Has anyone installed a playfield protector themselves ? How much work is it ? Special things to keep an eye on ? How does it go with cliffys ? Do they remain installed and the protector over it or do you need to remove them and over the protector?

I also recently bought a nib DILE. Came with cliffys and clear plastic on left inlane installed. Manual also included in box

Been playing my DI for two weeks now and have some questions / remarks..

1/ what's the use of the upper playfield ? there are no switches on it, ok you can nudge it and use 'skill' to get the ball into the popbumpers but that's it.. looks like quite a big assembly with limited use. I'm thinking of just removing the upper playfield and have the pinball drop always into the popbumpers. Any thoughts ?

2/ Shouldn't timers stop when the pinball is locked somewhere ? When a hurryup is running at the quantum theatre but you shoot something else (phone scoop or lock a ball) then it'll show animations and keep the ball, meanwhile the hurryup keeps counts down and is timed out when a new pinball is released.
OK I get it, I chose not to shoot the hurryup and something else instead.. but still, watching it time out while I can't cancel animations at all and have to wait doesn't seem really fair ?

Btw any way to cancel the lock animation ? This game has soo much smooth flow, but when you lock a ball it needs to finish the animations, run the shaker, and only then put a new pinball in the shooter lane. This really stops the flow, the delay takes much too long imo..

3/ Does anyone have experience with pindemption and DI ?
I notice in the settings there are greyed out settings about setting it to a timed game.
Is pindemption just the same rules but on limited time ? Flippers are disabled when the fixed time runs out ?
Or is it more like Safecracker - a timed game but giving you the option to gain more time as you play well ?
Or even like the SC magic token game - totally different rules ?

Must be ne not knowing the rules well enough but it usually surprises me when the mechanic diverter is down and the pinball gets on the mini playfield.
Nudging it in the top lane is not an option as I am too slow to realize where the ball is (passed the top rubber).

Is there an audio cue when the mechanic diverter goes down (or up again) ? Flasher in the back active?

Thanks will try to pay attention to it.

Got error switch 11 left loop made stuck open.
See picture..the opto is out if the holder..
Arent they glued or soldered in place ? I can move it around touching the wire from below the playfield. Have to disassemble the ramp to reach this..

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Thanks guys. Was able to figure out how it was. Didn't find it in the manual. Just black box where opto goes in, lid is missing so I used electric tape.
Was happy to only needed to remove the left ramp and not everything else to remove that metal ramp itself..

No idea. I assume you need to take a backup of the ssd now while its running and cannot wait until.it crashes, put an empty new ssd in and do a software upgrade?
Is all the os on the ssd or also part on the pc ? Does anything start with the ssd removed ?

My suggestion would be the complete opposite.. (first: put the game on 5 balls instead of 3)
I agree you need to play modes and get sim cards (especially try to do a few on ball 1 already) to get a good score, this may be difficult if you're not a good player and when you drain often whilst trying to make the specific shots for a mode.
So for someone like that I suggest to go for combos, lock balls, play multiball as much as possible. Don't waste time playing bob modes, shooting drones, .. in single ball mode, just keep on making ramp shots. While in multiball you will more easily make the shots to finish modes, collect a sim card, ..

My DI also had problems. The divertor lug was too high and slow balls just stopped against it. Not enough room to adjust the mechanism (already goes as low as it can go). I bent the tip of the lug so it's more down between the ramp wires and now it correctly deflects all pinballs, also very slow moving..

Congratulations LTG !

The target stickers someone from Germane sells here..

I've asked about it before. Pindemption isn't developed for DI..
Would be great if they just made something available as a software update. Like safecrackers timed mode..

Not sure as I haven't tested it, but as the dongle has your serial number they could do this easily..
Someone with both types could easily test it by plugging in the SE dongle in the LE machine and see if the leds still work..

In some modes the ball gets dropped but then QED should move around the middle to divert the ball.
In other modes the ball is launched towards the back of the playfield (like the Shadow lock).
If your game doesn't do this (and always just drops the ball down) then you have to change the timing settings for it..
somewhere in the thread it should be mentioned a few times how to do it..

