Can anyone help, I bought this recently and the instructions they provided me were for the £15/£25 and I've got the Club £250 version. Does anyone have a copy ?
Also I need help refilling the machine. I have a refil key but not sure corrcet method to reset machine and refill.
MONTY PYTHON FLYING CIRCUS CLUB
Can't help with the manual, but to refill follow the following!:
1) Open bottom door and the cash flap, with the refill key turned press the hopper dump button (even if it's empty) this may say something on the display along the lines of press start to dump hopper, if it does, thats fine, press it!
2) Once that's done and the hopper is empty take the refill key out shut the 2 bottom doors, the machine now knows the hopper is empty the insuffient coins light should also be on.
It now depends on whether you want to refill with the full amount (£350 if its set on £250 jp) or less.
If £350, open the front door manually put £350 pounds in the hopper (there is normally a big arrow showing you where to drop them in), turn the refill key then press the hopper topped up button (you'll get a beep to confirm its accepted). Now remove the refill key and shut the doors and your done. After the reset, you can check by turning the key that it now says balance £350 (the refill key will probably only work once without another door open).
If less, the only way to do this to my knowledge is with all doors shut, turn the refill key which should now say balance £0 and feed in £1's through the coin entry, you will see the balance go up and the meter increment by one for every pound you put in.
1) Open bottom door and the cash flap, with the refill key turned press the hopper dump button (even if it's empty) this may say something on the display along the lines of press start to dump hopper, if it does, thats fine, press it!
2) Once that's done and the hopper is empty take the refill key out shut the 2 bottom doors, the machine now knows the hopper is empty the insuffient coins light should also be on.
It now depends on whether you want to refill with the full amount (£350 if its set on £250 jp) or less.
If £350, open the front door manually put £350 pounds in the hopper (there is normally a big arrow showing you where to drop them in), turn the refill key then press the hopper topped up button (you'll get a beep to confirm its accepted). Now remove the refill key and shut the doors and your done. After the reset, you can check by turning the key that it now says balance £350 (the refill key will probably only work once without another door open).
If less, the only way to do this to my knowledge is with all doors shut, turn the refill key which should now say balance £0 and feed in £1's through the coin entry, you will see the balance go up and the meter increment by one for every pound you put in.
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scarymonkey
No 20p's, I'd be surprised if you could find anywhere to put them! Definitely post again if you find somewhere though as what i've said below would probably be wrong in that case.
The machine will play correctly with less money in it, although obviously will run out of dosh if you win more money in the bank than it has left in the hopper. If this happens you'll get an error flashing on the LCD saying something like "Hopper empty - I owe you £30" (or whatever is owed). At this point, turn the refill key and feed in whatever is required, then unturn the refill key again and it will pay out the remainder.
As long as you dont use the test hopper function in the engineers test mode or manually take coins out of the hopper it's count should remain accurate.
I would say fill the hopper with at least £300, then it 'shouldn't' give you any problems with running out of money/having to refill etc.
The machine will play correctly with less money in it, although obviously will run out of dosh if you win more money in the bank than it has left in the hopper. If this happens you'll get an error flashing on the LCD saying something like "Hopper empty - I owe you £30" (or whatever is owed). At this point, turn the refill key and feed in whatever is required, then unturn the refill key again and it will pay out the remainder.
As long as you dont use the test hopper function in the engineers test mode or manually take coins out of the hopper it's count should remain accurate.
I would say fill the hopper with at least £300, then it 'shouldn't' give you any problems with running out of money/having to refill etc.
No 20p's, I'd be surprised if you could find anywhere to put them! Definitely post again if you find somewhere though as what i've said below would probably be wrong in that case.
The machine will play correctly with less money in it, although obviously will run out of dosh if you win more money in the bank than it has left in the hopper. If this happens you'll get an error flashing on the LCD saying something like "Hopper empty - I owe you £30" (or whatever is owed). At this point, turn the refill key and feed in whatever is required, then unturn the refill key again and it will pay out the remainder.
As long as you dont use the test hopper function in the engineers test mode or manually take coins out of the hopper it's count should remain accurate.
I would say fill the hopper with at least £300, then it 'shouldn't' give you any problems with running out of money/having to refill etc.
The machine will play correctly with less money in it, although obviously will run out of dosh if you win more money in the bank than it has left in the hopper. If this happens you'll get an error flashing on the LCD saying something like "Hopper empty - I owe you £30" (or whatever is owed). At this point, turn the refill key and feed in whatever is required, then unturn the refill key again and it will pay out the remainder.
As long as you dont use the test hopper function in the engineers test mode or manually take coins out of the hopper it's count should remain accurate.
I would say fill the hopper with at least £300, then it 'shouldn't' give you any problems with running out of money/having to refill etc.
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scarymonkey
Yeah in mine it has a 20p tube and says to put in £12 worth driectly into the tube when refilling the machine. Seemed strange to me cause when I get a win it will payout up 80p in 20p, but no more. I mean if I win £1.80 and the £1 hopper is empty it will pay the 80p, but then come up with the error message saying machines owes £1.
