Yea, I 3d print noise makers for my nieces and nephews, and their parents can't take them away because the kids will yell that "uncle phrea made them himself !" :P
Your mix of comedy, music and fixing stupid things is unique on TH-cam. A very underrated channel. You deserve more subscribers! Keep on going your excellent work... and btw, I need that shirt!!! 😄
Afaik it's better to current limit the power supply to something quite low (like 20mA) when testing LEDs, the actual voltage they need depends on the colour and other things. So if it's current limited you cannot kill them by setting a too high voltage.... You could then just set the voltage to 4 or something and the power supply should "tell" you what they actually need. :) 1V is too low in any case, probably 3-ish.
That is so ironic! I "untested" one of those when I acciently dropped one on concrete a couple of years ago.. Now I'm wondering if "thats" the same one? Will blunders never cease. Thank you for the vide0
Check the leg length of the LED (if it has not been cut...) The longer leg is the positive side (anode). Sometimes the LED's have an indent or a flat side this is the cathode (negative).. you can also see what is the negative and positive side by looking at the LED itself. (If it has been cut and has no indent or flat side....) It usually has a large and a small metal part inside the "bulb"... The larger part is the cathode (Negative). LED's work like diodes (hence they always have about the same symbol in electrical schematics an LED has 2 arrows extra to show it's emitting light) that send most electrical signals just in 1 direction... so swapping polarity does not harm them. The leg length is not always a true answer... because of how they are made in cheap factories though.
I can imagine a child getting this as a Christmas present, ten minutes later it mysteriously disappears. Parent with a guilty looking facial expression looks on in wonder in front of the child. The sound would try the patience of a Saint. Love your videos and humour Steve. Thanks for the videos.
Untested? Gotta love those eBay listings. I once fell out of a tree when I was a kid, my arm ended up facing the wrong direction and wobbling quite a bit, I went to the hospital and the doctor told me it was 'untested' before putting it in plaster 🙂
Steve you could probably get away with putting any old NPN/PNP transistors (2TY's are PNP transistors) into 7 segment display as they're only really used to multiplex the display by turning that portion of the display on. As a side note if you ever encounter dead segments it'll more likely be either an issue with the display itself or the input for that particular segment.
Ever since we lost Clarkson, Hammond and May, Sundays were never the same. Now we’ve Stezstix and Matt Armstrong, my weekends are complete again. Many thanks for your content, it’s mega 😁👍
@@stuartofblyth the wonderful and very diverse world of You Tube 😁, for me, cars and auto electrics I love, hence the two channels collide and keep me happy on a Sunday 😂👍 Maybe one day I may try some micro soldering
I remember the full size game of this as a teenager, but it was named Whac-A-Mole. Taking this handheld one will be an interesting fix. Your friend, Jeff.
do you know your multimeter have diode mode and you can test a LED (light-emitting DIODE)? Not all multimeter have the same power. you can check too the voltage drop
@ 7:15 - the larger, "cup shaped" electrode inside the LED lense is the negative terminal: it's bigger to act as a small heat sink and mounting for the LED device. Usually, the plastic lense also has a flat face to show this.
awesome yo u finally DID right thing replace all 3 2ty they were going to failure later on it good thing get rid of old one put new one on it it will last long time
You for got to see if it went to 100. I'm sure it did tho. We realy love watching yout chanel here in portland oregon. If I make it back to the uk any time soon I would like to have a pint in your pub.
Good Evening Dave, Good Evening voice over Steve. And good evening Steve. Please can you let me know what your video cameras and microphones are. Many thanks Martin. Love the videos. Dave is awesome alway makes the video. Many thanks Martin
On new LED's the longer leg is the positive, the shorter one the negative, if the legs have been trimmed you can look through the LED, the side with the big horizontal part is negative, I always think of it as a minus when looking at it!
brilliant video .. ! ive been watching these for so long ive decided to get myself some kit and give my xbox one s hdmi a go and maybe start doing some repairs myself see how i go .. does anyone have any ideas on some must have accessories for starting out would be a great help thanks .... Jack
Steve, what's the song being played during the repair fast-forwardy bits with the vocoder voice? May I suggest in the future you put this kind of info in the description field? Would be much appreciated :)
BTW Steve: Your multimeter wasn't able to show you the voltage when testing the voltage because multimeters are kinda slow with all of their autoranging functionality. There is a way to keep it in a certain range so it better indicates the voltage, but most people probably don't even know it exists. Also, non-professional grade voltmeters might not have the sampling rate to properly display quickly changing voltages.
