Hi guys,

I've been trying to get my O1 to talk for some time now, but without any luck. It's starting to drive me nuts.

Here's the thing: I've got an Orbitor 1 that originally did not have a VSU-100 speech board. Luckily, I have a spare VSU-100. I've installed it in my Orbitor 1, following the guide on www.flippers.be/stern_orbitor_one_speech.html. But, like the title says, the Orbitor 1 refuses to talk.

Some details:
- The Orbitor 1 works fine apart from the speech.
- Yes, dipswitch 17 on the mpu is 'on'.
- Both the VSU-100 and the SB-300 sound board have brand new caps.
- I've tested the VSU-100, the SB-300, the mpu and the lamp driver board in my Lightning and all work perfectly, including speech.
- The connector between the lamp driver and the VSU-100 is brand new.

I hope somebody can help. Any tips on where to look next?

Thanks!
Jasper

Thanks for all great replies!

Well, we're talking! It turned out to be a bad J4 on the MPU to be. Quite simple actually.

But now, a new problem presents itself: Every time I release the right flipper, I get 2000 points. At the same time, the machine makes the same sound that the upper spinning bumper does. Also at the same time, the voice synthesizer says something random. The strange thing is that no shot on this machine actually gives 2000 points. I immediately thought of a bad diode on the EOS switch, because that caused a similar problem earlier on. Diode swapped, problem remains.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!