How to Adjust a "Donkey Kong" Arcade Screen
Donkey Kong is an arcade game released by Nintendo in July 1981. It features a human character moving and jumping over barrels and other obstacles thrown by the Donkey Kong monkey to rescue a princess at the top of the arcade screen. Adjusting your Donkey Kong arcade screen requires following in the instructions in your arcade's manual and turning the right knobs in the interior of your machine.
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Instructions
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Walk behind your machine. Look at the fastener to your top-left, right below your joystick panel. Unhitch your fastener from its latch and open your front door below your fastener to access your machine's switches.
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Adjust the number of "Jumpmans" (lives), "score level," "coin number" and "machine display type" by hand by finding your "SW1" switch in your machine's interior. The "SW1" switch has eight switches, numbered "1" through "8," starting from the left. The "1" and "2" switches control how many lives are available on the start screen, ranging from three to six. The "3" and "4" switches control how many points are needed to get an extra life, ranging from 7,000 points to 20,000 points. The "5," "6" and "7" switches control how many quarters are needed per game play, ranging from one coin for one play to one coin for four plays, and two coins for one play to five coins for one play. The "8" switch controls whether the display is shown upright or to the side.
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Find the "VR1" and "VR2" white knobs in your machine's interior. They are spaced about 1 inch apart. Turn the "VR1" knob by hand to the right to move your display image down, and turn the "VR2" knob by hand to the right to move your display image to the left.
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Find the "VR1," "VR2," and "VR3" white knobs. They are lined up right next to each other. Turn the "VR1" knob up or down to adjust your machine's sound balance.
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Find five knobs lined up right next to each other on a panel behind the video monitor to your left. Turn the first knob, starting on the left, up or down by hand to adjust the machine's sound volume. Turn the second knob from the left up or down by hand to adjust your machine's brightness.
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Tips & Warnings
There are three different types of original Donkey Kong arcade machines: TKG2-UP, TKG3-UP and TKG4-UP. The instructions for adjusting the screens on each of these machines are the same, because each machine contains identical interior parts used to adjust its screen's settings.
Do not touch the inside of your video monitor's screen while adjusting the screen's settings. The video monitor's screen and its surrounding parts are powered with high tension and can injure you if touched.
