Help - AMI D-40 Record Order appears messed up

I just got my first Juke and love it. All my selections work fine but a few
and it seems weird the way it acts. I press say 36 and another record will
play. If I press the other records number than 36, the orginal slection
plays. So it appears that a small number of record selctions are reversed
with another section. Its not to bad but means I'd have to map all the
changes out when it may be some simple fix to coorrect this as trial and
error seems to be the only way to map this and it will make changing the
records a pain.

Any ideas? Is it possible a connection has been rotated etc so that the
button selctor points to the wrong carriage slot? Could a dirty contact on a
selctor switch do this?

Thanks for any help you can give.

Mike Purcell
Pinballer and now Juker :-)

In article ,
"Mike Purcell" wrote:

I just got my first Juke and love it. All my selections work fine but a few
and it seems weird the way it acts. I press say 36 and another record will
play. If I press the other records number than 36, the orginal slection
plays. So it appears that a small number of record selctions are reversed
with another section. Its not to bad but means I'd have to map all the
changes out when it may be some simple fix to coorrect this as trial and
error seems to be the only way to map this and it will make changing the
records a pain.

Any ideas? Is it possible a connection has been rotated etc so that the
button selctor points to the wrong carriage slot? Could a dirty contact on a
selctor switch do this?


It's actually quite easy to screw this up. AMIs of that era used a lot
of 5 pin connectors for the pin banks. Swap two, and things
act....weird.

They're SUPPOSED to be numbered, 1 through 8. I THINK the two closest
to the front are 6 pin - #1 to the left, #8 to the right. Going back
from #1, they go 2, 3, 4, then #5 is the right back, then forward - 6,
7 and 8.

Probably the best way to sort this out is to select the records one at a
time, from 1 to 40, and see if it pulls the right one, then swap the
plugs under the mech to get it to the right spot.

I don't know, and frankly, the manual's vague as hell on it - which side
is which for the record.

Philip;

You were exactly right and I would never have found it as it looked like
they had never been moved so I'd wouldn't have thought they were messed up.

Thanks Again

Mike


"Philip Nasadowski" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Mike Purcell" wrote:

I just got my first Juke and love it. All my selections work fine but a
few
and it seems weird the way it acts. I press say 36 and another record
will
play. If I press the other records number than 36, the orginal slection
plays. So it appears that a small number of record selctions are
reversed
with another section. Its not to bad but means I'd have to map all the
changes out when it may be some simple fix to coorrect this as trial and
error seems to be the only way to map this and it will make changing the
records a pain.

Any ideas? Is it possible a connection has been rotated etc so that the
button selctor points to the wrong carriage slot? Could a dirty contact
on a
selctor switch do this?


It's actually quite easy to screw this up. AMIs of that era used a lot
of 5 pin connectors for the pin banks. Swap two, and things
act....weird.

They're SUPPOSED to be numbered, 1 through 8. I THINK the two closest
to the front are 6 pin - #1 to the left, #8 to the right. Going back
from #1, they go 2, 3, 4, then #5 is the right back, then forward - 6,
7 and 8.

Probably the best way to sort this out is to select the records one at a
time, from 1 to 40, and see if it pulls the right one, then swap the
plugs under the mech to get it to the right spot.

I don't know, and frankly, the manual's vague as hell on it - which side
is which for the record.