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It's been boring not being on NLG with a slot problem so I bought another one today! It's a IGT S plus Coral Reef 3 coin quarter round top in decent shape. It turns on and only the DBV cycles endlessly...I picked it up today,  but just stuffed it in the garage without even trying to troubleshoot yet! I'm going to wait a little while...at least until tonight.
The exciting thing for me is that I haven't opened the door yet to check if the old owner left me MONEY in the cash box! I always dreamed I'll get one of these home and find hundreds of dollars laying there neatly. Of course the honest thing would be to bring the money back...but this machine was being sold by a friend of the owner, who passed away! What should I do??? Just toss the money skyward toward the heavens???  :56-
More to come. Oh - I paid $150 for it...good price I think.

Next post,  Need to buy a DBV S + cash can. 

Oh that would SUCK if there wasn't even a cash can there!!  :279-

Ok...it HAS a cash can and...NO CASH IN IT...DAMMIT!!!! All I found was a measly quarter! I also found out one HUGE THING that I SHOULD have noticed and feel kind of dumb that I didn't: the machine pictured on Craigslist was NOT the one I bought! I just looked at it quickly and then drove there and bought the thing. The one pictured actually was an S2000...the seller must not have had a camera (but who doesn't have a camera these days??? WTF?) so she just ripped one off the internet. When I looked closer...DUH...side speakers, lower speaker, 5cent (it's a 25 cent), different denomination for BV, cover plate over where players card was...mine has holes!  :25-
I don't regret buying this but I will look closer and pay a little more attention next time. First pic is what I got, second pic from Craigslist.

I checked the inside of the machine and found THESE. Anyone know what it is? :103-
I should know by now. I did fire it up anyway and got the infamous error code 12. So, I'll be replacing the battery before I mess with it...glad I have a few laying around.

Those parts look like they came out of the handle assembly

I agree

You know I too went Christmas shopping today and bought a S+, well maybe more than one.   :279- :279-  

Oh Buzz! You shouldn't have! how'd you know that's what I was wanting?!?!?  :254- :254-

I want the Spin Til You Win!!! Loved those.

Looks like about 40...

damm buzz thats a lot of machines what do you do with all those?

Well it's your lucky day....Email me... :89-


And make a list of what you need for your new baby....we'll get ya fixed up!

I already have a small list...I'm going to change the battery right now...hope I can remember the sequence...I may have to dig up notes!

Uh...the sequence...maybe it's left lead then right lead, and put the board back in? Push button and hold Til 61-1, close door...Turn key....

Tim Actually there are 53 total. The white ones you see in the front of the trailer are S 2000s I never realized until I took this picture that a S 2000 is that much taller than a S+.

Roz  I think all I need is for one of the up coming weeks to have 9 days so I have enough time to get them to Joey.

Nice load!  s2000 are real cheap in bulk, I guess they paid you to take the s plus...hahaha

To hell with Joey, he can wait.... I'll give you an address to deliver them to... :96- :96-

And a few can fall off the truck in Maryland if you pass thru...Joey will never mis some old splus machines....

Roz  If I was you I wouldn't talk that way.  Joey will come up with a new smiley, a great big foot kicking a skinny ass  Woman right off the site.  

If you're bringing some to CV Slots, then you'll have to take the Southern California route home and drop the Spin til you Win here!
Okay...STUPID question...can't find my notes and I've done this before...twice. I replaced the battery, powered on, get the 61. Pressed white button to 61-1, closed door, turned reset key...I get 61 again. Do I have to do a clear? I think it's yes...
How come my posts always go way out of whack??? Fun though!!! I missed all this.  :72-
I should get some good karma for bringing all this positivity!

it amazes me the amount of machines that go through the wholesale secondary market.....i cant wait till you guys start picking up truck loads of avps lol.....

Yes 61 loop do a clear...ivc123

See Buzz...I knew talking to you would get me in trouble...that's all I need... :131- :131- :131-

Yah, but you probably won't... :97- :97- :97-


Sorry...that was mean... :96- :200- :96-

Your wound up tonight Ros....glad I am on the east coast! ?.......:-):-):-)

I'll call him tomorrow and talk S**t to him so we can keep you around.  I'll tell him you really didn't mean it.  Whats a little white lie between friends

 

AWWWWWWWWWWW GEEE look at all the FUN I started, without ALCOHOL!!
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Well. see what you can Buzz...maybe I can take some of those old, worn-out, junky S-Plus machines off your hands...but only the ones that Joey doesn't want, of course....

shortrackskater If you really want the Spin Til you Win, call Joey and make a deal. I can unload it and shop it out. If your looking for another $150 machine don't waste your time making the call, I know Joey !!

Shortrackskater - it's called a "Game Kit"....$150 machine + $$$$ = Spin Til You Win machine....

PM with the  :56- :56- :56-   

Just kidding...that just sounded bad...

Well whattayaknow...I got an almost working machine, again. AND I no longer NEED a "Spin til you Win" machine...this Coral Reef does it!!!! It has nudge symbols, wild symbols AND if it hits the "Coral Reef" symbol, it's SPINS TIL YOU WIN!!! WOW! Amazing 1994 technology.
I was going to just cover this thing and work on it later but I couldn't resist after this post went nuts! Now I'm down to a non working DBV which I think I can fix.
BUT...I can't figure out something. I set the DIP switch #3 to ON and only get reel stop sound, and the medley that plays when it hits the Coral Reef symbol. I tried both positions, cleaned the DIP switch, and checked the sound IC but still am not getting reel spin sound! Any ideas?

