Arcade Repair Tips - Adjusting A Coin Mech

Welcome to the Arcade Repair Tips Video Series! In this video, Tim Peterson will show you how to adjust a coin mechanism so that your arcade game can collect money. For more information, please visit our website at www.arcaderepairtips.com and please watch for more videos in the Arcade Repair Tips Video Series! Thanks for watching!

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• arcade
• repair
• tips
• maintenance
• adjust
• coin
• mech
• video
• games
• machines

[beinteresting]

HELP, i BOUGHT AN ARCADE ON CRAIGSLIST AND IT SET TO FREE CREDITS, THE PROBLEM IS I BOUGHT IT FOR MY BUISNESS, HOW CAN WE ADJUST THE MCHINE TO TAKE QURTERS. .

[varcadegames]

@beinteresting This really depends on the game. If your game is older (pre-2000) then it probably uses DIP switches to adjust these settings. In order to set it to coin play, you will need to do a search for your game in Google with the words "dip switch settings." This should tell you what you need to change to set it. If you need help adjusting the dip switches, we have a video on Adjusting Dip Switch Settings that can help you out.

[dagonz64]

Do you know any bill validator i can use on a pc based system that will work with programs like sk jukebox

[varcadegames]

@dagonz64 Not off hand. We would recommend getting in touch with the MEI group. They are a manufacturer of bill acceptors and might be able to give you some details on how to accomplish this. That being said, you could try hooking up a bill acceptor to a keyboard encoder (like an iPac or KeyWiz) and mapping it in your software. I would think that would work.

[dman1823]

Do you happen to know how to modify a Japanese coin mech? I would like it to accept quarters but it doesn't have the screw like in your video to adjust the size of a coin it accepts.

[varcadegames]

@dman1823 Unfortunately we do not. You should, however, be able to replace those coin mechs with ones that take quarters. Most coin mechs slots are pretty standard and should allow you to change them out. Let us know if you have any trouble with this and we'll help you out.

[TitoMysta3000]

just bought my first cab and am enjoying this new hobby of fixing em up your vids are super helpful. I do have a problem though with my cab it seems like some cables are missing to the coin door cut off but i really dont know where they would be wired to. by any chance is their a video on how to wire up the coin doors or some tutorial some where because i cant find one at all. i also have a cable that comes out of the coin box where money goes at the end that is not attached to anything. thanks

[nirvanarock82]

i work at maggi maggi in england we repair and reprogram allsorts of fruit machine power supplies mpu5s mpu4s pluto boards electrocoinboards tft monitors change machines note validators vending changers jukeboxes amps and a wide range of coin validators,

[thompjo76]

Do you know how to determine if my coin mech is broken or can be adjusted? I was hoping to see a video on how to disassemble and replace it. It's a midway galaxian cabinet that is very similar to the pinball style. The coin mechs are made by Coin Mech. When I push the metal button to let the coin out, the button is really hard to press. How do you fix / adjust the button for the coin release?

[grabmygoobers]

Thank you very much for making all these helpful videos on arcades.  I just got MK2 last weekend.

[bennyp318]

Would you happen to know how to adjust the coin mech on a 1950's jukebox to accept customized tokens? It currently accepts quarters

[QuintinBiker]

Hi there, I'm on the verge of building a mame arcade cab, already ordered my controler and joysticks, buttons etc from xgaming, I want to buy a coin acceptor aswell, I'm situated in South Africa, but I'm not sure if the ones on the net will accept South African currency, if possible, please help me? Just to conferm if it will help, searched south african websites for coin acceptors but not getting anything.

Thanx in advance, like your vids.

[beinteresting]

do you know of any arcade games that pay out in money