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It does not surprise me how dirty these things can get over the years given the environments they were in.
It does surprise me how bullet proof they are when it comes to cleaning, On some of the older ones I have there are no parts that I don’t submerge in hot water and cleaning solution to get the nicotine/smoke, old lubricant, contact dust residue off. With some of the newer ones the circuit boards, credit units and such are treated a little more gently.
Glad you got it worked out, my SC1 is still partially re-assembled waiting for me to get around to it.
I don’t get on here often enough since the fire tragedy but I finally saw this post. I was wrong – this was one of the first units I converted to WB2MP3, there was no factory free play switch. The previous owner had wired the unit to free play, I thought the service switch was the mechanism that enabled it.
Randy
Well, it will be good news if you figure it out – I have a W1 somewhere at the back of the shelf, would like to get it back in action.
Hey Allister,
Unfortunately, the compatibility list and user’s manual are a little misleading. There are two types wallboxes in the “L56” series – wireless and three wire. The WB2MP3 emulator works well with the three wire boxes (I have four 3W2-L56s working) but I doubt it will be easily compatible with a wireless box like you have.
Randy
Unfortunately you are probably out of luck. Their shop and home were destroyed in a fire and I imagine it will be some time before they reopen. At this point all I can suggest is to go with a competitors product.
I have a Pla-Mor with a v1.4 emulator but have not run into this problem. I would start with reformatting the SD.
Right, neither of the ones I have are like that. Wonder what prompted the variation? I recently ran across an ad for another variant. I have yet to see one with a call button.
Looks good Scudie, did you go with the white backed selection numbers/letters to make them easier to see?
A guy on Ebay sold me an incomplete set of NOS black labels so with the good ones I already had I had enough for the two SCs I’ve got. I deleted the Album selection labels though – I only wanted single song selections.
Whoever designed those selection labels did not have a long term view in mind. I had to repaint all the pages after removing the labels. I put together some replacements on MS PowerPoint that printed out pretty well. I printed them on Printable Transparent Sticker Paper and used a paper cutter to get them to the right size – was happy with the result. I’ll email the to you as .png you should be able to size them properly. Also just photocopied the turn page/pricing labels I’ll send you that as well.
Randy
Nuts, sorry to hear that. I thought the original glass was silk screened and would have held up better. I hoped that they considered that operators would occasionally have to clean the inside of the glass just to remove cigarette smoke residue. On the other hand, now we know to be careful when cleaning the back side.
Thanks Sooner, I’ll take a look at that, with the two SCs I have on one I used the Data Sync solution and the other came with a 6/10 fuse wired the same way. I have noticed the “chatter” on both. I have to say the SCs have proven more problematic than any of the other EM boxes I have worked on.
Randy
I am very interested in a solution for the audio control. I would really like to be able to control volume as the box was designed to.
randy
Thanks Scudie, after reading you email and going back to the manual I think I have the APU issues figured out. Still have not decided I’m going to work this one next – there are other problems with it. I’m out of emulators and waiting on them to restock.
Randy
Right, I’m a little particular about the labels and warnings as well. I have become fairly proficient at recreating them – started with pinballs but have done some for boxes as well. Here are some I did for my 3W2-L56 boxes. I print them on adhesive backed vinyl.
I am often amazed by how resilient the boxes and pins that I have are considering the abuse some have been through. For some pinball collectors the graffiti is just another bit of the history of the machine but I do not like it on wallboxes. Also, some folks can’t get over how applying a little water to these EM devices is not harmful if done correctly. Here is a good example of cleaning :
Randy
