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  • Page 1 OPERATION MANUAL P a g e...
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  • Page 3 Quick Start Guide A cheat sheet for fast learners  (and customers who don’t like to read user manuals and just DIVE in! Turn Your Machine ON: Uprights: Power Button is located on Top of Machine (upper left or right top of machine) Arcade Pushbutton Table Tops: Power Button is located on back center portion of cabinet Arcade Pushbutton...
  • Page 4 If HyperSpin Ever Gets Stuck and Non-Responsive just Push and HOLD Player 1’s 2 Button + Player 1’s START Button, Then Push Right On Player 1’s Joystick to “Refocus” HyperSpins Main Screen (this sends an ALT+TAB command to the system to switch focused Windows) If this doesn’t work try moving the trackball in a circle and pushing the upper left Trackball Button to “Refocus”...
  • Page 5 Note: Favorites lists are dependent on what system you are in: For Example: Custom Favorites Lists and the Favorites Menu can only be accessed in the actual Game Lists (alphabetical lists) Example: Arcade Classics Separate Favorites List from NES Separate Favorites List from SNES Separate Favorites List from Sega Classics P a g e...
  • Page 6 **** Customers with 4 player panels (or wider 2 player panels) may need to remove the panels to get your machines through standard (34”) doorways. **** MAKE SURE TO HAVE SOMEONE HOLD THE PANEL WHILE YOU REMOVE THE FINAL SCREWS THAT HOLD THE PANEL TO THE MACHINE! CONTROL PANELS ARE FRONT HEAVY AND COULD FALL OFF THE MACHINE IF YOU ARE NOT HOLDING THEM UP!
  • Page 7 MAKE SURE you remove your MAIN VOLUME CONTROL UNDER YOUR CONTROL PANEL! See Next Page... P a g e...
  • Page 8 Main Volume Control The Main Volume Control on all Uprights and Pedestals is located UNDER your control panel box. Look Under you panel and you should see it glowing BLUE when your machine is Turned ON. The Main Volume is controlled by turning the large dial that is lit up blue. AUX Input Jack (for Ipod and other external source to be amplified by the internal speakers in your machine) Headphone Jack (plug in your headphones or other external amplification and...
  • Page 9 First Checks! Make Sure Your Machine is running at the CORRECT Resolution, if it is not your machine will run sluggish and some games will not display or run correctly! System Utilities (Directly Above Arcade Classics) Select “Adjust Display Properties (Select Button is Always Player 1’s START Button) Using Trackball (like a PC Mouse) and your UPPER LEFT Trackball Button (left click on a PC Mouse) “1920 X 1080”...
  • Page 10 Customers with BONUS SPIN UPGRADES (As of 12/01/2015 this page no longer applies, kept for past customers reference) Because this boot screen is hidden (only visible on 32” LED monitor systems) on MEGACADE Systems with 48” monitors. Note: Most Customers with Pedestal Systems and GameBox Systems WILL see the Boot Up Selection Screen.
  • Page 11 Boot Up When You turn the machine on for the first time you will notice a few things as the Dream Machine boots up. For about 20 seconds you will see our operating system logo followed the “Desktop” with our contact info and logo’s. Our colorful Hyperspin intro movie begins...
  • Page 12 Control Panel Layout and Switch Standard 2 Player Control Panel Layout 12 | P a g e...
  • Page 13 AUX Button Asignement Selector Switch This Switch is used for switching the 3 Upper AUX buttons (next to your 4- way joystick) for either: RIGHT: Standard Mouse Buttons (Left, Middle, Right Mouse Click) LEFT: Standard Player 1's Buttons 1, 2, 3. Missile Command When you play a bezeled game like you need to...
  • Page 14 Menu Functions If HyperSpin Ever Gets Stuck and Non-Responsive just Push and HOLD player 1’s 2 Button + Player 1’s Start Button, Then Push Right On Player 1’s Joystick to “Refocus” HyperSpins Main Screen (this sends an ALT+TAB command to the system to switch focused Windows) If this doesn’t work try moving the trackball in a circle and pushing the upper left Trackball Button to “Refocus”...
