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JohnnyFever

JohnnyFever

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I've got my cab working now with a functioning power supply. It's pretty great. The dreamcast looks great, and now I want to try a PCB. I hooked it up after totally disconnecting the dreamcast using the jamma harness. I know the monitor needs to be set to 15 kHz (running Captain America PCB). How do I do this? I know there are the small switches under the control panel. I adjusted those to the 15 kHz setting, but I'm still not getting anywhere. I get a scrambled screen with sound. Any idea how I might be able to fix this? I checked my chassis and it looks like I'm running a 2930, but I have the switches.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank!

John
 
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Jassin000

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Johnny the 2930 is the manual sync chassis, you have to adjust the dips under the control panel.

This is a zoomed in view of the original adjustment sticker, note 15khz simply requires dip #2 to be in the up position (dip #1 can be up or down).
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Mugicha

Mugicha

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I've got an update on the 360 vga black screen cutout. Previously I was only getting this with my 360 VGA cable. The Dreamcast VGA cable never had any issues. I recently purchased a Hanzo VGA box for the DC, the thing is cool, I love the scanlines, however when I tried to setup my DC to blast with it, I started getting the black screen cutout again. I didn't have a chance to test it with the extron, I just switched back to my old beat up VGA cable.

so the Hanzo will need a (forgot what they are called, those extron boxes) to run in VGA on a Blast.
 
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yatzr

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Just picked up my second blast city! Exciting times over here.

On that note, does anyone know where I could find the coin chute / bracket thingy that holds a coin mech? One of my blasts has nothing attached to the coin mech door, so I can't stick my coin mech in there. I can't find any information on it (probably because I don't know what it's called), so I don't know if that's blast city specific or not.
 
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thestreetzking

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hey guys, just got a blast from the group buy, love it already! I need a player 1 loom, I have the other 2, and my power supply fan is beyond obnoxiously loud LOL, so i gotta either replace the ps or clean the hell outta it, will post pics in a couple days when my control panel parts come in!
 
codecrank

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thestreetzking said:
hey guys, just got a blast from the group buy, love it already! I need a player 1 loom, I have the other 2, and my power supply fan is beyond obnoxiously loud LOL, so i gotta either replace the ps or clean the hell outta it, will post pics in a couple days when my control panel parts come in!
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FYI, the fan in the PSU is not the typical 80m one you have in your PC. if you're going to replace it, you'll need one that's low amperage and quiet.

I used these.
http://www.alancomputech.com/nmb-12v-dc-013a-80x25mm-2-wire-fan--3110gl-b4w-b14-3110gl-b4w-b14.html
 
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thestreetzking

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thanks for that, is it plug and play or de-solder, solder?

heres sort of before
When I got it, it had a single player blast panel, that was pretty rusted underneath, the top is in great shape though..



and all cleaned!



Also, I flipped a dipswitch which apparently changed the resolution and made my monitor look amazing, last night I thought I had flyback issues and I do not! I am beyond happy.




I ordered new buttons and balltops, Sanwa white for player one and dark blue for player two. I might swap the plungers and rims idk yet.
 
codecrank

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Quack_the_Duck

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Hi all!!

I recently replaced my blast city power supply fan. Direct plug and play. No splicing needed. It took about 10 mins.

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2671

I can't take credit for this... I actually saw this posted a while back, but can't find the original post.
(and don't hold me responsible if your blast city blows up.... mine's been working fine after the fan replacement)
;)

---Quack.
 
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thestreetzking

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Quack_the_Duck said:
Hi all!!

I recently replaced my blast city power supply fan. Direct plug and play. No splicing needed. It took about 10 mins.

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2671

I can't take credit for this... I actually saw this posted a while back, but can't find the original post.
(and don't hold me responsible if your blast city blows up.... mine's been working fine after the fan replacement)
;)

---Quack.
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cool, ordered!
 
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Justomania

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Jul 18, 2013
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I got mine from the group buy also. I was wondering what type of paint I should buy for my cab to touch it up?
 
Kid Panda

Kid Panda

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White enamel from Tamiya works good, you can find it at any decent hobby store, i.e. not michaels.
 
Jack Burton

Jack Burton

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Got mine in the recent group buy. I put some pics there. I need a player two loom and speakers. The left speaker assembly is really messed up. The right speaker assembly looks a bit messed up (I shined a flashlight through the grill) but sounds ok.

Anybody know where to get replacement speakers? An exact drop-in would be awesome, but we'll see what happens.
 
daskrabs

daskrabs

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I'm in da club. Couple questions: can anyone link me to the non-Bass Fishing Blast manual? Are all the cabs stereo-capable regardless of PSU? I PM'ed FrancoB and Lemony, but is there anyone else that sells control panel looms? I need everything except ground.
 
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