Doctor Who Owners Club.....Time Lords Welcome!

Quoted from Lame33:
I was really excited about the colordmd kit until I learned that you lose game functionality unless you permanently mod the pin for the number lights. Given my soldering skill are about at the level of untrained, one haned monkey, I've lost most of my initial enthusiasm for the kit. (At least until I can improve my skills beyond slather a bunch of solder to replace a flipper coil) It's too bad they don't offer a replacement compatible lighting part as an additional purchase.

Suggest contacting Rob Anthony (Borygard) or Kris Bliznick (Firebird Pinball) to see if they could make the board changes for you. The board changes are 100% reversible.

#284 9 years ago

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#862 8 years ago

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Quoted from Pinballer22:
Ok, so color dmd is installed and code installed. What's the proper way to hook up the doctor light board connector??

Shift the display higher on the speaker panel using the hole set closest to the bottom of the display. Then remount the lamp board to the speaker panel beneath the display.

Make sure that the lamp connector does not make contact with the metal bracket.

When the speaker panel is raised the display will block opening/closing of the backbox lamp panel, but this is the easiest way to use the original lamp board. Alternately you can modify the lamp board to fit between the screen and the speaker panel using the guide on our SUPPORT page.

#864 8 years ago

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Quoted from Pinballer22:
I thought the color dmd had code that it would light the doctors with the lcd and no longer need the doctor light board. Guess not

The LAMP_IN connector on the board was designed for the THING lamps on Addams Family and only works when all the lamps are in the same column of the lamp matrix.

#866 8 years ago

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Quoted from travisbmartin:
I've been thinking of putting a ColorDMD in mine as well. Does the kit work well with a Flipper Fidelity speaker kit? I'm worried about space issues.

Not sure, but I haven't received any emails regarding compatibility problems with Flipper Fidelity.

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#1149 7 years ago

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Quoted from awarner:
A friend of mine created the original replacement that actually uses the software in the game to control it. It also uses a motor like the original. Unlike the original, the motor is adjustable so you can compensate for the proper gap between the head and the body. The person with the servo attaches to the light and the motion is jerky. So it is nothing like the original. And LEDs, to be even close to what is right, all GI should be white. Colors under inserts. The attack and decay of LEDs is still wrong so the light shows look bad. I have LEDs in my speaker panel so I could put in a ColorDMD. It's the upgrade I hate the most. I'm thinking of buying a new ColorDMD LED panel so I can go back to incandescent bulbs in there...

If you have a newer bracket with mounting holes near the bottom of the bracket, you can mount the LCD higher on the speaker panel and still have room for the lamp board along side it. It's a tight fit and you may need to adjust the position of the lamp board but it does work.

The downside is the display stick ups more and blocks the backbox door so you need to lower the speaker panel to open/close the door.

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#4758 2 years ago

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