Hori HP2-263 help

System_1 · November 29, 2009, 11:55pm

Hi All,

I just got this Suggoi Arcana Hearts 2 Hori stick (looks like a HRAP design) as an early gift from one of my friends but after taking it apart it seems the button are not moddable

There is a large PCB which is soddered underneath the buttons. Has anyone had any experience modding this to use sanwa buttons?

werepig · November 30, 2009, 12:41am

its probably just like modding the t5 stick.
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=153627

jdm714 · November 30, 2009, 1:17am

Yes, it is same as HORI Tekken 5 Stick.

Desolder Buttons from PCB.
Grind Tabs of Button Holes.
Put Sanwa Buttons in.
Solder back to PCB.

Different is the opening of Case.
With Tekken 5, have to unscrew from button.
With the Suggoi! Arcana Heart 2, can open from top with Allen Wrench.

System_1 · December 1, 2009, 7:57pm

Yeah, thanks for the info, I will probably not do anything with it till next year, I have a busy few months ahead of me. Although this stick is kind of a tease since it was easy to open from the top only to find it was not easily moddable to swap the buttons

Shelcoof · December 21, 2009, 1:31am

I’m getting this stick in real soon the Arcana Hearts 2 Joystick. Just wondering though do I have to wire it to the PCB or can I stick it in the same way the Hori buttons were in?

Thanks.

jdm714 · December 21, 2009, 4:13am

Putting in Sanwa or Seimitsu Buttons would not be like the Hori Buttons.
The Sanwa and Seimitsu use Tabs, the Hori use Pins to go in PCB.
The Sanwa and Seimitsu Tabs not fit into the holes in PCB.

So to make connection to PCB, you will solder wire to PCB and to Buttons.

Or you can do this:

The 360 Hori EX2 Quick Mod Guide (Plenty of Pictures)

Sure, I forgot to take pictures of the button steps themselves. So redrew them with MS-Paint step by step.

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/4160/buttonim5.gif

Here is a standard Snap-In button, from a frontal view.

Bend the prongs similar to that of a Namco mod. http://arcadestickmonk.com/asm-namco-sanwa-mod.html. A needle nose plier should be fine; to use for bending.
[jdm714 Edit: ArcadeStickMonk is no more, so use this; http://srktt.com/namco/.]

Here is the side view of it, this is what it should look like after a nice clean bending of the prong.

I used a slim wire cutter, and split the prong in half. So that it ends up with this image. It will not effect the connection of the button. It should work just fine. Despite the fact it looks like it wouldn’t.

With the finished buttons cut, I did it to all six of them. I installed them, neatly aligned straight. So that each button is mounted exactly the same. After removing the old buttons, the new ones should fit perfectly into the stock PCB. Just remember to remove the metal tabs that will prevent them fitting properly into the openings. I just used a dremmel and grinded them away.

Previously on the Namco mod, (from arcadestickmonk) they suggest you widen the PCB holes. To mount Sanwa buttons.

But, with this Hori EX2, widening the button holes will and could cause problems. Since everything so compact and close together. So I had to figure out a way to install the Sanwa buttons without having to widen the button holes and risking damage to the PCB itself.

After the buttons are installed, you should easily be able to install the buttons into the PCB. It should just slide right into space, it fits perfectly.

And thats how it went.

I hope this explains it.

Shelcoof · December 21, 2009, 8:45am

jdm714

Thanks for the info.

OK so this is what I plan on doing.

Both Sanwa Push Buttons tips --> Solder --> Wire --> Solder --> Two holes in PCB

Rinse repeat for all 8 buttons.