(Topic ID: 241790)

Did I Just Ruin My Pinball Speakers? Subwoofer Question/Warning

By SantaEatsCheese

4 years ago



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“Did I Just Ruin My Pinball Speakers? Subwoofer Question/Warning”

  • You're an idiot and it's the fuses. 2 votes
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  • You're an idiot and the speaker is ruined. 3 votes
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#1 4 years ago

I think I just did something stupid. My Jurassic Park came with a subwoofer. It really makes the T-Rex roar. It is hooked up with alligator clips going from the speaker on the bottom to sub and has been operating for 3 months with no issue. I recently read how to hook up my hobbit to the same sub. I played a game and it rocked. I went over to the Jurrassic park afterwards and the sound was anemic and coming in and out of from loud to soft like certain speakers were only working intermediately. I didn't hear the woofer and looked at how it was plugged up. To my horror, I had switched the RCA jacks to the Output instead of the input on the woofer for my Jurassic Park. I had assumed (incorrectly) they were all inputs. When I was playing my Hobbit, the sound was going out to the sub and being powered from the sub to the speakers in the Jurassic Park. I have not troubleshot too much yet, but I am assuming I messed up the bottom speaker in my Jurassic Park. What do you guys think would be the most likely solution?

If it is the speaker, what is the best way to replace something like that?

#2 4 years ago

Hopefully only the speakers were blown in JP. You may have blown the sound circuits in that game. Never alligator clip anything into a game and make sure you know what you are doing before you add mods. Start by checking the speaker on JP with an omnmeter for a direct short or open. Substituting a known good speaker in the game is better yet, that will tell you immediately if the speaker or the game audio amplifier is damaged

#3 4 years ago

Great news! After "unplugging and plugging back in" everything hooked up to the sound card it seems to be working just fine. The lesson learned here is 1 pinball machine per subwoofer.

Thanks for the help!

#4 4 years ago
Quoted from SantaEatsCheese:

Great news! After "unplugging and plugging back in" everything hooked up to the sound card it seems to be working just fine. The lesson learned here is 1 pinball machine per subwoofer.
Thanks for the help!

Lucky! Glad you got it working.

#5 4 years ago
Quoted from wayout440:

Never alligator clip anything into a game

As long as you use minimal care every powered subwoofer can be alligator clipped to the cabinet speaker. Forever.

#6 4 years ago
Quoted from Rondogg:

As long as you use minimal care every powered subwoofer can be alligator clipped to the cabinet speaker. Forever.

Alligator clips are the duct tape of amateurs.

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