What SP chip is in it? Early ones played the music , newer ones did not. But since you are playing with dip I am guessing you have an old one..

all this talk about s pluses making me miss my s plus i wanna go take it out of the basement and play it now.....i wonder if it would boot up been unpluged for like 4 years.....

I'll look when I get home. It does play the reel stop "Schuuk" sound and it plays "We're in the money" when it hits the Coral Reef symbol (same action as spin til you win) BUT it not playing the "deeeeeeeeee dooooooooodle deeeeeeeeeeee doooooodle dooooooooodle deeeeeeeeeeeeee" reel spin sounds.
Funny thing...I couldn't get out of the 61-1 61 loop even after doing a clear/set twice. I kept getting a 65 3 that wouldn't go away. So I just google-searched and, of course, found it right here on NLG, answered by Bunker! I just had to turn the key to get a 65 1 and then it cleared. Does anyone know what those coded mean and what I did?

See if this helps.

Thanks!
Weird...it shows all but the 65 3 code! Well...it's cleared now.

Does it work???

I don't think anyone EVER tried to actually type that out!!! Lmafo!!! LOL U crack me up!

HELP!!!
Obviously I'm still not experienced enough to remember some stuff here...
I can't get the reel spin sounds to work at all (the "deeeee doodle deeee"). My SP chip is 1271. I can't figure out the PSR at all. Maybe I'm still in s2000 mode? Anyway...it looks like there's a way to enable but I don't understand the sequence...again. Right now, it just has reel stop sounds and the melody that plays when it hits the "coral reef" symbol. I also read that there was only one sound option "you're in the money." Is there any other way to change that song? I hate that song.
SUMMARY:
1. How can I enable reel spin sounds?
2. Are there any options to change that song?

Update:
I found a simplified PSR for this here! I might be okay but anyone's welcome to chime in...DING!

Songs will not play on a 1271. You need an older sp chip. Like a sp733 to get the songs and yes they can be changed.

Thanks...I'll have to try that. Do I just swap chips out?

Yes, and just clear the 61 or 65-3 you might get.

Thank you!

Got my reel spin sound!!! It was just in the settings...easy fix. Machine is nearly working 100%.. 80%. I had enable the setting where player can set cash/credit option but it wouldn't work. That bulb was out and when I replaced it, it worked. I didn't realize the setting could not be changed if the bulb was out. Is this correct?  :103-
Replaced the BET ONE coin bulb and both reel and belly lights. Funny how people just let their slots go and never replace bulbs!
So now I'm down to fixing the BV and getting a new top candle bulb...it's an old style incandescent and I need the voltage...or maybe CV slots will have some they can send me with my order!  :3-
Here's an "after" shot, so far. Crappy camera...sorry. My temp fix for the game card plate was black electrical tape!

To clarify, you will get the respin music on the later SP chips (like the 1271), but you can't change it from "We're in the Money" to one of the other fantastic* selections available with the older SP chips.

No, the light bulb being burnt out will not affect the switch.

That's a rare (and fun) kit. My first machine was an S+ Coral Reef (hence my avatar). The kit alone could easily fetch $150 without the machine, so you did good.


(* By "fantastic" I mean pretty crummy. The music selections are really pretty basic and none of them are that great. Unless you're really geeky about it, I wouldn't spend the money or time on downgrading your SP chip.)

Maybe my switch just wasn't fully plugged in from the underside?
Thanks for the help. This machine looks really nice, other than the plate below the round glass which I do want to replace with something better. It doesn't seem to be pushing the glass high enough either.
Okay...I AM geeky! If I downgrade the chip, I will get the selections? If I do, will I lose anything that I will care about? I remember playing "Spin til you win" and liking that "song" better...dumb as that sounds.

Just put a Red/White/& Blue kit in it and you won't have to worry about a silly ol song!!  ( see how easy it is to fix problems )

If you downgrade to an earlier SP chip, you will get the song selection option which will let you pick any one of the available choices to have the machine play during the "Spin 'til you Win" feature in the Coral Reef game.  It will not cycle through them -- it will just play the same selection over and over until you go into the settings and change it again.

No, you shouldn't lose anything that you'll care about by downgrading, although some of the feature options (like reel spin sounds, hopper limits, etc.) will then be controlled by the dip switches, rather than menu settings.

Here's a video I took years ago of my PE+ which has a sample of (I believe) all of the available sound choices for Coral Reef/Spin 'til you Win:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msPPSqkWie8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msPPSqkWie8)

I just noticed this post! I never got a notification...
Interesting sounds...hmmm...I remember a different song that isn't here! And now I think it was the song for "8 Ball." I wish I could remember the melody although I don't know what good that would do. If anyone knows...let me know what chip to use. I would just select THAT song though.
I didn't have time to work on this machine again until tonight but now I have a completely working $150 S plus Coral Reef! I got the BV working and the lights for it too. Well I'm lying a little...a part from the handle mechanism came out and it will pull during a spin cycle. I need to fix that!

Cool!  Did you get that in Vegas?  I saw the Coral Reef on CL's in Las Vegas and thought maybe Knagle would have bought it when he was in town.   :89-  Looked like a good buy.

Got it in Riverside...not really too far from Vegas.  :94-

And now that I have everyone's attention...please turn to the GAME KING section where I've posted for some more HELP!  :37-