  • Page 15 Player 1 or Player 2’s 6 button will bring up the Favorites Menu, here you can add the selected game to the favorites list or your own liking and switch the menu to show just your selected (and saved) favorite games. Factory Drive Registration If your system ever comes up with “Windows Authentication Error”...
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  • Page 17 New 6Tb + 500Gb System Kit Install Instructions Install Both Hard Drives in your machine, each needs a SATA data cable and a power supply connection. SATA numbering is not important so any open SATA port on the system board will do, number order does not matter for large or small drive.
  • Page 18 Continued FROM LAST PAGE… Select “Player 1’s Controls” by pressing Player 1’s START Button Set all Functions to your SPECIFIC Control Panel Controls, clear each function listed below and set to your controls (player 1’s START button to clear each highlighted function below: Set Trackball X Analog to your Trackball (left or right) Set Trackball Y Analog to your Trackball (Up or Down) Player 1’s Button 1, 2, and 3 Clearing each and pushing FIRST your player 1’s first button,...
  • Page 19 IMPORTANT To Save Everything as a backup (good idea in case you have a MAME Crash or mess up anything in the future with “INPUT GENERAL” you can save your settings as a “Backup” by immediately going into the Utility Folder above “Arcade Classics”...
  • Page 20 New for 8Tb Customers (Bezel System) Our Latest Systems will have the new Bezel system running with Most Emulation. Normally this Bezel system works great and is enabled by Default. Sometimes with certain Trackball or Light Gun Games (these devices are seen as a PC Mouse) you will want to turn this Bezel OFF to stop possible interference with your screen and aiming or moving the cursor off screen will cause a “Beep”...
  • Page 21 In Game Functions (MAME) On Screen Menu: Hold player 1 start button and push player 1’s joystick right If you mess up an individual setting just select the function you want to switch back (player 1 button 1 for example) and then clear it and press and hold player 1's start button FIRST then push player 2's start button, this will enter "NONE"...
  • Page 22 Input General (User Interface) Factory Settings (Factory Set to the Following) 22 | P a g e...
  • Page 23 Specific Emulators Super Nintendo Emulator You don’t need to credit Super Nintendo games, just push player 1 start or player 2 start To EXIT Super Nintendo: Push and hold player 1 start button and push player 2’s start button, this will bring you back to the main game menu.
  • Page 24 Daphne (laser disc emulator) Daphne is a Laser Disc Emulation System, You MUST wait till the whole game loads (about 10 seconds after selecting a Daphne Game) Then Credit the Game and Play as normal… To Credit Daphne Games: Push the Credit Button or Hold Player 1’s Start Button and then push Player 1’s First Button.
  • Page 25 To Exit Daphne Games: PUSH AND HOLD Player 1’s Start Button, Then Push Player 2’s Start Button (normal Exit function) Our newest game to be requested and added. Back Button (Return to prior screen/menu) = Press and HOLD Player 1’s START button THEN Press Player 2’s START Button.
  • Page 26 Nintendo 64 You don’t need to credit Nintendo 64 games, Nintendo 64 Uses Your Wireless Analog Controllers (if you have them) These games require the wireless analog controllers! To EXIT Nintendo 64 games you must push and hold player 1 start button and push player 2’s start button, this will bring you back to the main game menu.
  • Page 27 House of the Dead 2 and 3 We’ve taken the PC versions and adapted them nicely to our systems. Player 1 can use a light gun or trackball and player 2 must use the joystick. To EXIT Press and HOLD Player 1’s START button THEN Press Player 2’s START Button. Bejeweled 2 A fun game we added because of our wives! They love to play this Tetris like game on their computers at home so we adapted it to play on our systems as well.
  • Page 28 4. This window will then popup: 5. Click on Joy 1 or Joy 2 for DreamCast Controls OR Click on Joy 1 or Joy 2 under “Arcade” for NAOMI controls 28 | P a g e...
  • Page 29 Default Controls are listed below: DreamCast Joy 1 Configuration Dreamcast Joy 2 Configuration NAOMI Joy 1 Configuration NAOMI Joy 2 Configuration 6. You can click on any function and change it but you FIRST MUST HOLD THE BUTTON OR JOYSTICK DIRECTION YOU WITH TO ASSIGN and then click on the TAB to enter the new button/joystick function.
