tournament pad sensor problem

DDRichard · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject: tournament pad sensor problem

I have this http://www.ddrgame.com/dadareddrtom.html?gclid=CJH11KeC_ZQCFQNfFQodAWqhqA tournament pad and the right arrow sometimes doesn't respond or delays. I know that the problem is the sensor and not the arrow because i tried switching the arrows around. Can anyone tell how i could fix this.

ChilliumBromide · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Beaverton, OR

Not if you don't open it up and tell us which wire's detached.

DDRGame has become one of the sketchiest sites on the internet; I'm sorry you made the mistake of dealing with them.

Take the panel off (if the LED's work, take it off gently, or they won't work for long), look at the copper plate on the bottom, and check if either of the wires are detached; if so, reattach them; you really should solder them, but if you can't/are too lazy to, duct tape works just fine. If both wires are detached, look at the cheap aluminum on the bottom of the panel. Is it ripped, peeling, and unattractive? YES IT IS! Replace it with 4 dimes or pennies or a sheet of 30ga-26ga steel; simply pull it off and glue the pennies or the steel on there. instead
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yukihime · Trick Member Joined: 12 May 2008 Location: Philly, PA

DDRichard · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:33 pm Post subject:

DDRichard · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject:

Nevermind, I realized that one of the wires was sort of lose and I couldn't find my soldering gun so I sheared the plastic off the wire and rapped the metal wire around a piece of tin foil then taped the tin foil to the pad and it worked perfectly.