volt detector
source to a 5 volt emitter supply will blow the emit-
ter and you will have to replace it.
• Never use cleaning spray or compressed air on
an opto-switch. These blow cold air (frigid air if
the can uses freon) that can and will damage sensi-
tive opto switches.
• Keep any eye out for delicate playfield parts.
For an example, it is really easy to damage the
Powerfield switches on Twilight Zone-'.smini playfield
while removing the rubbers for cleaning.
• Make sure you reattach anything you remove
from the playfield exactly as like you removed it -
some games, like Twilight Zone, have identical plugs
on: some of their parts (i.e.: TZs powerfield coil
and opto plugs)! Reversing these when reinstall-
ing can cause MAJOR damage!
• Make sure you don't bend slingshot switches
when removing slingshot rubbers for cleaning or
replacement.
• Never use anything other than a leaf switch ad-
justment tool to adjust a switch. Bending it with
your fingers is just asking to have to replace the
switch down the road.
• Pay close attention to your game's diagnostics-
Williams/Bally games especially are very good
about reporting game malfunctions and bad
switches. Watch for a"." after the credits number
as this indicates a problem the game wants you to
check out. Note that some recent games have per-
manent problems - prototype TZ andjudge Dredd
machines had a nonexistent switch marked as bad.
This is generally not the case, however, with pro-
duction machines ( or even prototypes with pro-
duction RO Ms). Note also that sometimes a switch
can be marked as bad but is still good if nobody
has hit the switch recently. A perfect example is
Bigfoot Bluff on White Water.
• Finally, play your game often ... a sudden dif-
ference in gameplay will alert you that something
has gone wrong - this is often the best way to find
a problem with your game. Your game sense is
usually sharper than the game's diagnostics.