  • Page 30 Your Controls Arcade Panel Controls Wireless Analog Controllers Used For: Used For: All Arcade All Console Sytems up to N64 (not including N64) PlayStation 1 Pinball Emulation PlayStation 2 Everything Else… GameCube PSP (PlayStation Portable) DreamCast Some Games on the Bonus Spin System Note: All Emulation Systems listed above for WIRELESS ANALOG CONTROLLERS WILL NOT...
  • Page 31 Arcade Games On Screen Menu Input General: Used to change all game functions at once – Best to NOT mess with this menu unless you want to change all game functions at once. Input this Machine: (only applies to the game you are currently playing) 1.
  • Page 32 Analog Controls: Menu to change aspects of any Analog Input (Trackball, Spinner, Light Guns, Analog Tron Joystick, etc, NOT BUTTONS or Normal 8-way or 4-way joysticks) Game Information: Displays game info Dip Switch Settings: Change game difficulty, # of lives, etc. - Will be saved when you exit the game.
  • Page 33 Special Controls Steering Wheel and Pedals Because the steering wheel and pedals are a custom control (add on) they need to be manually set up in the Arcade (MAME) emulation. The wheel is a plug and play device but as a rule of thumbshould be hooked up when you turn on your Dream Machine.
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  • Page 35 Steering Wheel and Pedals Continued… 35 | P a g e...
  • Page 36 Tron (Trigger) Joystick (Digital) There isn’t a lot of setup on this control because it is wired directly to the player 1’s joystick and buttons 1, 2, and 3. You can custom assign the buttons to Tron or Discs of Tron by loading up that particular game and bringing up the in game menu (see above for steering wheel) and then selecting player 1 button 1, or player 1 button 2 or player 1 button 3 clearing it (enter button) and then pushing the button on the trigger joystick you want to use.
  • Page 37 Wireless Analog Controllers These are a plug and play controller. Just turn them on, if you have 2 of them one will be the player 1’s controller and one will be player 2’s controller. These controllers can be used with all Playstation, N64, and Gamecube games and set up to work with the MAME (arcade) emulation as well.
  • Page 38 F.A.Q (Frequently Asked Questions) DolphinBar Nintendo Wii Light Bar and Controllers If you purchased the Wii Controllers you will have a special light bar installed on your machine (uprights) or included to mount on your own HDTV. You can mount this sensor bar on the top OR bottom of your screen but make sure you put the selector switch on the Wii light bar in the correct position for your application.
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  • Page 40 Light Gun Setup THESE ARE CALIBRATED FOR UPRIGHT and TABLETOP MACHINES FROM THE SHOP Light Guns will lose their configuration settings from time to time. BEFORE YOU CALIBRATE OR CHECK SETTINGS PLEASE CHECK THE “LIGHT GUN CALIBRATION” UTILITY IN THE UTILITIES FOLDER DIRECTLY ABOVE THE “ARCADE CLASSICS”...
  • Page 41 IF THESE SETTINGS ARE JUST DASHES YOU MUST USE YOUR TRACKBALL AND UPPER LEFT TRACKBALL BUTTON TO SET THEM CORRECTLY AND THEN SELECT “APPLY CHANGES” MAKE SURE YOU CHECK BOTH GUNS (DEVICE 1 PLAYER 1) AND THEN DEVICE 2 FOR PLAYER 2 BY CLICKING ON THE “DEVICE X” ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE SCREEN.
  • Page 42 YOU CAN ALSO CHECK THE GUNS TRACKING BY SELECTING THE “SENSOR VIEW CHECK” TAB AND AIM THE GUN AT THE SCREEN. THE RED SQUARE SHOULD FOLLOW YOUR GUN (BUT OPPOSITE) IF YOU LOOSE THE RED BOX OR THE BOX JUMPS OFF THE SCREEN OR TURNS YELLOW YOU MAY HAVE TO MOVE A BIT AHEAD OR BACK TO GET THE “SWEET SPOT”...
  • Page 43 Light Bar Setup for your HDTV (Pedestals and GameBoxes) 43 | P a g e...
