Hello RFM fans and owners, I am happy to report that I have one on the way from a container buy! I know that I am in for some major cleaning and shopping but the first order of business is getting the voltage set correctly for my USA 120V. Research shows that I need to:

1) Check the computer power supply for a voltage switch (manual page 2-32, item 18) setting

2) Purchase or create a United States 'Voltage Programming Jump Cable' part #H-22990-1 (page 2-31) and plug it into the 'Transformer Programming Cable' of the Power Control Box (page 2-30, item 18)

3) Install a 5 amp fuse in the Power Control Box (page 2-30, item 4)

#'s 1 & 3 are easy enough, but the 'Voltage Programming Jump Cable' H-22990-1 has me stumped. Below are pictures of one on Marcos (not in stock) and pinballspareparts.com.au. It's hard to tell the pin out and compare them.

I have been through the manual on IPDB looking for the pin outs to make one or change the one that will be in the machine when it arrives but I can't find any information. Does anyone here on Pinside have it that they can help me out with? Or maybe a picture of their own 120V plug?

Thanks!

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This is awesome. Thanks, guys! I have the tools to hopefully use the existing one and move the wires around. Fingers crossed...

Hello fellow RFM'ers. I have a question about the ball save feature - Does yours auto-plunge a saved ball? Mine does not. I have replaced the shooter lane switch and it tests good. The game auto-plunges saved balls during multi-ball but not for a save at the beginning of each ball. My RFM has the latest v1.6 firmware and the ball save feature is turned on.

Thank you for the answers. I guess that's how it is then!

Same here. It sucks when I'm showing someone new how to do the skill shot or choose the mode then all of a sudden the ball launches and they have to get to it!

You may try white LEDs under the martian target inserts. Green LEDs washes the drawings out. White LEDs light them well while keeping the white outlines and red eyes intact.

It could simply be dirty and need a cleaning and new coil sleeve. While you're in there, go ahead and rebuild the flippers too.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-upgradingrebuilding-flippers

I have never had to hit a flipper to get it to drop. It drops automatically after the scene, except if I end a Mars Needs Women scene early by hitting all four buttons at once (both flippers and both aux buttons). I'm on 1.5 but have also had 1.6 and it was the same.

REVENGE OF THE STUCKY FROM MARS!!!

Switches, switches, switches. I got one from Italy and had almost the exact same switch errors. Some of them were bad, some had broken wires, and some only needed adjusting.

Unplug/replug connectors, switches, and intermittent wires in IDC connectors. Those have been all of the problems with mine. I still have 4 mode insert lamps that are intermittent and it is the big IDC connector on the light board that I haven't got the guts yet to re-terminate or change to Molex/Trifurcon.

Wizboy - Are these hidden in the current programming?

I've got the RGB Saucer Kit from myPinballs. I haven't seen anything better engineered. Depending on the build cycle you may have to wait a few months after putting your deposit down but it is worth it. He (Jim Askey) also has improved replacement saucers and mentions aluminum saucers by Modman on Pinside but they're gone - I got the last set!

http://www.mypinballs.com/electronics/store.jsp

When was the software update? I just realized that I don't think I ever registered my kit.

Word.

What is the RGB LED remote control being used for?

Plus 1 on that. Makes no sense that it isn't auto-fire.

Northwest Powder Solutions in Kent. They have done The Lost World Jurassic Park rails/legs/hinges/lockbar (metal flake green) and my playfield rotisserie (blueberry crackle). They typically take about 3 weeks and are very reasonably priced. I'm headed down there today or tomorrow to pickup my Baywatch wireforms that they did a brass-colored powder-coat on.

https://www.northwestpowdersolutions.com/