SubDude Audio PINWOOFER User manual

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WARNING: Perform installation with your pinball machine turned off and unplugged from AC power.

PinWoofer JJP KOP Amplifier Installation Instructions

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Amplifier Placement
•Remove the Coin Box and replace it with
the amplifier resting as shown.
•Use only a PinWoofer supplied Amplifier
Mounting Bracket. Aside from being more
secure, it will allow you to transport your
machine with the amplifier installed into
the bracket.
•Alternatively, a high-bond double-sided
tape can be used to secure the amplifier
to the Cabinet Floor, or adhesive hook
and loop pads. In this case, please
remove amplifier before transport.
•Mount the amplifier only within the
machine; DO NOT attempt to mount the
amplifier external to the machine.
•The Aluminum Amplifier Enclosure is
designed to have a small convective
airflow underneath to promote cooling.
•The Amplifier should never run more
than slightly warm to the touch.
1a

Harness Routing
•Unplug the machine from AC Power.
•Open the Coin Door.
•Remove the Playfield Glass.
•Lift the Playfield and prop it up.
•Remove the backglass.
•Feed the Amplifier End of the PinWoofer
Harness down and through the
rectangular hole in the right side of the
backbox, into the cabinet, then route the
remainder down the interior of the
cabinet and through the Coin Door
opening as shown.
•Leave approximately 12in (about a 4in to
5in circular loop) of slack at the position
shown. This will provide enough extra
cabling to allow the backbox to be closed
later without stressing the harness.
•Using a cable tie, anchor the wiring
harness to a wire loom near the right-
hand side of the backbox. Doing so “pins”
the wire harness in the backbox so that
the slack loop will be taken up if the
backbox is lowered to its closed position.
1b
Anchor
Point
Slack

Power Connection
•Unplug the 10-Pin Factory
Connector from J110, if it exists.
•Plug the 10-Pin Factory
Connector into the JJP Power
Board.
•Plug the PinWoofer Harness 2-
Pin Power Connector into the
Power Board.
•Plug the Power Board into J110.
•Connect the ground wire to the
backplane screw location as
shown. The ground wire crimp
loop must make contact to
ground or else the power board
will not function.
•Secure Harness Power Cable
Wiring to nearby Wire Looms
and use Cable Ties to relieve any
cable tension on the Power
Board.
2
J110
Power Connector
JJP Power
Board
Ground
Wire
Ground
Screw

Audio Connection
•Your machine has a ground
loop isolator already installed.
You will re-use it.
•Ensure that the Ground Loop
Isolator is plugged into the
green Motherboard
Headphone Jack:
•This may be a Male-to-Male
TRS Cable Extension, or it
may be an integrated Male
Plug.
•Plug the Harness TRS Plug into
the Ground Loop Isolator.
•Secure Harness Audio Cable
Wiring to nearby Wire Looms
and use Cable Ties to relieve
any cable tension on the
Expander Board.
3
TRS Cable
Extension or
Integrated
Cable with
Male Plug
Green Motherboard
Headphone Jack
Ground
Loop
Isolator Harness
TRS Plug

Connect Backbox
Tweeters
•Install your new tweeters.
•Connect the RED_BLK Tweeter
Wire Pairs on to each of the left
and right Tweeter Connectors as
shown.
•Note that JJP Tweeter / Backbox
Speaker Wire colors may vary
from title to title. Wire Colors
Encountered May be:
•Left - BLK-WHT + BLK
•Right - RED-WHT + BLK.
-or-
•Left - BLK-WHT + BLK
•Right - RED-WHT + RED
4
Existing Backbox
Tweeter Connectors
PinWoofer JJP
Tweeter Pair

Connect Cabinet
Speaker
•Definitions:
SVC – Single Voice Coil
DVC – Dual Voice Coil
•For DVC, do not alter
the factory wires
present on your new
Cabinet Speaker.
•Re-use the RED_BLK
Factory Speaker Wires
already present in the
cabinet.
•Connect them to the
new Speaker Terminals
as follows:
•Connect the RED wire
to “+” Terminal
•Connect the BLK wire
to “-” Terminal
5
+
-
SVC
DVC
Harness
Speaker
Wires +
-

Speaker Connections
•The Machine Speaker Connectors (wires) are routed into the Aluminum Enclosure and to the Factory Sound Board.
•Unplug them now, taking careful note of their assignment (Sub/Left/Right) as denoted on the PCB.
•There are different versions of the JJP Factory Sound Board so the positions of your connectors may vary.
•Plug the PinWoofer Harness Speaker Connectors into the Machine Speaker Connectors as shown.
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J104 Sub
J105 Left J106 Right
Factory
Sound
Board
Machine Speaker Connectors
Sub
Left
Right
PinWoofer
Harness
Speaker
Connectors
Machine
Speaker
Connectors
PinWoofer Harness
Speaker Wires
Machine Speaker Wires

Input TRS Jack
Speaker Output Header
Power Input Jack
Amplifier to Harness
Connections
•Insert the TRS Male Plug on
the amplifier end of the
PinWoofer Harness into
Input TRS Jack.
•Plug the 6-Pin Molex
Connector into the Speaker
Output Header. The
Connector tab locks should
be facing upward.
•Insert the Power Plug into
the Power Input Jack.
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Input TRS Jack
Output TRS Jack
Speaker Output Header
Power Input
Cabinet Bass Cutoff Frequency
Cabinet Bass Volume
Backbox Volume
Backbox Treble
Master Volume
When first powering on your PinWoofer Amplifier, adjust the controls as shown:
•“Bass Vol” set to “6 o’clock”
•All other controls set to “12 o’clock”
LED Power Indicator

•After installation, turn the machine on and follow the below startup procedure:
1. Set the service Menu Volume (using coin door volume buttons) to 25.
2. Set the amplifier dials as shown on the previous page.
3. It is likely that the starting amplifier settings from 2. above may not sound good. Be confident in
rotating the dials to any position that sounds good to you!
4. Further adjust the amplifier controls by starting a game or alternating the volume up/down
buttons. Some titles continue playing or start playing sounds when you enter the VOL menu
during a game.
5. Note that there may be a high voltage lock-out switch (a white pin) on the coin door that needs
to be constantly depressed or pulled out to lock in the on position.
6. Your final adjustments may leave the dials in radically different positions. This is perfectly fine as
long as you have achieved your desired results.
7. As needed, return to the menu to make adjustments to the audio settings. It is often helpful to
change the MIX settings depending on results, and after you have had some experience with
your new PinWoofer sound system.
8. Many titles have suggested initial settings at PinWoofer.com in the blog. Visit our blog at
https://pinwoofer.com/blog/ or search the game title in the upper right-hand corner of the web
page.

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