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GAELCO - TUNING RACE About TUNING RACE Thank you for purchasing a Gaelco’s product. This manual explains how to safely operate your TUNING RACE® machine. Failing to operate the machine correctly could result in malfunction or accident, so please read the manual carefully before starting operation, specially the SAFETY NOTES (Section 3).
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GAELCO -TUNING RACE INDEX GENERAL INFORMATION HOW TO PLAY Manufacturer and Machine data TOURNMENT MODE Legislation references Technical Service TECHNICAL SERVICE Responsibility Prior considerations Safety precautions MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS Motion system Emergency stop SAFETY NOTES Position potentiometers General considerations Drive parameters...
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1 MANUFACTURER AND MACHINE DATA Manufacturer GAELCO, S.A. Address Escipión 11 08023 City Barcelona Country : SPAIN Tel. 34 93 417 36 26 34 93 417 28 02 e-mail gaelco@gaelco.com Technical Service sat@gaelco.com Name of the game TUNING RACE®...
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 1.3 TECHNICAL SERVICE Gaelco S.A. or its Distributors carry out technical service. 1.4 RESPONSIBILITY Any modifications made to this machine that are not authorised in writing by the manufacturer will be considered to be at the exclusive responsibility of the operator, who will consequently become the new "manufacturer"...
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When transporting or reselling the machine, be sure to attach this Manual. The TUNING RACE machine has been designed for indoor use only, within residential or commercial areas, and must be used exclusively for the purpose intended.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 3.1 GENERAL SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS • Before operating the machine, check that it has been installed correctly and in accordance with this Manual. • As some parts of the machine move during game play, there are places where the distance between the stationary section and the mobile section changes.
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Do not run the power cord across passages where pedestrian's feet could get caught on the cord. • Ensure that the location’s power supply is equipped with an Earth Leakage Breaker rated at 30mA. GAELCO shall not be held responsible for any damage resulting from the failure to observe these instructions.
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3.2.1 SECURING IN PLACE Ensure that all the leg levellers make firm contact with the surface of the floor. This precaution is crucial for the TUNING RACE version with motion system, because the machine can move of itself, causing an accident.
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3.5 SAFETY DEVICES CONCERNING THE MOTION SYSTEM The TUNING RACE / MOTION machine has an EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON placed on top of the coin tower, which can be easily activated by the player or the operator at any time.
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Store the packed machine in sheltered and dry areas. Temperatures allowed: maximum +45ºC / minimum -5ºC. 4.3 RECEPTION The TUNING RACE packaging should be carefully inspected upon receipt to ensure that the product is delivered in good conditions. Shipping damage may void warranty. In case of shipping damage, contact your Distributor...
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Once the packaging is removed, the machine looks as shown in the illustration. 5.1 INSPECTION BEFORE ASSEMBLING Normally, GAELCO products are ready to assemble immediately after transporting to the location. Nevertheless, some mishandling may occur during transportation. Check the following points to ensure that the machine has been properly delivered: •...
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 5.2 ASSEMBLING & INSTALLATION To assemble the machine proceed as follows: 1. Take out the boxes containing the accessories. 2. Remove the metal brackets that fix each unit to its pallet. 3. Raise the leg levellers and put the units down on the floor with the help of a ramp. Be very careful to avoid the risk of being crushed! 4.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 5. Assemble the billboard on the top of the monitor cabinet, using a step. Do not climb on the cabinet! The screws that fix the billboard are already installed on its place. Remove those screws and use them for fixing the billboard. Plug the connector of the fluorescent tube.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 8. Approach the two units so you can connect the other end of the harness to the monitor cabinet. The screws that fix the harness plate are allready installed on its place. 9. The gap between tha platform and the monitor cabinet should be about 300mm (12”).