Usually those kind of LEDs have a lighting-up threshold at around 1.8V to 2.2V, depending on the colour. A quick and easy way of testing them, is to use a common coin cell battery, like a CR2016, CR2025, or CR2032. Because since those coin cells aren't able to put out enough amps to fry them, you can just use them directly without putting any limiting resistor in between. Another thing is that, since LEDs really are diodes, you can also test them using the diode-tester in your multimeter, or one of those Arduino based component tester thingies.
I can see why they say untested , u know how expensive 3 aa batteries are lol😊 Another great video steve, did u say how much u paid for it, I hope not alot
the anxiety of every parent who had kids playing games like this doubles throughout the video... due to the sounds... "please put in a coin".... """EEEEEEEE" screaming
I think its hilarious that you spend so much time fixing something so irritating. Thats like waking up a newborn baby at 2am because you want to hear screams.
That looks like the perfect gift to buy for someone else's kids.
Nieces and nephews are the ones to buy this for.
Yes, i always buy gifts that make lots of noice. Like police cars en firetrucks 😂
Be aware of getting something back that's double that bad at least, if you should have kids 😂
Just like those kids karaoke machines, LOL
Yea, I 3d print noise makers for my nieces and nephews, and their parents can't take them away because the kids will yell that "uncle phrea made them himself !" :P
I think this is the first product I've seen you work on where a 30 second short of you throwing it in the trash would have been an acceptable fix 😂
😂 trust me, I was tempted!
"Shorts on the highway" -Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man
No, big hammer job.
Bin it pleasssse
@@chrislee7817 That's what she said.
Little does Steve know, the 'S' on the power switch is for 'silent' mode! 😂😂😂😂😂
Your mix of comedy, music and fixing stupid things is unique on TH-cam. A very underrated channel. You deserve more subscribers! Keep on going your excellent work... and btw, I need that shirt!!! 😄
Pac-Man death noise, Capcom arcade coin confirmation? I'm loving this little annoying machine.
Ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ tells me they didn't get permission for either.
I am retired and I watch a lot of fixers on youtube. You are my favorite to watch followed by My Mate Vince, in a close second. Keep it up.
Another good channel is Buy it Fix it
PLEASE PUT IN A COIN!!! PUH-LEEEEEAZ-UH! Mister.
😂😂 it's still giving me nightmares.
😂😂😂
It seems that the previous owner didn't like that sound aswell and broke off the lever in the coin detector. That's why it didn't recognize the coin.
This video's tear apart song is an absolute banger. Nice.
Your battery skills are amazing
The comment section is gonna freaking loose it about "properly" testing LED's... 😂. Education the hard way. Great video Steve👍
I can't wait! That's why I do it 😂
What is the correct way? I've seen some use diode mode on a multimeter.
Afaik it's better to current limit the power supply to something quite low (like 20mA) when testing LEDs, the actual voltage they need depends on the colour and other things. So if it's current limited you cannot kill them by setting a too high voltage.... You could then just set the voltage to 4 or something and the power supply should "tell" you what they actually need. :) 1V is too low in any case, probably 3-ish.
That makes sense! Thank you 😊
yes the forward voltage of LEDs is between 1.8 and 2.3 or about
PLEASE PUT IN THE COIN!!
Why? - The question nobody asks, LOL. Why do I need to put in the coin?🪙
It is considered cheating not to use the hammer. My little nephew outraged!! 😂
???
That is so ironic! I "untested" one of those when I acciently dropped one on concrete a couple of years ago.. Now I'm wondering if "thats" the same one? Will blunders never cease. Thank you for the vide0
Check the leg length of the LED (if it has not been cut...) The longer leg is the positive side (anode). Sometimes the LED's have an indent or a flat side this is the cathode (negative).. you can also see what is the negative and positive side by looking at the LED itself. (If it has been cut and has no indent or flat side....) It usually has a large and a small metal part inside the "bulb"... The larger part is the cathode (Negative). LED's work like diodes (hence they always have about the same symbol in electrical schematics an LED has 2 arrows extra to show it's emitting light) that send most electrical signals just in 1 direction... so swapping polarity does not harm them. The leg length is not always a true answer... because of how they are made in cheap factories though.
I can imagine a child getting this as a Christmas present, ten minutes later it mysteriously disappears. Parent with a guilty looking facial expression looks on in wonder in front of the child. The sound would try the patience of a Saint. Love your videos and humour Steve. Thanks for the videos.
This is the kind of gift you give a child if you hate their parents.
Untested? Gotta love those eBay listings. I once fell out of a tree when I was a kid, my arm ended up facing the wrong direction and wobbling quite a bit, I went to the hospital and the doctor told me it was 'untested' before putting it in plaster 🙂
Repairing games like these should be considered a crime against humanity.
Pretty sure it's not allowed by the Geneva suggestions.
Yes! I would go " office space" on that thing!
