Joined the club two days ago. Man! What an awesome, flowing, fast, fun pin!

My wife and I had only played it a handful of times over the years, but we remembered liking it. She loves it! Which is awesome because she really had fun on Aerosmith, and so did I, but I didn't want to deal with future mode board failures. Plus ST is much more my style of gameplay.
I have I LOT of catching up to do on this thread. Luckily my HUO Pro had many mods installed: Into Darkness Mirror/Vinyl blades; Bird of Prey LED'd ship; a bunch of cool Mezelmods, mini LCD screen (that I need to configure).

BUT, damn! Hands down the BEST mod I've ever installed on a pin is the custom movie soundtrack! Seriously! Thank you VERY much for everyone involved with making this available. I played two days on original 1.62 code before switching because I wanted to be aware of the difference.

Here's a video I took for anyone who hasn't yet tried it out.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/RaKTYw8iF9fyT9fd6

PS: Connect a subwoofer, it sounds incredible!

The game I just bought has those chase lights installed, and also has a few sections of the strip out, so only 4 lights are working. I'm looking into finding a replacement strip, they look to be a cheap automotive 12v strip that I'd expect to find with a cigarette lighter adapter on the other end. The effect is very minimal though, but I appreciate every little bit coolness.

Side note, the prior owner also installed the Mezel drop target mod at one point, because I found it broken in half and included in the parts bag he gave me.

Has anyone installed the SparkyPinball mini LCD screen? Mine came with it installed, but it was never loaded with video. I downloaded movie and have the instructions to configure and load video - and I'll gladly share the file if anyone else wants to try it.

Here's a video I just took showing the mini LCD screen that I mounted over the Beta Quadrant ramp. This mod came with the game, but was not configured and was mounted in another location I didn't prefer.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/VVX8ajHVpMWe4K9E6

I downloaded these two videos from Youtube and converted them for the screen. I prefer the clips slowed down instead of real time since you're never focusing on the screen and slowing it down at least lingers on some cool ships and effects. I wouldn't have bought this on my own, but I think it does look great over the ramp and just adds a little something extra with an LCD screen playing video.

To be fair, the game specific mods have game matching bezels/housings. But yeah, these screens are even cheap and accessible on eBay now.

New location for the little screen and I like it in this spot. Doesn't block any view and it's close enough to actually see the video if you look at it. Ramp location looked cool, but did block a little pop area view and was too far away to really see the video clearly.

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I'd be interested as well to use on other games. The video file configuration is no problem with the instructions provided on the sparkpinball.com site

It's certainly worth doing as an inexpensive DIY mod, but I wouldn't pay for a finished product.

Thanks for posting this info. If only I thought to search for "scanning" instead of "chasing" or "chase". Back in the late 90s I used a Pep Boys "Knight Rider" scanning LED strip just like this for a MAME machine.

I'm ordering this and replacing the broken strip that was already installed!

It figures....having our local league over today and last night the upper opto on the Alpha ramp stopped working.

Before I dig into this, if I even have time this morning, anyone have this happen on their game? Looks like I'd need to remove the warp ramp to get down to the opto physically if needed. Any tips on that removal?

Found a wire broken off a trough switch after testing more this morning and seeing two balls being kicked out. Noticed other switches out on the playfield and looks like they're all on Q3 so will test that transistor and replace if needed.

I pulled the CPU board and Q3 seemed to test fine with the same value of the other transistors in that row. I'll triple check for a broken wire or whatever on those switches but didn't see anything before. Can I test anything else besides the Q3 transistor?

The two Shields standup targets above the left in/out lanes will activate the virtual ball save. I have not figured out how to know if the shields ball saver has been activated though. Where is the Shields On insert?

Pro must be different, unless the VE added the insert. I just have the (T)rek insert over the left outlane.

Thanks for the tip. Turns out though I have switch row not working (Q3) and all these switches are on that row. Looking like the Q3 transistor needs to be replaced. I spoke with Stern support today and he told me how to test the switches via the board pins. None of those switching worked with pin jumpering, so even though the Q3 appeared to test fine, looks like it's the culprit.

Yes, I recently got a Star Trek and installed 1.62 with movie soundtrack incorporated. There’s a thread about the soundtrack code. Jump to the last page or two and you’ll see the link to download. It was a game changer for me, totally immersive experience.

Edit. Here’s the thread
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/star-trek-162/page/4

I did the first one on my Pro

Yes, first one is the move music, not TOS.

My stainless steel speaker panel arrived yesterday. it looks stunning and my wife even commented on how fantastic it looks. Next I'll swapping out the blue t-molding with black because the blue looks so out of place.

Hope to have my CPU board back from a friend this week so I can return to playing it (which is why it's off in the pics). I only had the ColorDMD installed for a day before the Q3 transistor blew, so the color will still be brand new to me also.

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Nah, I'm not into lighting the speaker grill and speakers. I don't like any glare on the play field glass and I think that'll just throw some on there

If you have a ColorDMD installed, that might be the old DMD power cable that is no longer used.

Edit, didn't see the other two pics. Yeah, looks like it goes there, but not sure what that board is.

So I got my board back from a friend who replaced transistor Q3 for me. I still have that row of switches out. Makes sense since the transistor seemed to test fine, but I had it replaced anyway and I didn't want to do it because then I'd 2nd guess my work if it didn't fix it.

While watching Wrestlemania today I will thoroughly looks at each switch for an issue.

What else can I check? Since several optos are in this switch row and not working, if there was an opto issue, would it take out the entire row of switches?

Update, I didn't even need to wait until Wrestlemania to find out the problem. The problem was indeed Q3 on the CPU board.

Except I had Q3 on the power board replaced.

I spent 30 minutes thoroughly checking the green/orange wire, tracing it from switch to switch and up to the backbox. I doublechecked the connector when I noticed the small transistors in that area and immediately saw a Q3 there also. It had also been replaced before. I pulled the board and it tests bad, but I don't think I have those transistors on hand.

So, at least I know the problem and would've had it fixed if not for my bonehead mistake.

Star Trek is back up and running! Parts order came today with the transistor I needed and now all switches are working.

Funny thing is, with Star Trek offline for a few weeks, Maverick became my favorite game.

Planning on selling my Star Trek Pro so taking a few mods off first.

For sale, mini LCD screen with Stern power tap connector. MicroSD card is loaded with movie scenes.

$160 shipped (USA only)

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Sold

Bringing to Pinfest tomorrow a brand new, complete alternate artwork set for Stern Star Trek, made by Pinsider Aurich.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinfest-2020-buy-sell-trade-want-no-hotel-talk/page/35#post-6413090