Fruit Machine Chat

I am the proud owner of "Hot Stuff" courtesy of 'Party Time', but it came without a Refill Key.

I managed to get one today and turned it, expecting to see the contents of the hopper (which should be about £80), but all I get is the word "Refill".

I was under the impression that I could do a few other things too, but I have tried all the buttons and it just says "Refill".

What am I doing wrong?

I do have the "Red Gaming" Service Manual, which shows a switch on Bank 2 (No 4) which turns this on/off, but on the Barcrest MPU unit, it seems that this switch is used for something else (i.e shows credits, rather than value, when you put money in).

Is there a similar DIP switch on Barcrest machines, or am I simply doing something wrong.

I look forwards to hearing from you

All the best

Jon

If its a non note changer machine then the hopper should hold £125.

By the machine saying refill £1 x 20, you know there is £105 in the machine...

Catch my drift..?

On the barcrests, refill option is only available. Other machines have sound options etc which is great for altering machines in wetherspoons on a saturday night so when played on sunday dinner time, they make a right good old noise..

But thats my point.. On my machine, it just says "REFILL".

I tried it out in Weatherspoons last night and all of the machines showed something like "100p x 52".. But on my Hot Stuff, the only way I can get the balance is to turn the key when the lid or cash door is open!!

Jon

Hot stuff is quite old, but it should still have the amount left to go if you put a pound in the slot.

'100p x 52' means there is £52 to go in before it is full.

Nope.. It just says "Refill".. if I stick £1, it just goes into the hopper.

Everything is working fine.. For example, if I open the cash door and turn the key, it says for example 100x60

If I then close everything up, turn the key and stick in, for the sake of argument £3, when I open the door and turn the key again, it now says 100x63.

So its working fine, but I am suprised that I can't get the balance by just turning the key.

It really doesn't matter... I am just trying to understand.

Jon

jweaver100 wrote:Nope.. It just says "Refill".. if I stick £1, it just goes into the hopper.

Everything is working fine.. For example, if I open the cash door and turn the key, it says for example 100x60

If I then close everything up, turn the key and stick in, for the sake of argument £3, when I open the door and turn the key again, it now says 100x63.

So its working fine, but I am suprised that I can't get the balance by just turning the key.

It really doesn't matter... I am just trying to understand.

Jon

I hear what you're saying. My Golden dragon does the same. Open the door and turn it for the balance.

yeh older machines didnt key thats why, machines used to tell you how much money was in the hopper, ie. hopper balance = £80, then they went through a period of not doing anything when you key ie. just saying refill, a number of machines ie. dragon, hot stuff etc. and machines of that era wouldnt show the hopper balance when you keyed them...

odd thing is, they re-allowed you to key on later machines...

Spiker shows the balance. Or did do anyway