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Metallica Pro - ear piercing squawk during game play

By digitalbytes

10 years ago

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#1 10 years ago

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Hi pinsiders. I am having an intermittent problem with my Metallica pro table (HUO out of box about 3 days). Occasionally the game will let out an ear piercing squawk. The squawk is much louder than either the callouts or the music, and loud/shrill enough to send the dogs running and for me to be wary of it while playing.

It seems that it only occurs after starting sparky multiball but not right when sparky is getting fried. I have not been able to start any of the other multiball modes yet so I don't know if it occurs for them.

Anyone have any thoughts on what this may be or if anyone may have heard of something similar on other tables. Searching here and google did not provide me with any answers. Of course I may be searching for the wrong term.

#2 10 years ago

CSM

cmproductions

Pinside member

Herriman, UT

11y 28,650 303 5

Ha ha ha. That squawk sounds like you've hit the replay score indicating a free game. Lol.
U can change or disable the found in menu settings.

#3 10 years ago

SBS

o-din

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11y 158K 58,796

i would contact your distributer before too much time goes by.

#4 10 years ago

AMS

barakandl

nvram.weebly.com

12y 132K 10,417

Hahaha i am pretty sure this is the synthetic knocker noise that indicates you won a replay. There should be audit mode settings that disables the knocker. Consult the manual.

#5 10 years ago

RLW

Rickwh

Pinside member

Clarksburg, WV

10y 81,050 2,146 4

Congrats you got an electronic kicker sound when you got a free game.

#6 10 years ago

RLW

Rickwh

Pinside member

Clarksburg, WV

10y 81,050 2,146 4

Definitely a menu option to turn that annoyance off.

#7 10 years ago

KJS

Mudflaps

Pinside+ Frequent

Springfield, VA

11y 181K 8,675 5

I posted the same thing with my first NIB. Go into the settings and turn off the knocker.

#8 10 years ago

C F

frolic

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11y 149K 9,809

It's going to blow up any second.

#9 10 years ago

AAA

Pinballgeek

Inactive member

11y 80,650 2,224

Quoted from frolic:
It's going to blow up any second.

Yeh some guy thought is Metallica was
When sparky started spazzing out the coil started smoking
Looked cool though

#10 10 years ago

OWN

digitalbytes

Inactive member

10y 18,150 97

Thanks for the responses. I will change that setting and see if it helps.

#11 10 years ago

RLW

Rickwh

Pinside member

Clarksburg, WV

10y 81,050 2,146 4

Metallica was my first pin to own, and the first modern pinball ive played. The first time i got a free game and that shrill knocker sound it was about 130am and everyone else in the house was asleep. Im not afraid to admit it gave me a startled jump!! Hahah. Didnt take long to find the menu and turn that sucker off. Hehe. Enjoy your new pin!

#12 10 years ago

TOM

tomdotcom

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Kamloops, BC

15y 112K 6,198 2

Congrats on the new game. Please insert your photo and info below.

rookie.jpg

#13 10 years ago

JJW

accidental

Loop Combo Pinball

Upper Hutt

12y 62,900 1,966 1 8

This sums it right up. "Ear-piercing squawk" is exactly what it is. It's a bloody joke that Stern do this instead of including a knocker. That noise is simply embarrassing. They'd be better to have no knocker sound at all.

#14 10 years ago

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digitalbytes

Inactive member

10y 18,150 97

Rookie card indeed. Just happy that there is a community of folks out there that can help.

Confirmed that this was indeed what was going on, turned off the knocker and verified the sound both by posting a high score (yay) and by testing it in the diag menu.

Out of interest @accidental did older games used to have some kind of physical knocker that made some reasonable sound to indicate when a free game was awarded (more rookie questions!)?

#15 10 years ago

TOM

tomdotcom

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Kamloops, BC

15y 112K 6,198 2

OP
Quoted from digitalbytes:
Rookie card indeed. Just happy that there is a community of folks out there that can help.
Confirmed that this was indeed what was going on, turned off the knocker and verified the sound both by posting a high score (yay) and by testing it in the diag menu.
Out of interest @accidental did older games used to have some kind of physical knocker that made some reasonable sound to indicate when a free game was awarded (more rookie questions!)?

Yes they had a plunger rod in a solenoid that smacked into a metal plate or the wooden cab itself...

#16 10 years ago

OWN

digitalbytes

Inactive member

10y 18,150 97

Found this DIY knocker mod for Stern machines - may have to look into it.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~pinball_stuff/knocker.htm

Thanks again pinsiders.

#17 10 years ago

JJW

accidental

Loop Combo Pinball

Upper Hutt

12y 62,900 1,966 1 8

OP
Quoted from digitalbytes:
Out of interest @accidental did older games used to have some kind of physical knocker that made some reasonable sound to indicate when a free game was awarded (more rookie questions!)?

Yeah they had a coil in the back box or cabinet that let off a loud satisfying crack when you earn a replay or free game. The idea is to let everyone in the arcade know that you're kicking ass. I think it was Sega that was first to remove the knocker in favour of the 'ear piercing squawk' to cut costs (I've heard it on a Star Wars Trilogy).

I guess I have a different perspective because I mostly played older games and when I first played a new Stern I was floored when I heard what they had done with a knocker. So embarrassing, in my opinion.

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#18 10 years ago

MCD

dasvis

Pinside member

Salem, OR

12y 101K 4,796 11 16

The God awful sound coming from the Metallica pin is the "music" tracks..... just sayin'

#19 10 years ago

YAW

Lethal_Inc

Pinside member

Westminster, CO

11y 88,300 4,933 7 34

Yep, Stern knockers are kinda annoying. I changed the one in my ACDC to the traditional knocker. Much better.

#20 10 years ago

JCW

LOTR_breath

Pinside member

Fultondale, AL

11y 125K 5,679 9 101

LOL! There is no worse electronic knocker sound than Monopoly. It's just terrible!

#21 10 years ago

DJP

Chitownpinball

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Aurora, IL

11y 102K 7,313 5

Why not just turn your high score settings up?

#22 10 years ago

MJS

schudel5

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20y 166K 6,396 27

Quoted from LOTR_breath:
LOL! There is no worse electronic knocker sound than Monopoly. It's just terrible!

Not my description of the sound, but back then someone else described the Monopoly electronic knocker as a "constipated monkey fart".

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