OK, so I have a MMR with the color chip. If I upgrade to the XL display, that's $650.00, and I have to swap out the entire display panel.

What value does the old smaller display and panel assembly have? I can't put it in any other game but another CGC game, and who would even need that?

At least with the ColorDMD product I could use the old DMD display in a different game.

RM

OK, I just got my XL Display upgrade package by UPS yesterday and installed it this morning.

Some small notes.

When upgrading to software v 3.0.0 the instructions on CGC website do not specify you have to extract the downloaded file using 7zip or similar to the .img file. That may not be obvious to the non-techie person.

No issues upgrading to 3.0.0

The install booklet that came with the kit was pretty good, but was missing two steps:

Remove the green ground wire from the right hand speaker before removing the old panel.

Install the new green ground wire from the new XL panel to the ground braid in the backbox. The new one is on the left side of the panel rather than the right, and was twisted in with the other wiring and had to be freed.

OK, one question.

Now that I have done the upgrade, I still have the old color display panel I have no real use for.

Has anyone done and work on figuring out how to repurpose this to maybe add a color display to an old WPC game?

Before anyone gets their knickers in a twist, no, I was not expecting to be able to do this and I am not bitching about CGC's upgrade path in any way.

I'm happy to be able to upgrade my MMr and nothing was ever promised.

That being said, it would be fun to able to do something useful with the old color display/speaker panel.

Shame to just let it sit.

I ordered and paid in full for this XL Display over 6 months ago. Nice to finally get it. Looks great, may need some adjusting.

RussMyers

Me? Cointaker.

Same people I bought my MMr and my AFMrSE from.

Highly recommended to deal with. Top notch.

RM

You can reduce or increase the shaking by physically altering the shaker - it's adjustable; did you know that?

Flip the playfield up, take off the plastic cover

There is a set screw that holds the weight to the rotating shaft. If you undo the set screw, you can pull the weight off and change it's orientation

If both weights are in the same direction = maximum shaking, opposite direction = minimum shaking

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Also, I cannot find any instructions on how to adjust the contrast and brightness of the XL Display on my MMr upgrade. I have the same XL display upgrade in my AFMSE as well. I can see the buttons EXIT MENU UP DOWN POWER, but I am having difficulty navigating the menu. Is there a support doc for this?

Thanks.

RussM

No. It's the interface made by whoever manufactures the LCD panel that CGC uses.

There are 5 inset buttons on the top of the metal cover, right hand side of the display.

You'll need a tool to depress the buttons.

EXIT - MENU - UP - DOWN --- POWER

Choose MENU, then DOWN to BRIGHTNESS, then MENU to activate; UP and DOWN to change BRIGHTNESS, then EXIT to back up one step

Then DOWN to CONTRAST, MENU to select it, UP/DOWN changes value, EXIT to fully exit

Kind of a PITA, but display looks better now

RM

It was a little washed out looking, I lowered the BRIGHTNESS and raised CONTRAST a bit; that did it.

RM