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Hi Everyone,Just bought a Showtime Spectacular (£8 Jackpot and according to the stickers on the inside of the back door it is a Bell Fruit Machine (is that BFM?)) for my dad's 80th birthday as a money box and to stop him wasting a fortune on scratch cards. It works great and he is already having fun. But I am new to all of this and as I have been reading these threads I realise I haven't a clue what anyone is talking about. Does anyone have an idiot's guide please?
I think I am starting to get some of the lingo, I take it the hoppers are the tubes where the money drops in and the Alpha is the digital display on the front. But that is about it.
I have 3 keys for it, one is to open the back, one to open the front, cash box and the last one goes in the front and turns but doesn't unlock anything. What is this for?
I also wanted to know how you get the money to drop into the money box underneath so that I don't have to keep pulling it out to get to the money at the back. Although, I can't even see how I get it out of the hoppers. Do you have to fill the hoppers to get the money to drop in and if so how much do they take as he doesn't have a lot of cash to fill it up.
So, I guess I am saying:
- does anyone have an idiots guide to fruit machines, terminology, parts etc?
- can anyone tell me how to get the money to drop into the money boxes underneath?
- how do you empty the hoppers?
- Is there a manual for this machine so that I know what' what?
and sorry if I sound like a numpty but we all have to start somewhere.