22:39 they used the sound from Street Fighter menu
Fantastic job
Steve you could probably get away with putting any old NPN/PNP transistors (2TY's are PNP transistors) into 7 segment display as they're only really used to multiplex the display by turning that portion of the display on. As a side note if you ever encounter dead segments it'll more likely be either an issue with the display itself or the input for that particular segment.
You're the doppelganger of Howard from TV Series, Only Murders in the building. Can't unsee it
I think the addition of a speaker off/on switch would be a great addition to that little game!
23:22 is the Pac-Man death sound 😆
Oh yeah! Didn't realise that at the time 😅
I'm pretty sure the meow sound was the cat from Chrono Trigger. Probably all the sounds were sampled from other games.
@@ssjd2 "sampled" is a nice description
Street fighter 2 coin insert sfx too😂
This man just put £100 of labour into a £4 plastic heap of junk toy to fix it AND IM HERE FOR IT 😅🎉❤
Ever since we lost Clarkson, Hammond and May, Sundays were never the same.
Now we’ve Stezstix and Matt Armstrong, my weekends are complete again.
Many thanks for your content, it’s mega 😁👍
Matt Armstrong, eh? Never heard of him. Off I go ...
@@stuartofblyth the wonderful and very diverse world of You Tube 😁, for me, cars and auto electrics I love, hence the two channels collide and keep me happy on a Sunday 😂👍
Maybe one day I may try some micro soldering
I’ve gone off Armstrong. I can’t put my finger on it but he ain’t the same.
Hey Steve if you look you can see a crack in the transistor after the y. That seems to be a common thing
Love the tunes you choose during the work fixing another belter on this one 😎🙌🏻🙌🏻😊👍🏻 keep up the great content Steveo 😎🙏🏻
Hi 👋 Steve. I’d like to know how best to get into fixing stuff?? I’ve fix some stuff. But I’d like to get into it for not much money 💴🖖✌️🤙🤟🇬🇧🏴
I remember the full size game of this as a teenager, but it was named Whac-A-Mole. Taking this handheld one will be an interesting fix. Your friend, Jeff.
Brilliant fix and great fix on the display well done Steve 😊
Really good fix this, thanks stez
Sundays are less Sundays with the Steve's Sunday video. Nice! Greetings From Albacete (Spain)
Cool video. I love a good restoration.
do you know your multimeter have diode mode and you can test a LED (light-emitting DIODE)? Not all multimeter have the same power. you can check too the voltage drop
Thank you for saving this from landfill.
Said noone ever 😂
@ 7:15 - the larger, "cup shaped" electrode inside the LED lense is the negative terminal: it's bigger to act as a small heat sink and mounting for the LED device. Usually, the plastic lense also has a flat face to show this.
You mean anvil and cathode.
Nice .. you bloody smashed it 🔨. Beautiful game
awesome yo u finally DID right thing replace all 3 2ty they were going to failure later on it good thing get rid of old one put new one on it it will last long time
You for got to see if it went to 100. I'm sure it did tho. We realy love watching yout chanel here in portland oregon. If I make it back to the uk any time soon I would like to have a pint in your pub.
I love your style Steve. Keep up the good work.
Brilliant, great original content. Thank you.
Good Evening Dave, Good Evening voice over Steve. And good evening Steve. Please can you let me know what your video cameras and microphones are. Many thanks Martin. Love the videos. Dave is awesome alway makes the video.
Many thanks Martin
Sorry. Iv just found the info in the Description. 😂
The timing of "Please put in a coin" at the end was just gold.
Great work done by dear steave
Use a piece of blue tac to hold your components while soldering or tinning
😂Have been watching for a month or so I guess, love the channel 👍🏻
On new LED's the longer leg is the positive, the shorter one the negative, if the legs have been trimmed you can look through the LED, the side with the big horizontal part is negative, I always think of it as a minus when looking at it!
brilliant video .. ! ive been watching these for so long ive decided to get myself some kit and give my xbox one s hdmi a go and maybe start doing some repairs myself see how i go .. does anyone have any ideas on some must have accessories for starting out would be a great help thanks .... Jack
“Please put in the coin”
Shut up!
“WEEEOOOO”
😂
2:26
Hilarious episode 😂.. From Gold Coast,,,, Australia
My kids use this bash a mole. Bought from a charity shop last year.
My condolences.
LMFAO!! This one was GREAT!!! You ARE THE BEST!!! :D
Comedy and electronics.... PURE LOVE!!
Steve, what's the song being played during the repair fast-forwardy bits with the vocoder voice? May I suggest in the future you put this kind of info in the description field? Would be much appreciated :)
Hi Steve..... I'm just wondering what sort of DAW you're using to do your rap songs at the start of your show? Love your shows. Thanks.