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 10. Level the platform . The levellers of the middle (number 3 in the drawing) should be adjusted the last ones. 11. Carefully adjust all the levellers so that the whole machine rests firm and level on the floor.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 13. If the machine has to be moved, though a little bit, retract the leg levellers. To clean the game machine, wipe with a soft cloth damped with a neutral detergent and wrung out. Using organic solvents like thinner may damage the plastic parts.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 6. MACHINE SETTINGS AND TEST MODE An automatic check of the memories is made when the machine is switched on. This coincides with the presentation of the Screen Test. After a few seconds, if no error occurs, it automatically goes on to show the game.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 6.1 MONITOR TEST This screen is the ADJUSTMENT CARD, which should be used to suitably adjust the monitor. It shows you, also, information about the installed software version. You can return to de Main Menu by pressing the START button or the accelerator pedal.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 6.2 CONTROLS TEST This screen enables you to check the correct functioning of all controls of the machine. The device to be tested is selected by using the gear shift levers, assembled wiith the steering wheel.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 6.3 SOUND TEST This screen allows you to check the whole sound system. SOUND ------------------------------------------------------- Sample: 1 Music: Volume: 50 Bass level: 100 Left loudspeaker: OFF Right loudspeaker: ON Subwoofer: OFF Exit As for the previous screens, the selection of the required option is made by means of the shift gear levers.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE Left Motor / Right Motor These options allows you to make a manual test of each motor. The selected motor moves forward when the right lever is pressed, while the left lever controls it backwards. The information belonging to Position shows the position of each motor.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE As for the previous screens, the parameter is selected with the gear shift levers, then changed by pressing the START button or the accelerator pedal. Coins / Credits On this option you can adjust the number of credits (game price) that the machine gives for a defined number of coins.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 6.6 CAMERA There is a digital camera on top of the monitor cabinet, for the purpose of identifying players when they take part in a tournament. When the Camera option is selected, the objets and persons within the scope of the camera are shown in the screen.
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2. Take as many cables as machines. If you can’t find a network switch with automatic polarity detection, the link cable supplied by Gaelco is not suitable, as it is a crossover Ethernet cable. In that case you have to use normal patch cable.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE ON LINE CONNECTION If the machines will run connected to Internet, TUNING RACE allows you to assign the IP address automatically, by selecting DYNAMIC on the option Base IP mode. All fields related with the IP address will be defined by the machine, without any further intervention from your side.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE When the Exclusive Tournament is activated, the following options are available: TOURNAMENT SETTINGS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tournament available on this machine: YES STANDARD TOURNAMENT Standard Tournament Periode: UNDEFINED End of current cycle: 30 APRIL 2005 EXCLUSIVE TOURNAMENT Exclusive Tournament activated : YES...
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 6.9 SCOREBOARD This screen shows the scores and classifications for all available games. When playing a tournament, players are allocated automatically in three classes or categories -A, B and C- according to their skill level. All players start at class C and move to B or A as they pass tournaments.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 6.10 BOOK-KEEPING The book-keeping screen shows the the following information: BOOK KEEPING -------------------------------------------------------------- Total time (hh:mm) : 0050:20 Play time (hh:mm) : 0016:48 Shortest play (mm:ss) : 01:46 Longest play (mm:ss) : 11:34 Average play (mm:ss) :...
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Press the START button or the accelerator pedal to confirm any option. HOW TO PLAY TUNING RACE is a car racing game where players drive sport protoypes that can be tuned and customized. The game has two formats: Arcade Race, where players race by...
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The machine will also provide him with his position in the ranking. • TUNING RACE can be connected to Internet. If that were the case, all the above information would be stored in Gaelco's server and be provided to the player in any Tuning Race machine connected to Internet.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE TOURNAMENTS TUNING RACE allows to play two modalities of tournament: Automatic Tournament, programmed from the factory, and Exclusive Tournament, that can be customized by the operator. Both tournaments are based on the Time Attack format. Tournaments can be held in a single machine or in several linked machines, up to a maximum of four.
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Internet. In order to have a dedicated ranking table, the operator should request a Group Identifier (kind of password) to connect these machines to Gaelco’s system. In that case the tournament data base will be managed by the server, not by any machine.
