Armitando Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Hi all, I recently got a Sears Pinball-Breakaway unit for $20 as-is at a local retro game store, and I've been having fun with it in the last week. I have a couple technical questions about it: - Is it possible to turn the sound from the internal speaker off? - Does anyone have experience cleaning the paddle controller on these? Mine is very jittery and it makes playing the rebound/breakout games just this side of unplayable. I know the process of cleaning them having done so with 2600 paddles in the past, but just wanted to know if the potentiometer is easy to get to before I take a crack at opening it up. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 On 12/2/2023 at 4:30 PM, Armitando said: - Is it possible to turn the sound from the internal speaker off? Nope. But you can bring the volume down quite a bit by blocking the speaker hole with packing tape, or some other material lightly adhered. That's a trick from the old days. Just don't use anything that will leave a residue or be a pain to get off; and don't stick anything to the label, because it will be destroyed if/when you remove it. You could open up the console and disconnect the speaker, but that probably requires desoldering and is not conveniently reversible. On 12/2/2023 at 4:30 PM, Armitando said: - Does anyone have experience cleaning the paddle controller on these? Mine is very jittery and it makes playing the rebound/breakout games just this side of unplayable. I know the process of cleaning them having done so with 2600 paddles in the past, but just wanted to know if the potentiometer is easy to get to before I take a crack at opening it up. I haven't had to fix the paddles on mine, but I would think you can just pull the knob off and squirt some DeOxit--or similar--into the post and work it in. Shouldn't require any disassembly beyond that, unless it needs to be replaced outright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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