It shouldn't end in the popbumpers but have more speed and go all the way around to the right.
Try to adjust the delay timer for the magnet in the settings..

So.. as we have a bluetooth dongle, do you think we'll get an update that gives bluetooth audio ?

And good it's out ofnl stock finally.. maybe prices on used machines will start to increase now

In some modes (there are other posts here with the details when and when not) the ball will return upwards onto the playfield, so it goes around the back and returns to the right upper flipper.

I believe the number changes the timing before the magnet activates (so time before it deactivates and activates again for a short pulse), so the ball has time to roll downwards before the magnet pulses it to shoot the pinball upwards.
If the delay is too small the ball won't get enough power (not enough upwards movement in the pinball), if the delay is too long then the ball can get too far away from the magnet to be grabbed, and falls downwards.
I don't think the number should be near 0.

Search for 'ground loop' here.
It's a known issue, some games have it more loud than others. You can buy a ground loop isolator that fixes (or reduces) the issue..

There's a clear plastic to install over the end of the ramp.
Early games didn't have it and you couls request it from jjp. Late run machines had it installed from factory.

But if you don't want to risk scratches on your glass you have to close the door whilst removing / putting the glass back in.. so the ball gets kicked into play anyway whilst you're putting the glass back.

No, but I have scratches in my glass around that spot from taking the glass out with coin door open..

I tried something similar and wanted to 3d print a holder so they could move up.
Didn't continue after some tests as the cables don't have much space.

Had that yesterday also on my game, luckily after trying again it booted well.. so have no solution for you if it never goes further..
Check if every connector is still ok, especially the usb between cpu and driverboard ?

Check if you are on the latest software version and update if necessary.
I believe old versions checked for the dongle and later versions don't complain about it.

Not that I know of.
I think most people remove the instruction card metal plates and enjoy the artwork on the apron.

Can't tell you a specific date, but later run models usually are better. First versions had worse or no scoop protectors installed I believe ?
Later run versions have the clear plastic on the end of the ramp near the left slingshot (this was optional for older games, you had to ask for it) and also had the printed manual included with the machine.

I'm looking forward to upgrading my machine.
It's not that DI gets weak flippers but they are not consistent.

For instance on the left ramp when you can repeat it for 1000 points extra each shot, I can usually only get to 4 or 5 shots. In all the years I own this machine I never made it to 10 shots, 7 or 8 is my maximum.
After a few shots the power or snappyness of the flipper changes and it'll not make the ramp shot cleanly anymore. I flip with the ball on the same position on the flipper, I know how to play pinball and can repeat ramp shots on other games. On my DI, I can't, the ball will follow a slightly different path suddenly.

Same with the BOB targets, especially in the mode with fire. Sometimes I can consistent shoot the top target, sometimes it'll miss and go in the left loop.

I really hope this upgrade will remove the inconsistency.
Great if others don't feel this and if you can repeat 10 ramp shots on your machine. My machine doesn't allow this.

1. Not in use anymore.
When the game shipped, there was an app for your mobile phone.
You could pair your phone, flip via your phone or get the shot that ends a mode via your phone.

JJP dropped this and removed the app from the appstore. The software was updated so it doesn't give an error anymore when the dongle is not found.

A few years later they introduced scorbit support and you could buy a wifi dongle to connect your machine to the Internet. Same ending, jjp cancelled scorbit support, that dongle is now also useless.

See my post: later run machines are overall better than the early batches:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/dialed-in-owners-and-fans-club/page/272#post-8003811

And to add, see if all playfield leds work.

The opto inside the quantum theatre died
First time I have an opto problem on a JJP machine.

Are these the same opto emitter and receiver leds as used on wpc machines?

Not sure yet. It doesn't register, game gives an error about it.
Have to completely remove the theatre to be able to inspect what is wrong , that's something for this weekend.

I've updated my game review of Dialed In. Not surif everyone agrees with me, but it's all my opinion

https://www.flippers.be/pinball/jjp/dialedin/dialedin.html