VCI-100 Button Lights Mod?
Is there any mod to change the lights under the buttons?On Eans console the button lights are white.How can i make them white on my console?
The only way that I know of is desoldering the LED’s that are already under the buttons in your VCI-100 and replacing them with a different color. Shouldn’t be too hard and if you have some soldering experience, relatively fool-proof.
Just a very very time consuming process is all
THAT would actually be a SICK idea! I love the arcade button mod but in a dark setting you’ve kinda lost the functionality the buttons served before the mod (lights).
What would be sweet would be to have all clear arcade buttons with different colored lights for each.
Hey guys!
I would love to change my leds at least for the play and cue buttons. has anyone ever done it? any tutorial/pictures? what type of leds are needed?
Thanks in advance
Does anyone know what size/ where to get lights that will fit for the buttons? I want to also do white lights for my buttons.
bump. im also looking to change out the leds while i have my case getting cut for the arcade mod. Does anyone have any info on what type and size the vci uses?
Damn you Ean! You made VCIs trendy. Anyways…
Look into just basic leds, I can’t imagine vestax going away from the standard 5mm, 2.5Volts (depends on color) and 20-30ma (also depends on color). Hopefully you guys can get a closer clue, because VCI are cool as hell when modded.
P.S. I have an xponent, plastic and proud. lol.
There is the option of getting lit arcade buttons if you do the mod. http://www.lizardlick.com has them.
I have done this exact mod. Changed all the LEDs into white and blue. And let me tell you, it was VERY time consuming. Also, ended up with one LED not working. Guess thats ok, since 70% of the circuits on the circuit board was destroid during the soldering (My iron was to big and warm). Had to do a lot of extra wirring to replace the destroid circuits.
Anyway, dont mean to scare you of, it deffinately can be done 
. These can be used:
http://nz.farnell.com/multicomp/mcl034sblc/led-3mm-32-super-blue/dp/1581174
the link doesnt work
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i opened the vci up and the leds look smaller then 5mm. Maybe 3mm? im just concerned about using the wrong led type(voltage etc). Ive done alot of soldering work so i think i can handle the soldering part. It looks like most of the leds are through holes to so it shouldnt be to hard. Desoldering would be the biggest pain i think.
Ok - fixed the link.
sweet. I had some 5mm leds around and found out that they work also. But desoldering was a HUGE pain i dont know if i can do it 60 some odd times with a regular soldering iron and keep my sanity. I might have to invest in a desoldering iron.
Its not too hard if you have some copper braid. I’ve de-soldered so many thing with just that.
Desoldering was also by far the hardest part for me. Even though I used suction wire, it was a fucking pain to get all the tin out of the wholes.
It can be a pain sometimes I agree. I just got the system down after doing it so much.
i went out to radio shack and grabbed a desoldering iron for 10 bucks and i must say its the best 10 dollars i have ever spent. With a regular soldering iron it would take me 5-10 min to remove(getting the last bit inside the holes was the worst) and put in a new led, with the desoldering iron took me less then a minute.
Really? Maybe its time to invest…
pics of the process please.
desoldering iron ? i didnt even know those things existed 
They look damn handy !