  • Page 44 Calibration (make sure you stand back AT LEAST 4-6 feet from screen) NOT HD VERSION Load up Buck Hunter (main wheel – Any Buck Hunter 1-4 will work, • Hold the Right Red Thumb Button (front right side of Larger Guns or Hammer for Smaller Guns on the back of the gun) for 5 seconds (see image on next page for aiming points) •...
  • Page 45 Customers with Pedestals (HDTV or PROJECTOR Setup) Plug the LED strip into an available USB port (if you have one on your HDTV) or use our included USB Power Adapter and place it centered above your monitor. For best results, the strip should be centered left‐to‐right and as close to the of the picture screen as possible.
  • Page 46 Simple steps to EASY Light Gun Calibration **** Only Pedestal and GameBox Customs will need to calibrate their guns. All UPRIGHT Machines come with guns ALREADY CALIBRATED **** Make sure you stand back about 5‐6 feet from a 50" HDTV, a bit less for smaller and a bit more for larger HDTV's Make sure your light bar is in the center of your HDTV (top if preferred) and aimed so it's at eye level or slightly LOWER.
  • Page 47 Light Guns Continued…. 1) Launch any Arcade Classics Game or Gun Games Menu Game 2) Push and Hold Player 1 START and push player 1’s joystick to the RIGHT to bring up the MAME Config Menu 3) Use the Up/Down on player 1’s joystick to move the selection, and press the Enter key (Player 1’s START Button) to select Input (general) If you want to set ALL Gun Games (first recommended) Select “Input This Machine”...
  • Page 48 8) Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the Lightgun Y Analog input, using a VERTICAL movement instead of horizontal. 9) If you have two AimTrak Light Guns installed, repeat steps 4 through 9 above with your second Light Gun, selecting Player 2 Controls instead in step 4. 10) Move the menu up to P1 Button 1.
  • Page 49 Showing/Hiding Crosshairs MAME can display an aiming crosshair for each lightgun, even if a game did not originally have one. It is personal preference whether you leave them on or turn them off. To change the crosshair setting in MAME: 1) Press the Tab key (default key) to bring up the MAME Config Menu 2) Use the Up/Down arrows (or joystick) to move the selection, and press the Enter key (default key) to select Crosshair Options.
  • Page 50 Player 1’s Gun Buttons and AXIS Set Correctly 50 | P a g e...
  • Page 51 Player 2’s Gun Buttons and AXIS Set Correctly 51 | P a g e...
  • Page 52 HDTV Screen RESIZING (If you get Top/Bottom Cut Off on Games) 1. System Utilities (Directly Above Arcade Classics on the Main Wheel) 2. Select "Adjust Screen Size" (with your Trackball and Upper Left AUX Button - Selector Switch in Right Position) 3.
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  • Page 54 House of the Dead 1 2 and 3 (2 Player Game Instructions) There are 3 different PC (2 player gun support hacked) on our machines. House of the Dead 1: (To Start a 2 Player Game) When you first start this game it may hang with just the loading black window stuck. Using your Trackball, move the cursor around till you see the mouse cursor Over your Black Window.
  • Page 55 House of the Dead 3: (To Start A 2 Player Game) First: Wait till the "Press Start Button" screen comes up. Press Player 1's START Button Second: When you see the Zombie Head Mouse Cursor come up on the screen, stand back and aim the 2ND PLAYER's LIGHT GUN at the Screen (doesn't seem to matter where) and PULL THE TRIGGER on the 2nd PLAYER's LIGHT GUN.
  • Page 56 DDR Energy Dance Pad Input Setup To Setup your Input Functions (see attached), just select "Step Mania" on the Main Wheel and once the program is loaded select "Options" with your trackball and upper left trackball button (left click on a PC mouse) 1.
  • Page 57 F.A.Q (Frequently Asked Questions Continued…)  Joysticks: You will need to pull up and twist these to make them work the way they should. If you pull up and twist you will feel the cam engage and then lock (only 1/8th of a turn) if the handle keeps spinning and nothing stops it you're not engaged.
  • Page 58 F.A.Q. QUESTIONS CONTINUED… Enable 4 Player Mode (Arcade Classics and other MAME systems) Most Games if they are set on 2 Player Mode, you can easily change to 4 Player Mode just by selective "Dip Switches" in the In-Game Menu and then selecting "Cabinet Mode" or "# of Players", change from 2 to 4 and then Reset the Game (Hold Player 1's Joystick LEFT and then push Player 1's START button (soft reset)) If the game did not have dip switches (small switches on the original board set) you can get into the...
