electronic devices

[fitlookingguy]

Can anyone tell me if the electronic devices on certain web sites work or not and has anyone purchased them with any great sucess of them working?Very interested to know

[williamsheffield]

Dont do it

[big_bad_dan]

dont do it indeed...
lets face it, anyone can frown upon breaking the law but i dont give a fuck, do what u want...

what we really want to know is if these devices work and if i know for sure they do im pretty sure ill be abusing the little fuckers.

basically what im saying insted of saying "dont do it" tell us what u know about the devices then give us ur opion.

and being the typical hypocrite ive already contradicted myself... but now ill give my knowledge on the topic: as far as i know they dont work but dont quote me its only what ive heard on the net

any other info much appreciated

no offence anyone


danny

[Topthelot]

regardless of the legality or otherwise they simply dont work! devices like this literally are too good to be true! they do however give a few unscruplous shits (Daz from driftnet a prime example - utter tosspot) in a regular supply of money from deluded kids.

the laser/ light devices are the easiest ones to figure out that they must be useless. i've never owned one of these but the aim is to hit a certain spot within the machines inner workings to effect operation, typically to make the machine pay out in excess of banked winnings or just 'dump' everything in the hopper

now, thinking about it there are only 2 'holes' to attempt this from - the coin slot and the payout slot. IF (and its a bloody huge if!) the device worked, all a manufactorer would have to do (and they have, ages ago) is place a simple hood or cover near both these (or surrounding the machines sensitive workings) to protect it.

The RF jammers or other variations on an 'electronic burst' are plain crap as well. Manufactorers all build in tamper/ alarm devices to detect when 'alien signals' are received. if its not exactly the right sort of signal (frequency, duration, type etc) or the machine is not expecting it at that time then the alarm sounds. It is also easy to insulate a machine against this so pressing the little button on your electric car door opener does nowt!

now i'm open to be proved incorrect, if any1 has the neccesary £££ to buy one, feel free, i'm pretty sure you'll be disappointed at best and at worse could get a serious slapping from an angry arcade owner

[williamsheffield]

dont do it, i meen ive done tons of reaserch into these little gizmos and as i have told loads of people before they dont work but they might unlock your ford escort! read back int some of the other threads on this subject and you will see wot i have found out, dont get me wrong i would love something like this!

[mitsiman]

Hi everyone,

I recently posted a mail in another subject area, as I bought one of these devices (... and form someone mentioned on here - cost £65), and yes - it quite simply is a RF Car key fob - it even has "MPT-1301" stamped on the back, along with the CE mark. MPT is a standard for SONIC wavelengths, and has ABSOLUTLEY NOTHING to do with IR whatsoever.

The instructions which come with the device divulge that "you may be able to open car doors with this" - well, of course you can, cause its a bloody key fob, and to be exact, off of a Toyota Corolla. My friend used to own one, and mentioned that it was identical the first time he saw it.

What makes things even worse is that the IR diode that the websites claim is built into the device, is actually not. What you get is:

* Car key fob with "CHIP" written on in black marker pen
* 2 page printed instructions
* IR Diode TAPED TO THE SIDE of the unit.

Yes - they can't fit the diode as it apparently makes the deivce illegal to ship if its attached. Therefore, in the instructions, you are told to do the following to fit the diode:

* Drill a hole in the top of the casing of the "key fob"
* Remove the entire PCB from the case.
* Desolder the three legged transistor next to the LED
* Solder the provded IR LED onto the circuit board - you are not given any
indication by circuit diagrams or anything

All this will do is bugger the thing up totally, then when you go back to complain - you have F*** all comeback.

I've also looked into the methods by which a fruity accepts money - and it does it by both IR with the coin falling through, and WEIGHT at the same time, to ensure the coin is real, so there is no way that this could possibly ever work.

I bought it as I was very stupidly curious, and no matter how good it looks on any of the websites, and how tempted you are, DON'T.

ALL YOU ARE DOING BY BUYING ONE IS GETTING GAMBLING ADDICTS THEIR MONEY BACK FROM ALL THEY HAVE LOST - A TOTAL SCAM, GUARANTEED.

Please ,someone, prove me wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nitehawk]

A few months back i was working in Yorkshire, i was having my dinner in a local pub, the very fit barmaid i went there for wasn't there and i was bored...

2 Pakistani guys came in bought some drinls and went straight to the fruit machine, i could see something in his hand that he was pointing at the machine, the lights on the machine seemed to dim out for a second and i watched as he emptied the machine. the whole process took about 10 - 20 minutes.

I saw this happen, this wasn't about knowing how to play the machine, they Emptied the damn thing there and then.

Since then i've been trying to find out about these things, i know they work as i have seen it done, but u r right, there are many cons out there.

i want one but i dont want to be ripped off.

my observations are at the moment that there has to be something in it. how many petrol stations do u know that have ACTUALY blown up because of someone using a mobile phone. the real reason they r banned from the forecourts is ppl are worried it will interfere with the pumps, same as with planes etc

so my search for a working device continues....

[mav_boy9001]

The main premise behind these is viable, in that if a strong enough signal were emmitted, then it could somehow affect the electronics of the machine.

HOWEVER - There is no way that a car alarm key fob would have anywhere near enough power to do this and if one were to have the required power, it would screw up all the machines around it and there's no guarantee it would work in your favour - it may not dump the machine at all just screw it up so it wouldn't play or something. Then they would call the engineers in, they'd say it was screwed with and they'd watch you on CCTV and you would be banned from that particular establishment!

Not worth it!

[Scott]

In theory I guess something like microwaves could interfear with a machine (eg mobile phone near some TVs/Monitors and similar devices).. however how you would get from this 'random interference' to something useful is beyond me.

[anfield road]

I dont understand how people can say the electronic device will mess up the machines programme and be in your favour like by giving IM after IM or rolling in JPs,

However why wouldnt it mess it up and then the machine stops giving boards and doesnt do anything, because if it was going to interfeare with the machine why not do against your favour?