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Jamma 60 in 1 Game
Question from Ian: Good day Tim. I had an old 1980’s arcade game, 1942, the monitor died and I bought a JAMMA 60 in 1, I got the lite joystick, trackball, and LCD monitor for China. All arrived fine and I tested the monitor on my computer and figured out the switches. I watched 2 of your videos, externally helpful, saved me 100’s of hours. OK, I am trying to figure out how to connect the amplifier that came with it, as well as the coin box I had, i.e. 25 cents = 2 plays. I am having lots of issues figuring out the wiring, can you point me to a video that you have done from start to end? Thanks.
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Response from Jonathan: Ian,
First off, thank you for your kind words about our videos. We’re glad they have been helpful to you. The best video that we have on this topic is going to be Wiring A Cabinet Using The JAMMA Standard which I’m sure you’ve probably seen. If you haven’t, make sure you check it out. Unfortunately we do not have a video that shows how to wire these additional components that you have but we would be glad to help you out.
You mentioned that you’re trying to hook up an amplifier. Is this a video or audio amplifier? I’m assuming it’s an audio amplifier since you bought a LCD monitor which usually has a VGA input on it which should be compatible with the VGA output on the 60-in-1 board. If it is indeed an audio amplifier, you will need to run the audio wires from your JAMMA harness to the amplifier and then run another set of wires from your amplifier to your speakers. How you accomplish this can vary greatly depending on what kind of audio amplifier you bought. You might send us some pictures of the amplifier if you continue to have problems hooking it up.
For the coin door, you will need to run some wires from your harness and directly from your power supply in order to get it completely working. If you just want to coin up the game, all you need to run are the coin switch 1 & 2 wires from the JAMMA harness to the switches located at the bottom of your coin mechs along with a ground wire. The coin counter and coin lockout wires are not necessary unless you want to wire up a manual coin counter or if you want to enable the coin lockout respectively. A manual coin counter can be handy if the game is on location and you want to make sure that the money in the game matches the count. Coin lockout is a security mechanism that keeps the game from giving free games or too many credits if there’s a problem with the coin mech. These are only really necessary if you’re putting the game out to collect money. If not, I would leave them unhooked.
As far as the coin door lights go, this voltage comes directly from the power supply and will depend on what bulbs your game uses as to what voltage needs to be send to the door. You can check out our post on Replacing Lights In An Arcade Cabinet for information on what bulbs use what voltages. Once you’ve determined your bulb and voltage, you will need to run some wires directly from your power supply to these lights.
Hope that helps. Thank you for your question and good luck with your repair.
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