Donkey Kong Sound issue

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My speaker is way too high and I could even feel vibration boom boom boom when DK jumps and bang bang on the cosntruction levels and begins the game.. but i cant hear the background sound or anything.

I felt that there is something missing. Is there any audio pot that i could adjust somewhere else than sanyo ez sound board?

any 2 cent would be appreciated

tahnks in advance.
 
http://www.mikesarcade.com/arcade/repairs/dkong.html

That linked page has a couple of sound issues and what it took to fix them. Problem could be in a couple of different places. Try to determine which sounds exactly are missing by playing the game in MAME and then playing your machine. That will help narrow down what the problem is.

And to turn the volume down, that pot is located on the sound board that usually sits beside the Sanyo monitor.
 
Do the 2-board sets have a 2nd audio pot? On my 4-board set, it has a separate pot on the audio board layer of the PCB that adjusts analog (or is it digital?) sounds, separate from the one on the monitor board.
 
The DK boardsets (both 2 and 4 board sets) have a pot on them that adjusts the balance of the digital sounds. If that pot is dialed back you will only hear the jump, walk, and stomp sounds (i.e. the ananlog sounds). If you turn it up the digital sounds (music, other sound effects) will come in.
 
I'm also looking for the sound controls on the Dk board

I can't find the sound pots on the Dk board. (2 board) anyone know where it is and what they look like? Not the main sound on the monitor controls.
Thanks in advance
 
yeah that s what im looking for ! LOL.. JAM BUGLARY .. can you circle in red of board where we should find the audio pot on the gameboard?

thanks in advance.

I can't find the sound pots on the Dk board. (2 board) anyone know where it is and what they look like? Not the main sound on the monitor controls.
Thanks in advance
 
http://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-videogames/D/dkong1.pdf

it's in the manual dude. Page 7
Right image, top middle.

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Here's where you adjust the sound balance on the 2-board set
 

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