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DDR Dance Pad

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Gabe

We have 4 dance pads and only 1 works!

I got one for christmas, nice and big MadCatz (although a little thin). It was our first one so I had no idea what to expect. Worked great until I took it to my dad’s house. Either being folded or something killed it. Just dead.

I ordered one from RedOctane. They came highly recommended. However my experience was less than great. The first 2 pads they sent the Start button was stuck on. Finally the third one they sent worked. Its nice and thick (doesn’t bunch up as much as the MadCatz one did). They did send the other 2 free of charge, but I’m still very sad about their quality control.

So the MadCatz one dies and I decide to take the ones that have the stuck Start button apart to try to fix it. The inside is very interesting, but so far I’ve had no luck fixing it. I was hoping there would be something obviously stuck together causing the start button to always be on, but it must be more serious than that. I put a piece of paper between the 2 layers that must come in contact to register a step, but it was still stuck on. Must be in the circuitry or something.

Another idea is to make the 2 layers touch so as to make the “always on” be “always off”. It would render the start button useless, but hopefully make the pad useful. We’ll see what happens.

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Comments ( 3 )

  1. / Amanda
    Wow, it sounds like you haven't had a very good experience with dance pads. =( I don't have a clue on how to fix those things but I wish you good luck!
  2. / tom essary
    ok these ddr pads are very easy to fix as a mater a fact i fixed one yesterday at a party i went to. even though yesterday was the first time i have ever sen them. all you need is a foam pad (egg crate w/ shallow bumps) now on the indents cut out circles. the circles are for the sheets of very thin metal that when they touch register the button as "on". inside there should be a very cheap white foam just simply cut it out and duct tape the eggcrate in its place. what happens to the cheap fam it that it ripps and allows the 2 sheets of metal that are attached to the 2 pieces of plastic to touch thus registering it as "on". when you duct tape it on make sure that you cover every other showing metal areas around the out side of the foam. this will work better than when you got it brand new and a bonus is that it is more comphortable
  3. / Andrew
    Hey could you send pictures of the inside of the pad and the wires that go out from the control box? My Email is drework@knology.net. I am going to make a metal pad and i want to see what the mad catz thin pad is like on the inside. THANKS! andrew

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