Nice shirt!!!!
The music and the outro were excellent.
How about a revisit and look at the coin mech? It would not prompt it and have a switch setting for it if it was not meant to work!
It originally comes with its own coins that easily fall through the chute. A £1 coin is probably too big.
22:39 when you put in a coin it makes that sound from street fighter 2
Why the bench supply? You can light them up with continuity mode on your multimeter.
7:16 What was that in the left bottom corner?
Diodes have a flat side on the plastic covering which is the negative. Also the bigger metal part will always be the negative.
I would wire a switch in the speaker wire so you have the ability to stay sane
With low light in the room you can test a Led in diode mode with your multimeter it will light up ^^
Reggae mon. Lol Steve i love your songs.
So funny and genius all in one
great fix, had a laugh, thank you
Nice trick in identifying faulty transistor
BTW Steve: Your multimeter wasn't able to show you the voltage when testing the voltage because multimeters are kinda slow with all of their autoranging functionality. There is a way to keep it in a certain range so it better indicates the voltage, but most people probably don't even know it exists. Also, non-professional grade voltmeters might not have the sampling rate to properly display quickly changing voltages.
it's remind me of the LED watch that you've repair long time ago...
🤗
Stolen sound effects from Capcom and Pac-Man. Totally worth it.
The power switch looks to be 3 position. does the S mean silent or super loud? Inquiring minds want to know,
Stupid wrong Patreon handle... (don't worry, twas my fault and I've gone and fixed it myself).
Nice work on the Bash-A-Mole! :3
Spotted you've changed it! 👍
Steve: Stupid game
Game: Plase put in a coin!
hahahahaha! that was so hilarious XD
Usually those kind of LEDs have a lighting-up threshold at around 1.8V to 2.2V, depending on the colour. A quick and easy way of testing them, is to use a common coin cell battery, like a CR2016, CR2025, or CR2032. Because since those coin cells aren't able to put out enough amps to fry them, you can just use them directly without putting any limiting resistor in between. Another thing is that, since LEDs really are diodes, you can also test them using the diode-tester in your multimeter, or one of those Arduino based component tester thingies.
White/blue ones have a higher threshold than 2.2V.
@@Okurka. Thanks👍
- Point being that 1V is just never going to cut it.
That coin credit sound, is either the same or very similar to Capcom's Street Fighter 2.
Great video, with mole problems.
Lol, I love the blurcam ;-)
Great video keep it up
My god that speaker. Sod the transistors. The first thing I would have swapped out for something more reliable would have been the hammer. 💥🔨
Wow. Cwn you unmake tthis toy, or permanently disconnect the speaker?
I can see why they say untested , u know how expensive 3 aa batteries are lol😊
Another great video steve, did u say how much u paid for it, I hope not alot
At the very end there, I thought you were gonna smash it after fixing it because it wouldn't stop asking for a coin 🤣🤣🤣
the anxiety of every parent who had kids playing games like this doubles throughout the video... due to the sounds... "please put in a coin".... """EEEEEEEE" screaming
22:38 I love how they just stole the insert coin sound from Street Fighter 2 lol.
Was literally about to type this same comment. 100% sfii
Any interest in fixing a sigma canon ef lens? Ribbon cable inside has separated. Seems no one has fixed it before.
Steve, For the love of all that’s holy, PLEASE PUT IN A F**KING COIN!!! Ahhhh, I feel much better. Another great video 😁
... am I hallucinating things, or is one of the sounds the cat from Chrono Trigger? And is that the Street Fighter 2 coin sound????
"Please choose! Steve 1! Steve 2!"
I cant unhear it.
I was waiting for you to pick up a large hammer at the end and remove it from existence. 🤣
Homer should have loaned you his toaster fixing hammer for this one… ‘easy..easy…’😂
Also… ‘MOLE! Moley moley moley! ‘
Looking forward to your Christmas songs!
I think its hilarious that you spend so much time fixing something so irritating. Thats like waking up a newborn baby at 2am because you want to hear screams.
I would've unsoldered the speaker as soon as I got it open
The transistors on the LCD probably do horizontal and vertical
I'm so glad to see another great fix, but at the same time I want to stamp on the damn thing! Put in your own sodding coins! Lol
Silicone spray is your friend.. Also for plugs/sockets.
🤣 Classic funny end tune :)
Oh god Steve, just use some side cutters and snip the little sleeve. 😂
Amazing. I love mechanical toys. And moles.
And whackin' it
I mean "them"
"Go away, I'm batin" -Frito, "Idiocracy"
Omg I haven’t heard that song for ages, I wish I could like the video twice lol
Witch sound
@@muharremsuz I am a mole and I live in a hole.
@@timehunter9467 23:40
Nice