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CSI owner's thread

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#209 4 years ago
Quoted from janus:

While installing my Colordmd I broke the ribbon cable. I feel stupid, but just wanted to warn anyone else that the underside of where the ribbon cable is plugged into the existing dmd is hot glued to the circuit board. The glue is not initially visible. I should have realized it wasn't easily able to be unplugged instead of pulling too hard on it instead of investigating. Oh well, now I have to wait couple more days for a new cable.

I discovered the hot glue Stern used to seal the ribbon cables to the original dmds the hard way too. My first encounter was on Spider-Man, when I nearly broke the cable trying to pull it off, before realizing it was glued. Since then, I’ve added color DMDs to 8 or 10 Sterns from the late 2000’s to now, and most have the hot glue. I take needle-nose pliers and gently pull the glue off before removing the cable. It usually comes off in one piece. It’s pretty common in my experience.

I’m stoked to add a color DMD to my CSI this weekend. One of my all-time fav games. Great toys, great flow (despite some stop/go) and easy to follow rules. I’ve owned mine 2 years and I’ve never completed all 3 multiball modes in the same game to qualify the 50 million shot. I’ve finished 2, but I never seem to hit all the lit shots to finish all 3. The kicker is, each time you fail, it gets harder to finish the mode the next time around. Surprisingly difficult pin to reach the “wizard mode,” which sadly isn’t really that. Given that most high scores on Pinside are under 100 mil, that 50 mil shot is just huge!

3 weeks later
#211 4 years ago
Quoted from vulcan903:

Just picked up a CSI for a reasonable sum. Good condition just very dirty. I guess due to the centrifuge. Similar to my Tron.
Photo gives you an idea. Cleaning and LEDs and should come back up good. Had a few games and quite like the rules and features.[quoted image]

Congrats on your new addition. CSI was one of my first pins, and we still love it. Good rules, fun shots, subtle humor and they did a nice job on the recent color DMD release. The images are much easier to see.

My pin gets dirty from that black rubber mat in the centrifuge too. I have a clear one on my Tron, which is much cleaner. I should put a clear one on my CSI too!

This pin seems simple at first, but it's not easy to complete all three multiball modes to reach the final bonus shot. I have completed 2 of the 3 modes, but never all 3.

Enjoy!

1 year later
#216 3 years ago
Quoted from killborn:

Anyone install pinwoofer with upgraded speakers on their CSI? Just curious if it improved the sound of this game very much.

I haven’t, but I have my Spider-Man right next to my CSI and just added a Polk subwoofer to that game, and wow, what a difference! That game calls for it more, with intense music and action. CSI seems like one of the more “chill” pins I’ve owned. It’s pretty laid back, with the puns and humor, and jazzy, I guess, music. I would be curious how much boosting the audio would add to it. I may add a sub to my Indy Jones (Stern) which has fantastic movie music.

#217 3 years ago

Changed the T molding on my CSI...

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#220 3 years ago
Quoted from JWJr:

Indeed - the ColorDMD looks great_. I've been (semi-)seriously thinking about getting another CSI just because of that; having the "RED" and "GREEN" and "BLUE" evidence all on the "screen" in orange always ticked me off.

They did a nice job on the color DMD animations for CSI. I always thought the photo award images were very difficult to discern. With color they are much clearer. It was well worth the cost to upgrade.

3 weeks later
#227 3 years ago
Quoted from killborn:

pinkitten do you have any other pictures of the color dmd with the smoothing effect? Color dmd is next on the list and I'm trying to decide between lcd and led.
Just added speaker lights and fingerprint covers.
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Did you check out the vid clips of the led and lcd versions on the color DMD website? They should have video of each. Just click on the CSI lcd or led DMD in the store and scroll down for the video.

#229 3 years ago
Quoted from killborn:

I did check that out. If there is a difference in the videos then I can't really tell. I've also read almost all of the forum discussion. What I'm most interested in is the smoothing effect that you can apply on the LCD version and I thought it looked like you had that setting turned on.

I do, it’s the “scan” font setting on the lcd. I prefer that on almost all my pins. It looks pretty great on CSI, and the smoothing effect is cool versus the more evident dots on the led, but people like the led too. I have that one on my SS. If you wanna see a vid of my lcd screen before you decide, I can do that. PM me.

6 months later
#241 2 years ago

New custom alternate translite installed today! I really like the look and design. Thanks so much, ChipScott!

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#249 2 years ago
Quoted from Drebay:

Quick Image of the backglass when Green Evidence is selected. Also, Speaker lights follow the evidence.
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Awesome custom interactive lighting!

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