BNSUSA Fusion Series Metal Extreme Platform Dance Pad

elementxero · Trick Member Joined: 26 Feb 2004

Mostly frustration at the situation. Also it would be expensive and difficult to ship back, and I sort of harbored hope that somehow it would start working.

That said, yeah I should have returned this POS.

mthegreatone · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2005

just curious on the BNS site, the thing says series 2 for the pad. is that indicative of their new v2 dance pad?

Shufflefield · Trick Member Joined: 16 Jun 2002 Location: Ohio

Just thought I would follow up...

I am having a slight issue with one of my pads. I haven't been on them in a few weeks due to some other things taking precedence, but when I got on yesterday the sensors seemed to be all off. All the buttons seemed to be triggering randomly during the menu of Party Collection (I didn't try any other game). My wife's was fine, and after a quick round of butterfly on light it worked like a champ.

I don't know if this is indicitive of a future failure or not, but this did happen once before a few weeks ago. I still say the pad is solid and once it warms up it is more than fine, however this does frustrate and concern me.

I am still not going to say this is a crap pad though, this is just one issue I have had. And like I said, my wife's is fine. I will update if this gets worse though.

Has anyone tore one apart yet? I would still like to try modding it if at all possible, but I am afraid to disassemble one given my lack of any mechanical skill. I did flip mine over and it looks like you can just peel the back padding off with some work. But it probably wont go back on right, but I suspect that the padding on the bottom is the only "seal" to the inside and once that comes off you can probably see most of the guts...
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mthegreatone · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2005

i heard that the way you store a metal pad affects how it will work in the long run. or was that for soft pads? i can't remember. but anyway if it's not too late i guess you could always ask for a replacement pad. heh i think the people on these forums are a bit antsy to open up their fusion pads as well. maybe someone who's had theirs for a while could shed some light on the topic.

ThePandemonium · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jul 2005

Pixxel · Basic Member Joined: 21 Dec 2005

It's been awhile! I also ripped the bottom off my pad because my down arrow stopped working, and the wood is nailed in, just with very tiny nails that go halfway through the wood. You don't see them until you have to pry the wood off. Anyway, the problem with mine was that inside the hole in the metal where the cable goes through, the circle cut there was very sharp. By hitting the up arrow while playing, I inadvertently pushed the cord onto the sharp hole and cut it, effectively making the down arrow not work. Had to cut the cord off and re-solder the wires. I took some pics, too.

I don't really recommend this pad anymore.
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ThePandemonium · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jul 2005

nintendawg... hmmm... My pad looks nothing like that. I dont have those metal bars on the bottom... I don't know what to say...
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mthegreatone · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2005

@nintendawg: could it be possible to attach some form of cushion so the sharp edges of the hole stop pushing against cable? just a suggestion. btw, did resoldering the cable help make the down arrow work again?

Pixxel · Basic Member Joined: 21 Dec 2005

mthegreatone · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2005

as always, updates are good to hear. nintendawg, let us know how your fix is working for you whenever you finish testing.

trogita · Basic Member Joined: 22 Aug 2005

My pad works great, after breaking it in, the only thing I've noticed from Soft pad to this is that you have to be A LOT more accurate. I have to really stress to hit the sweet spots of the arrow, but that will probably only make me a better player, especially at the arcades.

I have had one problem though. From time to time the Up-arrow will randomly stop working, go completely dead, then if I fiddle with the wire going into the controller port and the control box, and then restart my PS2, it'll be fine again. Does anybody know why this happens? It can get really annoying, although I've been able to fix it every time so far.

mthegreatone · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2005

i suppose you could be having the same issue as nintendawg. assuming all fusion pads are manufactured the exact same way, you'll probably have to correctly set the spacers so the edge hole won't cut off any wires. read his posts to be more specific.

dulcmr7 · Basic Member Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Location: Illinois

Has anyone taken one of these Fusion pads apart?
I've had mine for just a short time and the right arrow is not working properly. It seems to be sticking. When I get to the screen to select a song, it will just cycle around the wheel through all of the songs. If I go to play one, it does not seem to respond at all.

I took the rubber pad and the piece of wood off last night. I now have access to the wires, a couple metal rods, and another piece of wood. The wires go thru the wood. If I want to tear it apart further, I would have to break a few welds. I really didn't want to do that if I didn't need to.

Is there away to get to the arrows / sensors from the top side or do I need to break welds?
Can someone help me out with what I need to do?

I currently have an email in to buynshop.com and am currently waiting for a response.
I can't really send the pad back to them because the packaging was just inadvertantly sent to the garbage this week. So I need to do something myself.

Thanks for your help.

mthegreatone · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2005

check all the pages of this thread to see if your problem has been talked about. there was an issue with severed wires that was talked about, but i'm not quite certain that's why yours isn't working...

dulcmr7 · Basic Member Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Location: Illinois

I read thru the whole thread before posting my question.

While I had the back off, I did check the wires, but did not see any problems with them.

I'm thinking I need to get to the sensors, but don't really want to break welds to get there.
Any ideas how to get there?

kahuna · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jan 2005

I ordered one of these and just receieved it from Fed Ex today. It looks really nice, but the control box malfunctioned as soon as I plugged it in. Dulcmr7, you might have a malfunctioning control box also. Do you have the same one as me? I have the one with PS2, Xbox, and USB connectors on it.

I have a feeling that I just wasted a whole crapload of money.
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kahuna · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jan 2005

One more thing - the instructions for this pad say that it's really a ddrgame.com Ion pad. It looks like BNS just rebrands them and sells them for a lower price.
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dulcmr7 · Basic Member Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Location: Illinois

I never really thought about it being the control box since I hardly ever messed with it. I usually control everything with my keyboard.

How can I determine if it is the control box and not the pad?

Thanks for the suggestion.