  • Page 59 2. American Laser Disc Games can be played with both the Trackball and upper trackball buttons or Player 1's light gun. We've update the cfg files to allow both now but your system may only be setup to allow trackball play... Credit button is mapped to the 7th button on Player 1. We've recently also mapped it to your normal credit button or combination (player 1's start + player 1's first button) Config files attached...
  • Page 60 F.A.Q. QUESTIONS CONTINUED… 10. Yars Revenge Seems to work fine on our test bench here... You can use your trackball and upper left trackball button to navigate and player 1's start button is the "start button" Exit by going over to the far right and selecting "Exit" from the menu system. PC GAME 11.
  • Page 61 F.A.Q. QUESTIONS CONTINUED… 1. Nintendo Ds Loaded several Games, all seem to load fine and work using the Trackball (and upper left Trackball Button) to write on the lower screen, normal buttons used for D-Pad and Buttons 2. Nintendo 64 Any errors are due to the game not extracting in time to load.
  • Page 62 F.A.Q. QUESTIONS CONTINUED… 11. Jaguar Most Games Work Fine, please report specific titles that do not load/work... 12. Jaguar CD This system is still in its infancy... improvements in emulation of this system will improve over time... 13. Coleco Vision Most games tested worked fine... Remember you can easily config all controls with this system by bringing up the In Game Menu (player 1's Start + Player 1 Joystick RIGHT) and select "Input This System"...
  • Page 63 F.A.Q. QUESTIONS CONTINUED… 26. Toggle Switch, Center Position is OFF, does nothing... Leave this switch in the LEFT position normally, if you need mouse click functions flip it all the way to the RIGHT. 27. The 4-way and 8-way joysticks are physically wired the same, either works anytime, newer games will work best with diagonals (8-way) and classics like Pac-Man, Frogger, Dig Dug, Donkey Kong, etc will work best with the upper 4-way joystick (no diagonals) 28.
  • Page 64 34. For Jump Man you need to invert the controls in the "INPUT" menu: "Control Port 1" should be set to "Joystick - Key Set 2" "Control Port 2" should be set to "Joystick - Key Set 1" Highlight the top "Control Port 1" and then press Enter, this will SWAP the ports and Jump Man can then run and jump and climb with Player 1's normal Joystick and 1st Button.
  • Page 65 Save and Load States Save States and Load States allow different emulation systems to save and load your progress. You can set them up in the various systems, see examples below. NOTE: Some Systems require a Wireless Keyboard (USB) to be hooked up (front USB or on Main System Board) DreamCast: NullDC (emulation system for DreamCast) does not support Save/Load States but it will save your progress as the original games did (on virtual memory cards already programmed...
  • Page 66 MAME DEFAULT INPUTS PLAYER 1 PLAYER 2 PLAYER 3 PLAYER 4 DOWN DOWN LEFT LEFT RIGHT RIGHT BUTTON 1 CTRL RCTRL BUTTON 2 LALT RSHIFT BUTTON 3 SPACE ENTER BUTTON 4 LSHIFT BUTTON 5 BUTTON 6 BUTTON 7 PLAYER START PLAYER COIN BUTTON 5 (1 LCTL) 6 (2A)
  • Page 67 CUSTOM RGB TRACKBALL LIGHT CONTROLLER 67 | P a g e...
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  • Page 69 Performing a USB Device Reset Windows 7 and later cache information about all USB devices which is not refreshed when the device is unplugged/reconnected. This can cause issues with devices appearing not to work. This process is always required when firmware is changed from versions which support game controller device, to versions without game controller support or vice-versa.
  • Page 70 Machine Dimensions Classic and Stealth Uprights (32” LED Monitor) 2 Player Single Piece Upright: 30.5”W X 34”D X 72”H Weight: 215 lbs. 2 Player Two Piece (36”W Panel) Upright: 36”W X 38”D X 72”H Weight: 230 lbs. 4 Player (48”W Panel) Upright: 48”W X 38”D X 72”H Weight: 245 lbs.