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Make sure there is plenty of room for maintenance to be carried out. At least 3 metres should be left free between the machine itself and other objects (e.g. adjacent machines, walls, etc.). • When parts needs replacing, use only those approved by Gaelco S.A. and which meet the relevant specifications.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 9.3 MOTION SYSTEM - BLOCK DIAGRAM For a better understanding of the motion system, pease refer to the diagram below. The CPU Board (TRM-357) provides two analogic signals (0-3V) to the Power Board (TRM-358).that are the inputs of the DC driver, which controls the steering motor with a +/- 24V output.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 9.4 EMERGENCY STOP The motion system includes an emergency stop which is operated by a red knob on top of the coin tower. The emergency circuit-breaker is connected in series so that it will bring the car to a standstill (see the block diagram of section 9.3).
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 9.5 POSITION POTENTIOMETERS If the movement system is not working properly, the position potentiometers (TRM-305) should be checked and changed if necessary. The following points need to be borne in mind in this connection: 1. In Test Mode, go to the MOTION SYSTEM screen.
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However, some values are modified by the Tuning Race CPU in order to get the appropiate performance for the application. The affected parameters are detailed in the table below: Par.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 9.7 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES 1) PROBLEM: The machine does not start when the mains switch is thrown. • Check the mains cable and its connections. • Check the fuses. Check the specifications are met. Check whether the fuses have blown and that they have the correct current rating.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 10. PARTS LIST 10.1 MONITOR CABINET – ACCESSORIES CODE DESCRIPTION TRM-131 SIDE COVER - LEFT TRM-132 SIDE COVER - RIGHT TRM-502 STICKER - LEFT TRM-503 STICKER - RIGHT TRM-434 GRAB HANDLE, plastic TRM-515 BILLBOARD ASSEMBLY TRM-510...
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 10.2 MONITOR CABINET – SUBWOOFER PARTS CODE DESCRIPTION TRM-375 8” GRILL (subwoofer) TRM-376 2” GRILL TRM-362 8” SUBWOOFER 100W/4Ω UNION HARNESS (see section 1.3) SCREW UM1001 M6X30 BLACK 10.3 MONITOR CABINET – BILLBOARD ASSEMBLY CODE DESCRIPTION...
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 10.4 UNION HARNESS ASSEMBLY CODE DESCRIPTION TRM-441 NUT, conduit gland TRM-230 FIXING PLATE - CABINET SIDE TRM-442 CONDUIT GLAND - SEM STRAIGHT TRM-443 PROTECTION TUBE, corrugated TRM-840 FIXING PLATE - PLATFORM SIDE UNION HARNESS (see note)
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE 12. CREDIT DISTRIBUTOR SETUP JP1:Not used JP2:Cabinet JP3:Coin controller JP4:Not used Connector JP2: This connector should be connected to ATV PCB wiring Description Values Source/Destination Pin 1 Input GND GND power supply Pin 2 Input VDC...
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE PROGRAMMING OF COIN CONTROLLERS Controllers supported: COIN CONTROL C-120 NRI G-13.6000 MARS CASHFLOW 330 MARS 330/S 212 NRI G-13.6000 Channel Channel Channel Channel Channel Channel Coin Control C 120 Coin 1 Coin 2 Coin 3 Coin 4...
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE APPLICATION EXAMPLES Game price: 50c, NO BONUS Switch set up: Game price: 50c, BONUS FOR 2 ¤ (4 credits + 1 credit free) Switch setup: Game price: 1 ¤ , NO BONUS Switch setup: Game price: 1 ¤, BONUS FOR 2,5¤ (2 credits + 1 credit free)
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE SWITCH SETUP FOR OTHERS CURRENCIES SW1: Always OFF SW2: Coin multiplication factor SW2=OFF Chanel: Euro ¤, and rest of Europe Value: SW2=ON Chanel: (USA) Value: SW3: Not used SW4-SW5: Extra Credits (Bonuses) Combinations of these two dip switches are used to program bonuses (free games) according to the scale shown in the table.
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GAELCO - TUNING RACE APPLICATION EXAMPLES Example 1 Switzerland SW1 = SERIAL input. (5 FS via PIN 5) = (Channel 3) SW2 = Input values x1 x2 — x5 SW3 = Not used SW4 = EXTRA credit on the 20th pulse (=20FF)
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