My previous Barcrest machine could pay any prize in 20p if the £1 had run out.
Maybe your machine rounds up to the nearest £1 on wins, but mine doesn't, so it's needs the 20p tube.
Do you know how much the hopper can hold?
My previous Barcrest machine could pay any prize in 20p if the £1 had run out.
Maybe your machine rounds up to the nearest £1 on wins, but mine doesn't, so it's needs the 20p tube.
Do you know how much the hopper can hold?
Yep mine does round up, £1 coins only payout (CPCB, I thought yours was the same era or after so would be the same), obviously not.
There's me thinking I can help, but perhaps not. Did you manage to do the hopper dump? If you do that and the check with a refill key should then report £0, you could then do the hoppers topped up procedure above and use the refill key again to work out how much to put in the hopper, it will say how much it currently thinks it has so telling you how much a topped up hopper will hold, my barcrest on £250 is £350, but if I change the jp, the hopper amount changes as well.
Of course I might be way off track as I don't know how the 20p tube affects things. Might be as simple as disconnecting the 20p tube and it will then start rounding up, but I doubt it.
There's me thinking I can help, but perhaps not. Did you manage to do the hopper dump? If you do that and the check with a refill key should then report £0, you could then do the hoppers topped up procedure above and use the refill key again to work out how much to put in the hopper, it will say how much it currently thinks it has so telling you how much a topped up hopper will hold, my barcrest on £250 is £350, but if I change the jp, the hopper amount changes as well.
Of course I might be way off track as I don't know how the 20p tube affects things. Might be as simple as disconnecting the 20p tube and it will then start rounding up, but I doubt it.
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scarymonkey
No that sounds right to me, as when I was messing around with it before and the hopper said £350 in it after I pressed the refill button.
When I started playing mine I just reset the amount on the hopper and stuck about £20 in and the £12 in 20p and playing as normal, seemed ok, must be about £200 in there now. But I was tempted to completly cash out and refill it properly with £350.
When I started playing mine I just reset the amount on the hopper and stuck about £20 in and the £12 in 20p and playing as normal, seemed ok, must be about £200 in there now. But I was tempted to completly cash out and refill it properly with £350.
I too have a Monty Python Club and you dont have to have £12 in the 20p tube that is only a recommendation , as it does not round up to the nearest £1. It is used if you collect on 40p or 80p wins , but very rarely do people collect these usually they try to gamble up to get on the feature board. I put about £5 in 20p's in mine then let it fill automatically whenever people put a 20p in, then when its full they drop into the cash box at the bottom. Also same with the £1 hopper, i only put £100 in mine to start with, thers about £200 in it now, lol.
I have got some instructions somewhere on how to refill and empty the hopper and stuff, i can send these in an attachment if you need them, let me know. The only thing i don't know is how to change the percentage of payout and how to change the stake and jackpot amount, mines currently set at 20p a go and £250 jackpot, so if you or anybody else knows how to do this i would be grateful.
Phil.
I have got some instructions somewhere on how to refill and empty the hopper and stuff, i can send these in an attachment if you need them, let me know. The only thing i don't know is how to change the percentage of payout and how to change the stake and jackpot amount, mines currently set at 20p a go and £250 jackpot, so if you or anybody else knows how to do this i would be grateful.
Phil.
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scarymonkey
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scarymonkey
Your machine should have this stuck in it, but if not use this one I've attached.
I'm running £250 jackpot with 25p play & 86% payout. so my jumper banks are set to :
Bank 1
Switches
8 OFF
7 OFF
6 ON
5 OFF
4 OFF
3 OFF
2 OFF
1 OFF
Bank 2
Switches
8 OFF
7 OFF
6 OFF
5 OFF
4 OFF
3 ON
2 ON
1 ON
But if you want different settings just use the matrix I attached.
I'm running £250 jackpot with 25p play & 86% payout. so my jumper banks are set to :
Bank 1
Switches
8 OFF
7 OFF
6 ON
5 OFF
4 OFF
3 OFF
2 OFF
1 OFF
Bank 2
Switches
8 OFF
7 OFF
6 OFF
5 OFF
4 OFF
3 ON
2 ON
1 ON
But if you want different settings just use the matrix I attached.
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Thanks for your help scarymonkey but i still seem to have a problem.
I tried to get the setting at £100 jackpot and 20p a play , but when i had the jumper settings to what it says on the instructions i get an invalid option message come up.
I seem to be able to change the price per play amount to whatever but am not able to change the jackpot amount, am i missing something?
Phil P.
I tried to get the setting at £100 jackpot and 20p a play , but when i had the jumper settings to what it says on the instructions i get an invalid option message come up.
I seem to be able to change the price per play amount to whatever but am not able to change the jackpot amount, am i missing something?
Phil P.
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scarymonkey