  • Page 71 Shut Down To shut the machine down properly you should exit the game you’re in and return to the main menu. Then push the BLACK shutdown button located on the Top Left of the machine or the back of your machine (pedestal cabinets, Table Top cabinets) 71 | P a g e...
  • Page 72 Wireless Controllers Installation Instructions If you purchased a pair of wireless controllers and transmitter from us after you received your machine you will need to make sure the drivers are properly loaded for your controllers to sync up. Here are some quick checks for your Transmitter: Does the transmitter light up green and then stay flashing for at least 20 seconds once the sync button is pressed on the transmitter? If YES, then Sync Up Your Controllers (skip to step #9 below) 1a.
  • Page 73 If there is an "Unknown Device" 1. Click on the Unknown Device Icon, Select the Unknown Device 2. Select "Update Driver" 3. Select "Browse My Computer for Driver Software" 73 | P a g e...
  • Page 74 4. Select "let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer 5. Select “Microsoft Common Controller for Windows Class” 74 | P a g e...
  • Page 75 6. Select “Xbox 360 Controller For Windows Version 6.1.7600…. 7. Click “Yes” When prompted to install driver in spite of Microsoft’s Warning… 8. Success, your drivers are loaded, close all windows to return to HyperSpin 75 | P a g e...
  • Page 76 9. Sync Up Your Controllers: Push Sync Button on Transmitter (inside your machine) this will cause the Green LED to Flash While this light is flashing you must push the “Sync” button on the actual controller. It should “Sync” up as Controller # 1 If the controller does not “Sync”...
  • Page 77 System Board and Connections: (Machines produced after 01/01/2016) Main On/Off Power Connection (see red arrow) Header: JFP1 77 | P a g e...
  • Page 78 (Plug on two pins closest to one that is missing) System Board Before 01/01/2016 78 | P a g e...
  • Page 79 System Board and Connections (Machines produced after 4/6/2016) 79 | P a g e...
  • Page 80 Replacement System Install Instructions: 1. Remove Power supply on left side of machine, 4 screws and cut the cable ties that hold wires in place. New PC has this power supply built in and to make space to fit this case inside your machine the original supply has to come out.
  • Page 81 To Reset BIOS Settings to Correct Settings (in case of dead CMOS battery) 1. Plug in Keyboard to any open USB port on your machine, look in the back of your machine, you will see an open USB Port on your system board. If there is no open port to plug your keyboard into just unplug one of the black USB connections and temporarily plug your Keyboard in.
  • Page 82 Questions??? Call us anytime 7am to 4pm CST (also limited availability on M,W,F 8:30pm to 10pm) 715-212-8063 DREAM HOME ARCADES 1121 SCHOOL ROAD MOSINEE, WI 54455 82 | P a g e...
  • Page 83 Warranty Policy The Purpose of Warranty Warranty assures the purchaser that should a defect in material or workmanship occur during the warranty period (1 Year), (Dream Home Arcades LLC) will assume specific repair responsibilities, as listed in the warranty statement. The warranty statement is to be provided to each purchaser of each piece of new (custom) equipment.
  • Page 84 Limited Warranty Statement (Dream Home Arcades LLC) warrants each new custom product to be free from defects in material and workmanship. This warranty is applicable only for the normal service life expectancy of the product or components, not to exceed 12 consecutive month’s from the date of delivery or the date of the first use of the new custom product to the original purchaser.
  • Page 85 Return Policy Dream Home Arcades LLC does NOT accept any returns of any custom made products unless agreed upon by both Dream Home Arcades LLC and the buyer of our custom products. Because Dream Home Arcades LLC builds every machine to our customers’ requests we cannot accept any returns unless an agreed upon cost has been determined prior to the custom product being returned for modification/repair.
  • Page 86 REFUND POLICY Dream Home Arcades requires a minimum of $500 down on each custom machine we build. Once a machine is started (around 4 weeks after order is placed) this $500 down payment is REFUNDABLE. We will do our best to find a comprimise or delay the building of the machine until the customer is able to pay the remaining balance due (when machine is normally finished) If the customer pays MORE than the $500 down the amount paid over this $500...

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