Silent Scope 2

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My search-fu sucks today.
Does anyone have an electronic copy of the manual for Silent Scope 2 (or even 1, they can't be TOO different)?

I picked one up today and I'd like to find out what the cryptic alphanumeric messages on the PCB are trying to tell me so I can have it working in time for my game night on Friday.


Can anyone help me?

Thanks!
 
My search-fu sucks today.
Does anyone have an electronic copy of the manual for Silent Scope 2 (or even 1, they can't be TOO different)?

I picked one up today and I'd like to find out what the cryptic alphanumeric messages on the PCB are trying to tell me so I can have it working in time for my game night on Friday.


Can anyone help me?

Thanks!

All I could find was this...

http://arcarc.xmission.com/PDF_Arcade_Manuals_and_Schematics/Silent_Scope_EX_Kit_(400875_GEA13).pdf
 
Unfortunately they changed the hardware platform for EX.

Things may be looking up though, it seems it just takes a shitload of time to boot and do self tests. Monitor seems to be dying/dead (hissing, blank), but the scope came up and I was able to play the game half blind.

Still looking for a manual though, I emailed Betson today and they said they didn't have the manual in electronic format, but the guy scanned the calibration instructions for me at least (That's what I asked for originally, before I got the cab)
 
Unfortunately they changed the hardware platform for EX.

Things may be looking up though, it seems it just takes a shitload of time to boot and do self tests. Monitor seems to be dying/dead (hissing, blank), but the scope came up and I was able to play the game half blind.

Still looking for a manual though, I emailed Betson today and they said they didn't have the manual in electronic format, but the guy scanned the calibration instructions for me at least (That's what I asked for originally, before I got the cab)

There are just too many crap hits on console games...
 
My search-fu sucks today.
Does anyone have an electronic copy of the manual for Silent Scope 2 (or even 1, they can't be TOO different)?

I picked one up today and I'd like to find out what the cryptic alphanumeric messages on the PCB are trying to tell me so I can have it working in time for my game night on Friday.


Can anyone help me?

Thanks!

not the best quality scan, but i have it if you want it. pdf about 2 megs. pm me your email, and i'll send it to you
 
I don't know if changing to standard is possible. The only thing the manual says about dip switches is 'Do not change the DIP switch setting of this product to other then factory setting' There is not descriotions of any dip switches.
 
I saw this over at System16 :
Notes : Can be run at either 15 kHz (low res) or 24 kHz (medium res). Looks very blocky in low res but means it is backwards compatible with older cabinets, but to get the best out of the system it really needs a medium res monitor as the detail is very impressive.
I read it on the internet so it must be true:)

PM sent for crappy manual scan!




EDIT
Then I saw this below it :(
Silent Scope Notes : Uses 2 graphics boards instead of the one, the master board handles the main screen of the game at medium res, the slave graphics board runs at low res and outputs to the gun scope.
So it looks like the res changing doesn't apply to Silent Scope
/EDIT
 
when my scope was dead it turned out to be a dead video board. on the bright side i got a set of silent scope 2 boards off of ebay as "untested" i did some board swaping and finally got mine to work. then i did some eprom swaping and i got silent scope 2 to work. so now i can play silent scope 1 or 2 with just a rom swap. its not that easy to do though.
 
Sweet!
It seems everything else is working great other than the main monitor.
I can play 1/2 blind looking through the scope and sniping people, but it's just not the same :)
 
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