(Topic ID: 233096)

Bally Fireball II Sound but no Speech

By donnPin

5 years ago



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#1 5 years ago

Tech experts... I have a Bally Fireball 2 and the game has been working great over the past 6 months. Recently, I noticed that the speech was not working or would work at times but not other... The sound is working fine. Also, it appears that the machine when not being played has a "static" sound (almost like listening to the ocean in a conch shell except louder). I have done all the routine things like reseating the connectors but really don't know where to begin at this point. Any suggestions? I assume it has something to do with the squawk talk board?

#2 5 years ago

It's common for the sound and speech volume trimmer pots on the Squawk & Talk board to get dirty and cause the symptom you describe. Have you played with the speech volume trimmer pot to see if it's the issue? It's located near the bottom right corner of the S&T board. Press the self test button on the S&T board and it will start playing back speech; you can then adjust the speech volume trimmer pot to see what happens.

#3 5 years ago

Thanks Quench. I’ll give it a try this afternoon after work.

#4 5 years ago

Also check the legs of your IC's on the S&T board for black rot... If some have it, especially the TMS5200 that could be where your problem lies. I would recap the board and change the pots before changing the IC's however.

#5 5 years ago

The pots were the fix! Thanks for the support.

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