Card-Only Installation - Mounting Guide

In Card-Only installations, the reader is typically mounted in place of the existing coin drop. Depending on your machine’s make and model, it may sit over the coin drop opening or the coin box. This general guide shows how the reader should be mounted on most machines.

Before you begin, confirm you ordered Card-Only (no coin usage) reader kits. Hybrid kits are difficult to adapt for a Card-Only installation.

Card-Only reader kits typically include the following hardware or some variation of it. Depending on your machine’s make and model, some parts may look different or may not be included:

Identify the coin drop on the machine. This is the area where the reader will likely be mounted. Whether the reader will be mounted over the coin drop or the coin box will be dependent on if we sent block-out plates.
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If the reader mounts over the coin drop, it covers the slot so customers can’t insert coins. If the reader mounts over the coin box instead, your kit should include either a block-out plate or a backplate designed to cover the coin drop slot, so coins still can’t be inserted.

Start by mounting the card reader on one machine, over the coin drop or coin box, using the criteria from the steps above. Your kit includes nuts and bolts to secure the reader, and the hardware will match the backplate you received. Test the reader to make sure it starts the machine and that neither the machine’s components nor the reader’s components are affected by your installation.
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Once you’ve confirmed the placement is suitable, use it as a template for the remaining machines of the same make and model.

Below are examples of where are card readers have been mounted in card-only installations. Use them as a reference only. Even if a machine looks similar, we may send you different hardware which will determine whether to mount over the existing coin drop or coin box.