Hi all, newbie here with a question:

When a game on my Theatre of Magic ends, I don't hear the game end music. "Game Over" appears on the DMD to silence. I can't seem to find a setting for this in the manual. I do have the match turned off - would that have anything to do with it?

Also, I tried to use the "sound and speech" check in utilities, but I kept hearing just three things over and over. Isn't it supposed to run me through all the music and all the speech?

Any help you can give would be... helpful! Thanks.

Turns out that was the answer. I turned match back on, and the music I was looking for was there. So I guess it's the "match music," only heard if the match is enabled.

Thanks for your input.

Here's a generic newbie question for you TOM owners.

First, some background.

I've got the aftermarket easy-to-adjust "You Have The Magic" magnet eddy boards installed, and I find that every month or so, the machine tells me to adjust the right one. I do, and all is well.

So a few days ago, I see the credit dot, test says to adjust the right eddy board. No problem. I do it (pretty sure properly!), but this time the credit dot remained, still telling me to adjust that same board. I went around this way three times, adjusting and the game telling me it wasn't adjusted. But the fourth time, there was a credit dot, but the test said I should do the trunk test (nothing about the eddy board). I do the trunk test (the trunk worked fine), and then the dot went away. BTW, I manually tested the right "YHTM" magnet after the second time it said it needed adjustment, and it seemed to be working properly. The game has been fine, with no credit dot, for a few days now, and everything is working as it should.

So my question is: why would the game ask me to adjust two different things (even after I just adjusted it!) that didn't need adjustment? Is this a thing? Or am I missing something? As I said, I adjusted the eddy switch the way I always have done with no problems. (turning the screw until the LED goes out)

Thanks all!

Frank

Thanks, you're right, I didn't know about the self adjusting boards. If they're that pricey, sounds like I'll wait until I need to replace the ones I've got.

But great info, thanks for replying.

Newbie back again, looking for help!

I need to replace my "vanish" lock switch, and have a few questions:

First, does anyone have the part # and/or the best place to buy the vanish switch?

Second, the manual (and the game itself) shows a vanish lock 1 and vanish lock 2. I never knew of a second vanish lock until I saw it in the manual. Never ran across it playing the game. Does anyone know why vanish lock 2 is in the game? Is it something they decided not to use at the last minute?

And if vanish lock 2 is in fact unnecessary, can I use the vanish lock 2 switch to replace the vanish lock 1 switch?

TIA for any info.

Frank

And of course, the other option to save your boards is to stay with batteries, but move the battery holder to the sidewall of the backbox. This way if your batteries do leak somehow, they won't damage any boards.

I've got a tech problem that I hope you guys can help me with. My TOM was working fine when I left for vacation 6 days ago, but now i'm back and...

After ball one, no ball comes out for ball two. I don't hear the game trying to kick the ball out, just nothing. So I open the coin door, and manually kick a ball up. During this ball, I shoot into the trap door, and again, the ball doesn't come out. No sound of it trying to kick the ball out. Two rounds of ball search, and everything kicks except the trap door. So the ball is still under there. I turn off the game, turn it on again, hoping the game might kick it out. Nope, I start a game and get "Ball Missing," the game goes into ball search, again with everything kicking except the trap door.

I'm assuming my trough issue and trap door issue are related, no? Anyone know what could be causing this? Thanks!

Frank

Update on my TOM problem. I removed the ball from the trap door and put it back in the lower trough. Now when I start a game, the game comes to life, but no ball is fed to the shooter lane. Just nothing. Hope you can help. Thanks.

Frank

Thanks for the suggestions. Turns out it was an easy fix, a blown fuse that was for both the trough and the trap door. I replaced the fuse, everything was fine.

Frank

OK, I've got a problem that I'm hoping you guys can help with. This might get long, but I wanna give you all the info I have so you can make the best diagnosis.

A about a month ago, if I played my TOM every day, I had no problem. But I found that if I left my TOM off for a few days or more, when I turned it on, I'd have a credit dot: do Trunk Test. I did the trunk test, the test showed no problem, when I got out of test mode, credit dot was gone, game was fine. This happened a few times, same result each time.

A few days ago, same thing happened with the credit dot, but this time when I did the trunk test, the trunk only moved a quarter of an inch each way in either direction. I "rocked" it quickly back and forth with the two buttons, and it loosened itself, tested fine, game was fine.

The last thing (possibly unrelated) is that now the trunk is not registering hits.

So anybody know what's going on here? Trunk motor? Eddy board? Opto Wheel Interrupter?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Overall condition is very good. I'm a newbie, who bought the game from a top restoration guy. So yes, there was a lot of restoration done, over and under the hood. Not sure if the motor was replaced. I do know the trunk eddy board was upgraded.

Trunk eddy board was updated by previous owner. Not sure how long ago, it might need replacing again. The Tangletech boards are great - I updated the two outlane magnet eddy boards with them.

Yes, batteries were replaced less than a year ago.