Star Wars no sound advice

[ebb]

Hi members.

Was hoping for some advice. I'm interested in this Star Wars pachinko
but from the description not sure if I can get it working.(powers up but no sound) I have some older non-electric machines but have never played or worked on one of the newer one's. Do members think a novice can get this working?
Thanks!!

Star Wars Pachinko pinball with 500 balls - eBay (item 320426132332 end time Sep-26-09 17:37:43 PDT)

[Chrisdice]

there is nothing wrong with it, Its just missing a dongle. easy fix. Ask them if it shoots balls, when they say no, say hmm.it has no sound and the shooter dosn't work..how about fifty dollars. Replace the dongle and your golden!!!

[FTKServices]

for that price it should have sound. At that price everything would have to be working perfect for me to buy it.

Hopefully it is just the dongle.

[Moparformances]

my older machine plays jsut fine without a dongle?? sound works on it with or without??

i would hope that the speakers are just unpluged caus its so loud???

over priced for a "broken" machine
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any idea what that ball of green wires hanging ofer the top left corner is from?? see to go into the back of the machine near the top

[Chrisdice]

my older machine plays jsut fine without a dongle?? sound works on it with or without??

i would hope that the speakers are just unpluged caus its so loud???

over priced for a "broken" machine
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any idea what that ball of green wires hanging ofer the top left corner is from?? see to go into the back of the machine new the top

Dongles are required for the newer CR (card reader) machines. like this Star Wars.

[monkeyboy]

After reading his description it sounds to me like he's only seeing the attract mode where there is no sound. Contact the seller and ask him to drop a ball into the start pocket then see if it has sound or not.

[luckydog]

if he gets sound he may jack up the price

[Lddrizzt]

Either way its not gonna work without a dongle.

[daverob]

any idea what that ball of green wires hanging ofer the top left corner is from??

That's just the ground wire for the ball hopper. It's usually connected up to an earth point in the parlour to drain away any static electricity the balls may have picked up in the parlours ball distribution system.

I like to connect mine to one of the screws securing the transformer to the frame (and also hook the ground pin of the power cord to this same screw), but most vendors either snip this wire or leave it hanging.


Like others I suspect that this machine doesn't work because of a missing dongle causing the ball shooter not to fire. I'm also guessing that the seller may not know how to open the machine (there's no lock present in the pics) so won't have tested to see if the sound starts up when you drop a ball into the pocket.