Background music or speech on a Squawk & Talk game is scratchy, faint or missing.

Squawk & Talk speech or background sound crackles or drops out

Cause: The board's background and speech volume pots are worn.

Checks

• Turn each pot slowly and listen for crackle or dead spots.

Fix

• Clean or replace the background and speech pots.

Systems

• Bally 6803

Games

• Beat the Clock
• Eight Ball Champ

Related tips

• Squawk & Talk LED flash meanings
• Squawk & Talk LED does not flicker at power-on
• Eight Ball Champ does not talk
• Most sounds and speech missing on a 6803 game: factory reset, then set sound mode

Source: Repairing Bally 6803 Pinball Games from 1985 to 1989, Clay Harrell (pinrepair.com)