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ACDC audio issue/board question...

By 35mm

10 years ago



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#1 10 years ago

my ACDC Prem started outputting audio thru the Subwoofer only. The back box speakers stopped totally. My tech did a service call and thought it was a 'board issue', so he pulled my boards and installed boards from his ACDC Prem from their store. This resulted in music coming out of the back box speakers, but not the subwoofer….plus, a lot of the play field LED's stopped working…..so he reinstalled the original boards and it started blowing fuses.

He called Stern (spent 2 hrs waiting for them to pick up, beyond belief, how do u guys deal with that crap?) and they said 'send the boards in and for $250 a board, we'll look at them'….? ok

Does anyone have any thoughts? kinda feel like I'm headed down the rabbit hole for months of double-speak. Thxs!

#2 10 years ago
Quoted from 35mm:

My tech did a service call and thought it was a 'board issue', so he pulled my boards and installed boards from his ACDC Prem from their store. This resulted in music coming out of the back box speakers, but not the subwoofer….plus, a lot of the play field LED's stopped working…..so he reinstalled the original boards and it started blowing fuses.

He screwed up.

1st, the music on your boards most likely came out the sub and not the head in their machine becuase he crossed the cables. The NET is your board still has an issue with the head audio.

2nd, nothing on your board messed up their machine. He crossed something when putting their boards in his machine.

Back to the root problem.

Is your machine still under warranty? If so you should not be paying $250 to have it looked at by Stern. What does the warranty say?

If it is not under warranty, find a tech who knows what he is doing.

#3 10 years ago

Well if he got sound out of the backbox then it at least shows thgs the speakers and wiring there work.

Unfortunately, you have too many issues and too little details to help further in this post. The speaker issue could have been trouble shot but now you have a ton of other problems. Find a tech that knows what he is doing to come fix the machine. Perhaps if you filled in your location, someone here could suggest someone.

#4 10 years ago

I'm located in Birmingham, AL
sorry about the lack of details. I'm pretty clueless, but another conversation took place among the other techs and they believe it's a 'voltage issue' now.
Thxs for the warranty advice. I'll definitely ask that question tomorrow. One of the techs is coming back and calling Stern from our house. I'll get more info and post tomorrow. Thxs

#5 10 years ago

was told I'm past my 90 warranty, so it's $125 a board to look at them.

the tech came yesterday and installed my boards back in and magically, everything worked again (less the top speakers again). He pulled the one Stern asked for and off it went.

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