I picked up a Getaway about a week before TPF this year. It worked fine for a few days. Mike_M describes the issue above. We thought it was a bad Opto1, but after changing it out, the SC works great now (faster), but I still have the switch issue.

In test mode, if I press switch #16, #17 or #18, those switches come on, but Opto1 (#81) goes out. So when the ball goes around the orbit, Opto1 activates and the background music stops.

I reseated connectors, did a RAM clear on it - unplugged, removed batteries, sit 15min - but it didn't resolve.

I read through about 90 pages of this club forum so far and I'm hoping someone here can point me down a path. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the response tiltmonster. All the switches don't come on at once.

If I activate 16 in test mode 16 will come on and opto1 (81) will go out.
If I activate 17 in test mode 17 will come on and opto1 (81) will go out.
If I activate 18 in test mode 18 will come on and opto1 (81) will go out.

My game was a little hacked up when I got it. The tilt bob wire is disconnected - in test mode though it works when i make contact. Similarly the wire for the slam tilt on the door is cut. I also have the bent up playfield slide hinges - the rubbing on the inner cab broke through the ground straps on both sides. I tested all the other switches and they appear to be functioning as expected. All of these issues were all present when the game play was fully functional.

Here's my board - looks OK to me... Where can I pick up a new U20 chip?

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I need to order other parts as well so I will add a few U20 chips to the order.

What should I expect to happen when I move the connector from J207 to J206?

Got it. I'll try changing it over to J206 later today. I have a handful of U20 chips on the way too. Thanks for the help.

Well - I swapped the connector locations and nothing changed. I swapped out U20 switch matrix chip and the problem remained as well . Time to trace wires I guess... Any other ideas? Thanks again.

I haven't noticed any abnormal noise with the supercharger. I seem to get average times through the optos (90-100). The entrance opto is working fine too as far as I can tell. My diverter is a little sticky, but doesn't impact game play.

I don't think my game has been shopped in the last 15yrs - I have a lot of work ahead of me... My other pin was in NIB condition when I got it and didn't need anything. I'm understanding the 'half your time playing, half your time fixing' thing. I'm up for it though.

A big thanks for all the playfield slide rail discussions. I had previously purchased replacement rails as my playfield wouldn't slide well and lifting it was a challenge. My original rails were completely bent up and the springs were gone. After the pics and videos posted, I went ahead and swapped out both slide rails and everything clicks in place as expected and it stays in the up position without worry of it dropping.

I finally got back around to troubleshooting my opto/switch problems and have a question. Switch 84 and 85 look backwards to me in the manual and want to be sure I'm wired up right. The manual only labels 84, but I added 85. To me, 84 should be Enter Left Ramp and 85 should be Opto Made Loop. Can someone confirm with a switch test? Thanks.

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I recently put a pinduino LED in my supercharger. My daughter filmed a slo mo video of it - linked in the pinduino forum. She's been taking quite a few slo mo videos. Helped me troubleshoot the diverter too.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinduino-v03-interactive-control-of-leds/page/4#post-4808307