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Hello all!

Just found this scanned version of a Universal Slot Manual on the net...check it out!

http://www.myslotnotes.com/universal1.htm (http://www.myslotnotes.com/universal1.htm)

Dan #2

I can't get it to open with my dialup!  :37- :37-
Is that from the Mowerman files? Seems like I tried to open that a couple of years ago.

Hello Uniman!

Try this link - then you can open or save each page individually.

http://myslotnotes.com/universal1_files/ (http://myslotnotes.com/universal1_files/)

Dan #2

Hello all!

Nevermind about the 2nd link - I made it even easier.  I just downloaded all the pages and combined them it into one pdf which I have uploaded to the new files section (Universal Manual.pdf).  Uniman, take a look :)

Dan #2

Thanks Dan 2, I will download it tomorrow at my son's house, save it and bring it home. To download that file on my dialup would take 45 minutes minimum!!!!!  :25-
Is it a standard manual? Already have a few of those.  :5-
Thanks for all the trouble! Nice to get one on the site!
Jim

Thank you Dan #2.  :3-  I had started to download the pictures to make a pdf for Uniman before reading that you had already done it.

Did you use the odd or even numbered jpegs?
He used the even numbered ones for the main html page showing the whole manual, but the odd numbered ones were the larger (in pixels) set of images.

Great job Dan #2!!!

Hi guys, I'm in desperate need of a universal manual as I bought a 1987 Universal Pacific 1000 Slot machine and dnt know much about these machines. I got it figured out some how, its working, only a few bulps dead, but the door switch isnt making any effect, open or closed.
I like the way when you press the service button inside the machine, i can then adjust all kind of setting on the outside on like a menu using the play buttons. adjusted the payout persentage to 100% haha!....seems like when I play, it pays out, but not corresponding to what the reels say...How do I fix this?  Would really like a manual....prepared to pay for it!  I see someone sayd they loaded one in to the new files section....where can I find that?

Many thanks for an awesome forum....learned so much from reading here....now its time to restore my machine and keep you guys updated on my finds!
Thanks again

Mike

Howzit Mike

Welcome to NLG - Can you post some pics of the machine ?. Is pacific the game theme or the manufacturer?
 Pacific games were manufactured in OZ and the company was purchased by Universal (Now Aruze). Thats about all that I have been able to find out about the company. I have seen the Sirius and Emax models but not the one you are referring to

Ian

Hey!  Great to get such a quick reply!!! Im so excited about my machine!
On the rh side of the machine is a plate that says...

Registered Clubs Act 1976
Dealer: Universal Australia PTY Limited
Licence No:
Serial No: 06 52319 UP11215
Range: Pacific 1000
Date of Manufacture: 9 3 87
Rating voltage:240V Rated Power: 200W
Rated Frequency: 50Hz  Rated Current: 0.8Amp

Pacific Universal
Australia
Made in Australia

Patent no's: 556831
                  556131

I'm gonna load some pics from my phone to my laptop now and upload them.

Thanks
Mike

ps: the game of the machine is WILD CHERRY

Hello Mike

Your email is SA but assume you are in Oz. Lekker to see another South African here. Finding a manual for that machine may be a mission but once we have some I have visual info we may  be able to offer some ideas.

Ian

here we go

Hey,
I still live in SA... In Port Elizabeth! Got the machine from a farm just outside PE, guy says he bought it at a auction. Payd R600 for it.
Jip, I'm actually afrikaans.
Another guy that had some of these machines said to me that it was imported from las vegas years ago from casinos there that upgraded their machines.
Could that be tru?
Heres some more pics

Hey,

do you know this machine?
Monday is a public holiday here in sa and i'm going away for the weekend this afternoon.
Was hoping to get a manual or something that i can print out and take with to read.
Have been searching on the net the whole week long, but couldnt find anything.
wanted to buy from a guy at ebay, but he doesnt reply to my questons.
Really hope you have sumfing  :)

Hello Mike

Sorry - No I dont. The manual being referred to here is for the Universal 8116. They had about 90% market share in the homeland casino days. Your machine is something different - could be something that Universal used to build the 8116 on as some things look familiar. Whats strange is that you have reelstrips and glass for an IGT game. Thats like having a BMW engine in a Mercedes - Will send the 8116 manuals and you can see if there are any similarities to yours.

Lekker Lang Naweek  :96-
Ian

When you say youll send it...do you mean by e-mail?

Many many thanks
Baie Dankie!

Dnt understand why the reel strips and glass is from igt, maybe someone changed it sometime.

What bothers me is that the reel positions dont correspond to the winnings or what it pays out.

Weereens dankie!

Njoy your weekend!!!

Very Greatfull Mike.

