Flipper Bally System 11 Installation Instructions Manual

Flipper Fidelity Williams / Bally "System 11" Speaker Installation

Thank you for purchasing the Flipper Fidelity speaker kit for a Williams/Bally System 11 Pinball machine. Your kit should include the

following:

(1) 5" Speaker

(1) 6" Speaker

(1) 5" speaker spacer

(1) Back box speaker wiring harness

(2) Speaker wiring harness adaptors

(1) Volume Control Assembly

(1) 8" Woofer with crossover attached

(1) Woofer spacer

(4) 1" #8 pan head screws

(2) ½" #6 hex head screws

(4) ½" #8 Phillip's truss head screws

Please make sure all parts are present before starting

your installation.

Tools required for kit installation:



1/4" nut driver.



5/16" nut driver



Medium Phillip's screw driver

Note: Use of a drill driver or powered screwdriver is not recommended. Avoid over‐tightening. The fasteners used by Williams /

Bally, and those included in this kit, need only be tightened enough to hold the component in place and prevent vibration when in

use.

Please allow approximately 30 minutes to install. This kit requires no permanent modification to the machine. You may want to take

photos of your particular machine in the event you wish to accurately restore it to its' original configuration.

Step One – Machine Preparation.

Make sure you have adequate space available to access the front and both sides of the machine. Make sure the machine is turned

off and unplugged from its' power source. To

install this kit you will need to remove the

translite to access the back box speakers, speaker

connections, and to mount the volume control.

Woofer installation requires access to the inside

of the base cabinet. If you are not familiar with

the procedures to access these areas, i.e. removal

of the translite, removal of the playfield glass, and

raising the playfield to the service position; please

refer to the Williams / Bally owners' manual.

Step Two ‐ Back‐box speaker removal.

First, remove the translite. For safety, I would

find a towel to drape across the machine for the

speaker/display panel to rest on. This will protect

both your speaker/display panel and the side rails

from getting scratched. Lay the panel on its front,

spanning across the side rails. See photo.

Carefully examine the existing installation of the

back box speakers. Note the routing of the stock

wiring. The green wire going to one of the

fasteners holding the existing back box speakers is a ground wire which must be re‐attached when the new speakers are installed.

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Page 1 Flipper Fidelity Williams / Bally “System 11” Speaker Installation Instructions Thank you for purchasing the Flipper Fidelity speaker kit for a Williams/Bally System 11 Pinball machine. Your kit should include the following: (1) 5” Speaker (1) 6” Speaker (1) 5” speaker spacer (1) Back box speaker wiring harness (2) Speaker wiring harness adaptors (1) Volume Control Assembly (1) 8” Woofer with crossover attached (1) Woofer spacer (4) 1” #8 pan head screws (2) ½” #6 hex head screws (4) ½” #8 Phillip’s truss head screws Please make sure all parts are present before starting your installation. Tools required for kit installation:  1/4” nut driver.  5/16” nut driver  Medium Phillip’s screw driver Note: Use of a drill driver or powered screwdriver is not recommended. Avoid over‐tightening. The fasteners used by Williams / Bally, and those included in this kit, need only be tightened enough to hold the component in place and prevent vibration when in use. Please allow approximately 30 minutes to install. This kit requires no permanent modification to the machine. You may want to take ...
Page 2 You will need to disconnect the speaker A wiring from two areas: the lower‐right 2‐pin connector (B), located at the speakers, and, a single pin connector (A), located within the wiring in the back box. Keep tabs on this connector as you will be connecting it to the new wiring harness adaptor in a later step. Now, working your way back to the speakers, remove the harness from the various clips and remove the harness from the back box. Step Three – Installation of the right 3” speaker. Using a Phillips head screwdriver, remove both speakers. Place the speakers and their wiring harness aside, as you will no longer need them. Hold on to the screws, as you will need these to install the new speakers. Start with the right speaker, then the left. The four pictures below show the process. Reuse the four original screws to mount the 5” adaptor, then use the four supplied ½” screws to mount the speaker. ...
Page 3 Step Four – Installation of the left 6” speaker. Now install the left speaker. This is a direct fit. Reuse the original screws for this speaker. Keep in mind you need to reattach the ground wires. At this point both speakers should be installed where the originals once were. Route the new wiring through the nylon clips on the speaker panel, and make the connection with point “A” using the 2‐pin adaptor. If you purchased a speaker system with “Volume Control Delete” you are finished with the back box speakers, continue to Step 6. ...
Page 4 Step Five – Installing the volume control. Mounting the Volume Control. Several options exist for mounting the volume control. The volume control is attached to a metal L‐bracket with two small holes on the side. You can mount the volume control using the two ½” #6 screws provided. The screws will fit snugly into the holes and can easily be driven in by hand with a ¼” nut driver. The volume control assembly can be screwed in anywhere on the right side of the back box. Here it’s shown mounted high on the right side, just in front of the metal backplane. The volume control can be mounted anywhere with the addition of the Flipper Fidelity WPC Volume Control Relocation Kit. Shown in the left photo, it is used to relocate the volume control to the base cabinet, making the volume control accessible through the coin door. At right it is shown attached to the coin door. Contact Flipper Fidelity for kit details and pricing. Connecting the volume control. Connect the wiring harness adaptor to the 4‐pin connector on the lower‐right corner of the audio board (A). Connect the one‐pin connector to the existing connector (B). B C A ...
Page 5 Connecting the volume control leads. A The shorter lead from the volume control is connected to the lead coming from the back box speaker wiring harness (B). The longer lead from the volume control is connected to the wiring harness adaptor (C). The volume control and the wiring harness adaptor are C provided with white “z‐clip” adaptors pre‐installed in the proper positions to eliminate the possibility of making a wrong connection. Route the wire through existing clips and coil up any excess length of wire. Re‐install the speaker/display panel and back glass. You are ready to move on to the woofer installation. Step Six – Removal of the base cabinet speaker. Locate the speaker in the base of the cabinet by raising the playfield to the service position. The speaker is held in place with four nuts. Disconnect the two wires, and remove all four nuts and washers to remove the speaker. Place the speaker aside as you no longer will be using this. Keep the nuts as you will need these in the next step. See photos below. ...
Page 6 Step Seven – Installing the woofer. Use the original nuts and washers to attach the spacer to the four studs. See photo. Mount the woofer to the spacer using the four 1” #8 pan head screws. I like to have the x‐over to the left of the speaker as shown. Connect the existing speaker wires to the taps on the new speaker; black/yellow to the positive terminal, and solid black to the negative terminal. There is a low and high positive terminal on the crossover. The “high” is the standard input. It in no way affects the output of the woofer. The “low” reduces the woofer output by about 4db; a minor reduction, but a reduction. This is a way to further tune the sound to your liking. Try the high setting first, then try the low. Leave it where you like it best. Step Eight – Adjust the volume control. This will be done to taste. You will need to find a happy medium between the machines electronic volume and the level control supplied with the kit. I suggest setting the machines volume at about 15, and the level control at its lowest volume. Slowly raise the level control until the woofer and the back‐box speakers sound about even. From here you want to fine tune the two controls until you achieve the amount of bass you desire. Thank you for your purchase. If needed, contact me at: Michael Pupo mpupo@comcast.net 610.223.4082 ...