S5500 New User... Help Please

[sarah]

Just got a Bally S5500, It has been modified to work with no coins (prior to my purchase). now I keep getting an error 81, where do I order a new battery? or am I misreading the error?

Also, how do I get the 'Pull Bar' to work? any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!


Sarah

[a69mopar]

Welcome aboard Sarah,
    You should state where you're located, there may be a supplier of batteries close to you.  The "pull" handle won't work until the battery has been changed and the error cleared.  If it wasn't working when the machine was running, then the solenoid that releases it may be either disconnected or toast.

Thanks,
Wayne

[stayouttadabunker]

I'm wondering who and what kind of modifications were done to this poor puppy?
Welcome to NLG Sarah!

If you post a couple of pictures of the inside of the machine so we can see what was done,
especially around the door area. Is there a hopper at all?
I'm sure we'll be able to help you a lot more if we see what you're talking about.!
Remember, the more you show us, the more we'll show you!

[sarah]

I live in Tulare CA. 93274.

There is no hopper at all. Since I live in CA the law required that the money functions be removed from any machines housed in residental property.

I tried to upload pics, but it says they were too large to be downloaded as an attachment. I tried to upload them using 'submit a new file'.

If you give me your email I can email you pictures.

[reho33]

If you are using Windows XP, you can use Microsoft Picture Manager to "compress" the size of the photos and then upload them to the site. Also, how do you add credits to the machine if it won't accept coins or pay them out?

[sarah]

I am told that it should work the same way, just no money in, no money out. 

I have some pictures uner submit new file, called 'slot photos'

I have looked all over online in my area  and cannot seem to find a repair man or someone who knows where I can get a new battery.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Also, is it possible for someone to download the S5500 Manual?

Thanks-
Sarah   

[stayouttadabunker]

Hi Sarah,
It looks like someone knows their business and jumped a couple of pins on
your hopper plug I've encircled so that they fooled the MPU into thinking that there's a hopper plugged in.
There's all kinds of unusual wiring I've never seen before.
It would be great to see where that single orange wire is coming and going to exactly.
There's been a few modifications I've never seen on a Bally5500 before and
I'm sure there would be a lot of Bally5500 homeowners that would be
interested in knowing exactly how this is accomplished!
There are some topics of discussion on the Bally battery modification you'd like to use on your machine.
All you have to do is type in "Bally5500 battery" in the search box on NLG.
This battery mod has been documented several times though
I don't know how to actually do it yet because I've never tried.
I'm sure that if you do a search here on NLG for it, there will be links to exactly how to perform it!
Click on photos to enlarge them!>>>

[Buzz]

Bunker    ( I quit using Mark, the Skipper was getting confused )        I have a bunch of these Tournament machines, the orange wire goes to a  display mounted on the top of the machine that shows the total of all wins. There is a reset switch above the jack pot switch ( I didn't have a key so moved the two wires down to the jack pot switch that isn't used in tournament mode ) I think there are 3 or 4 wires that plug onto the backplane board and all the rest is in the program menu. pretty boring game to play, with a 800 credit max win,  my wife won 12,000 credits in 15 minutes. If anyone wants to hook one up I can trace the wires out and post back,

Sarah  You can get a battery at radio shack, but it must be soldered to the MPU board, it's not a difficult task or I'm sure any TV repair shop or the Geek Squad at Best Buy can do this for you. Send me a email address via PM and I can supply you with instructions on reprogramming machine. Is your machine a Red, White, and Blue 7s?

[CaptainHappy]

Did I hear someone call my name??? I am confused!!!

 

He has started calling himself "the other Mark" when he communicates with me. 

Mark
aka CH
aka CaptainHappy
aka The Skipper
aka Captain
aka Cap'n 
aka Gilligan's Boss 
aka That 
aka etc.

  BUZZ
 

[FOXSSLOTS1]

i had a couple of 5500 with jumpers in the hopper plug - wasn't sure what they were for but the machine did not have any of the tournament wiring you all are referring to.  would the jumpers just bypass the hopper check so the machine would not have a hopper error? 

[stayouttadabunker]

It certainly looks like the black wire is placed in there to fool the MPU,
Like I said, this is kinda of a very unusual set up.
Somebody's doing this to Bally5500's...how they figured it out..I don't know.

[a69mopar]

i had a couple of 5500 with jumpers in the hopper plug - wasn't sure what they were for but the machine did not have any of the tournament wiring you all are referring to.  would the jumpers just bypass the hopper check so the machine would not have a hopper error? 

Hi Barry, that would be referred to a hopper test plug and the machine would have an error without it or a hopper.  You can do the same by soldering two pairs of wires together.  see pic of this on an S6000.

[reho33]

Also there is a vendor on the internet (who shall remain nameless) who sells "Bally Freeplay machines" that add credits by pushing a button and cashout is just noise, no coins or hopper. But if you promise to only move it to a "legal" state, they will sell you the hopper, comparitor, and manual to convert it back to coin. I wonder if this is that?

[Buzz]

All I did to convert one to coins was add a coin head, hopper and coin compariator. went into program menu and took it off tournament mode.