Sent it to the email listed in your profile. Close to 6M. Is there a limitation on your mailbox ?

That is an Aussie made Universal. Very much different from the 8116. They did copy IGT graphics. IGT must have had no copywrites overseas?
Believe the machine has an 8600 board.
To the best of my knowledge the 8600 games were not in US casinos. I'm sure IGT would have filed a lawsuit for copying their graphics if they were distributed in the US.
Several of that type of machine pop up here in the USA though. (Just ask NLG member Buzz.  :72-)
But no manuals.

The only person I ever knew who had good knowledge of this type of machine was a member called Dupuhini. And he was from SA too! Have not heard from Dupuhini last two years.  :103-

Thank you very much for the manual sent!

Yes, i had a look on the mpu board and there is a number....  8600-A3F.
Different to the machine in the manual. the one in the manual has led displays on the inside of the cab to show some data like total coins in and out etc.
but on my machine, if i press the service button, i go on the outside with the play/bet buttons, i go into a menu where i can do reel adjustments and input and output tests,
payout percentage adjustment from 50% to 100%. and then all data meters can be checked and reset. there are a few other tests and adjustments as well.

Wish there was a complete manual on this machine, i'm sure that there must have been something when the machine came out in 1987.....another thing,
when i press the service button to go into the menu....it says on the screen...software copywrite 1994! why is the machine made in '87 but software in '94,
maybe the soft has been upgraded?

mike

Hello Mike

As per Unimans post (And he is an expert on Universals) the two are completely different. I was hoping there were some similarities between the models and the manual would point you in the right direction but unfortunately not the case. I am wondering if this is not something that was modified at some stage. No gaming jurisdiction would allow for a 50% Hold. Apart form it nor registering wins correctly is everything eles working correctly?

Ian

Hi,

Yes everything else seems to be working fine....only a few bulps that i need to replace.
Oja....On the coin in mechanism...excuse my technical name, dnt know  much bout these machines, but on the black box where the coins passes through,
there is a piece of papers stuck into a lever thats on a solenoid to keep the coins from going to one side, registering the coins. if i take the paper out, the coins just fall out into the bucket again, not registering them. Then the door switch doesnt look like its been bypassed or something but it is not doing anything.

the coins that i do put in doesnt go into the hopper, they just fall into the bottom of the door, after they registered.
Thanks for the help

Mike

i'm sick in bed with a bug doing its rounds, as soon as i have a chance i will take some pics of the problem areas and post them.
thanks again

mike

Hey Guys!

Here is a picture of the rhs inside of the machine, i know the yellow button is the service switch, which i press to get into the menu. the black sound knob is to adjust sound level.
the green button says test sw - what is that for? then there is a key switch that says hopper reset empty sw - What is that for?. and then there is a red button - what is that for?
Hope you can help me figure this out. I'll be taking this machine step by step and learn everything and fix her up before  i strip here down and clean.

Many thanks

Mike

here is 2 pics of the coin unit. Is it complete? This is front and rear....it just clips out with a lever...do you maybe know what type of coin unit it is?
can you see there is a piece of paper stuck into thet solenoid lever to keep it pulled in so the coins wont fall right through and out again. Why would that be?

ok last question for now...hehe
this picture shows the unit that the coin passes through after its gone through the previous unit. there are 3 optical sensors.. the top two has lights that come on, but not the bottom one. looks like its been damaged. then there is a solenoid to the left that hasent worked yet....what is it for?
Thanks for all the help.

Best regards
mike

Your machine has black optics. Universal used Gray and Black optics on their machines. I've never worked on the black optics so I'm not sure what the difference is other than color. But I do know they are different on how they work.
In your picture the top two optics counts the coins as they pass. They used two optics to make sure cheaters did not use a coin on a string. The optics must see the coin pass through the top optic a millisecond(s) before passing through the bottom optic. 
The solenoid is called the diverter solenoid. In the hopper you should see a silver probe. When the hopper is full the coins touch the silver probe which grounds the probe. The mpu board sees the grounded probe and activates the solenoid. It, in turn, tilts up the diverter flap allowing the coins to drop through a hole in the bottom of the slot. In a casino that hole goes to an overflow bowl in the slot stand. This prevents coins from overflowing all over the bottom of the slot machine.
The bottom optic counts the coins dropped into the bowl in the slot stand. This is then registered on the meter called "Coins to Cashbox".
On U.S. machines if this optic fails no errors are displayed. So this optic can be used as a spare.

