Just joined the club yesterday. Looking forward to modding and upgrading the audio. Looking to ditch the purple LEDs too, specifically in the backglass.

"Shift Gears!"

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In the menu, go to A.1 - 28 and adjust that setting which will allow you to turn down the volume below 8. Factory default is set to 'No'.

So I have an issue that has cropped up recently. I'll be playing along and then suddenly the volume will get REALLY LOUD! I mean like ear piercingly loud. Doesn't matter what level the volume is set at previously (have had it at 4 and 5) when something gets hit and triggers MEGA LOUDNESS! I have to turn the machine off to reset it. The audio is generally the same as what you would expect during gameplay (albiet just REALLY LOUD) but sometimes it will get stuck on a particular note in this loud mode. A reset will fix it.

I do have the Flipper Fidelity upgrade installed(sub and backbox) and am not sure if that is a culprit or not since this didn't happen before it was installed. Not sure where to troubleshoot this since in test mode, everything works fine. I also can't replicate this 100% in gameplay either. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.

Anyone experience anything like this before? (on The Getaway or other Williams late year titles?)

Thanks so much, Collin. I will do some troubleshooting tomorrow to narrow the variables down. My gut tells me it is all three speakers that go haywire. I am not too afraid of board solder work but this sounds a little above my pay-grade. If I can narrow it down to specific parts, I can give the solder work a try. I'll give it a test and let you know. Thanks again for the insight! Really appreciate it!

So I think I know what's going on. My pins are downstairs and I live in the Northwest. It gets pretty cold down there. Not Michigan or Wisconsin cold, but definitely colder than the rest of the house. Thermostat is upstairs which is set to around 66 degrees. Now my pins share the same space as my home theater, which I use frequently. While I am down there, I use a small space heater that is connected by extension cord to the back of the room since all my amps and subs are connected to the front of the room(on a different circuit). Usually, when I fire up the pins, I will have been down there in between movies. And the space heater is on. Which draws power from the same power strip as my pins. In my testing, I have been unable to replicate the issue while that space heater isn't on. My theory is that when the space heater is on, it is drawing power from the same source as my pins are, which is causing low voltage to the sound board which is causing my sound problems.

One thing I forgot to mention is that sometimes the tunnel eject coil has a hard time ejecting the ball. Almost like it doesn't have enough power. Only when this space heater is on. I have played over 2 dozen games now, with the space heater off, and cannot replicate the issue. My gut tells me that if I turned the heater on, I could replicate it immediately.

So my thinking is that the space heater is starving the entire back part of the room of power, including the pins. Interesting that it doesn't seem to affect my TSPP at all while playing.

So my question is this. If this pin is not receiving the correct amount of power to the boards, will the symptoms I describe come to fruition? Much thanks!

All reds on mine.

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