The coin unit is called a coin comparitor. Yours looks to be incomplete. There are different brands so not sure what you have there.
They make sure the coin dropped in matches what you want. Usually a sample coin is inserted on the comparitor as a reference.
Some comparitors are more mechanical and use the weight and size of coin to verify it is correct. That little box just above the paper is the lockout coil. It will hold, what is called the rake, in and this drops unwanted coins to the tray. Approved, accepted coins would cause the lockout coil to move the rake out of the way so the coin can drop through the two optics, get counted, and then be deposited into the hopper.

Maybe NLG member Buzz can help here. He has an 8600 machine that does not work. Buzz, what does the red button label say?

On US machines the red button is the Service Switch. The Green button is the Test Switch and the Yellow button is the Reset switch.
There are no displayed menus on US machines.
The Green Test button is used for specific tests like Reel Strip alignment, sound test, program number, etc. The US manual lists these tests.
Also, US machines have no hopper empty reset key. When US hoppers go empty an error is displayed. The hopper is filled with coin and the yellow reset is pushed resetting the machine.

Uniman, many thanks for all your info, this helps me alot and i'm learning alot!
Will try and find another coin comparitor.

Again, thank you for your valuable info.

Regards
Mike

Just for info, here is a photo of the number on the mpu.
Mike

Hello again, in the first pic, when i put coins in, it registers/counts them etc, but then the coins dont fall into the hopper, it falls into the door!
Is the something missing here or am i just missing something?

The second picture.. in the middle, there are a few wires that has been cut off....how will i know where they are suppose to go to?

Best regards
mike

Hello Michael

You are probably missing the drop chute - In a casino environment coins fall into the base once the hopper is full. Depending on how the machine is designed it may need the diverter coil to be energised to send coins to the hopper or otherwise the divertor flap is stuck or bent. I see that your machine has got a Vacuum Fluorescent display (The green one) this is a bonus as you probably dont need to know what code corresponds to each io options and error mode. Ther should be an IO test mode. In the output test menu look for something called divertor test.
(Dont know the menu structures of this machine but it should be somewhere in there) - This may be related to the cut wires.

Ian

Hi Mike,
Yes you are missing a part. In the US Uni manual it is called the "Coin Guide".
That is why your coins are falling in the door.

Don't worry about the solenoid diverter unless it does activate. The Uni machines over here sometimes have problems with the diverter activating when the hopper is not full. What I do is zip tie it shut if it acts up.

Not sure on your broken/cut wires. Your wiring is different than what I see over here.

Here is a pic of my machines coin-in assembly. It has a CC16D comparitor with a dollar token in it. Note the "Coin Guide" chute that takes the coins to the hopper. (right below the bottom optic)

Hey guys, thanks UNIMAN!
URTHEMAN!
I pushed the solenoid by hand and now the coins drop into the hopper!!!
Awesome...enjoy working on this machine.

I found two sensors that is taped together lying behid the reels. they are black and shorter than the ones on the coin counter. i took the tape off and then the machine didnt want to work,
saying on the screen something about door open......so i taped them together again and it whent away. one sensors wires goes to the door and the other goes to the top, into the top glass section.
Could you know what they can be and why someone would tape them together? where should they go?

then here is a pic of the starter....people at the lighting shops here say it is a bulp, but one guy said it is a starter for fluorescent bulp, my bulps arnt working.
I cant get something like this and was wondering if i can replace it with normal 220v fluorescent light starters?

Hope you have a great day!!

Mike
ps, i replaced all the neon bulps allready

Hi Guys,

I am also in need of a Universal manual covering the 8116, based in SA and afrikaans speaking nogal.

Craig

Howzit Craig
 :205-
i am also from SA and in need of a 8116 manual. I have traced the wiring harness and i am busy putting it into a schematic format.
The Machine i have was abandoned for years and was dumped and the rats ate some of the wiring.

Those damn rats...!!!   :30- :30-
Ever consider getting a cat?   :128-

Howzit

Altyd lekker om nog Suid Afrikaners hier te sien. (Always nice to see more South Africans here).
Welcome to NLG. Please PM me with and email that can recieve a 6M file.

Ian

The rats here in SA are bigger than the cats :31-
Thanks for quick responce Guys.  :3-
TZtech i have sent you my e-mail thanks for your help

Guys, it looks like i also have one of these machine, but a 5 reel version, with the 8600 main card, i have the error "invalid game------meter error" and have tried and tried to find a manual or some help, if anyone know what this might be please email me at matt@thumpainc.com

All the lights work apart from the meter LED panel, nothing at all loght up there, the LED screen still scrolls the meter error fault but thats is, wont except coins or work, its just stuck like this

I have checked the power supply and have all 3 outputs, 10vac, 24vac and 10vac, no blown fuses at all

Please ehlp

This is the machine i need help with, the part not powering up i am pointing at in the last picture:

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