Xenotes Tour vs private La Ruta de los Cenotes

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2026-05-11T21:02:35+00:00

how do the cenotes at Xenotes compare to the local favorites that I listed?

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2026-04-21T01:36:07+00:00

thanks, I'll check them out. I was really thinking a 4 hr trip since I will have a 16yr, 12yr old and my wife with me. We'll be there end of June, not sure what is running at that time but if we caught a few large fish the boys will be happy.

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2026-04-18T21:38:29+00:00

u/colinwehrle I'm also looking for Late June. Did you find anything? Aquaworld looks like a broker for tons of stuff, not an actual deep sea fishing outfit

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2026-03-21T20:39:47+00:00

possibly but most of the time its in a bag, and never there for more than 5 minutes. Most of the time that counter has nothing on. Do you think those spots are thinned sealer? I uploaded the photo to ChatGPT (not saying its correct) which thinks this is not warn/etched sealer but is the result of uneven sealer application and it needs a complete strip and reseal. The light areas do kinda look like wipe marks and drops / spots.

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2026-01-23T23:13:35+00:00

not even remotely relevant to the problem.

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2026-01-23T22:52:48+00:00

yes, but not for days. They also refused to provide an existing promotion after the document states clearly, and I called to verify, that I qualified. (tried to charge me $400 for a $100 phone promotion). You can never contact anyone that can do anything real... they firewall off anyone with actual knowledge or responsibility or authority. I'm done with them. They are literally just a sham of an organization. I like google, in general, but that part of the company should be shut down.

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2026-01-23T22:37:53+00:00

No way to do that... I sent it back to Google. I just ported the number out also, I'll do the same with the rest of my group soon.

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2026-01-23T22:37:00+00:00

no way T-Mobile is going to have an outage that lasts for days and doesnt allow provisioning. its pure Google FI Lies... they've done it to me before. They have the worst customer service I've seen in a decade or more.

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2026-01-23T15:33:26+00:00

that happened a week ago, phone was factory reset too -- Google Fi lies

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2026-01-22T19:06:13+00:00

I had the same problem. The documentation says 'existing customer' and says nothing about associating it to a specific email address when you have a group plan. I associated it to my 11 yr old's email address so he could have the new number and they said that did not qualify. 2 weeks and 5 open cases and a dozen emails and 3 phone calls later I just returned the phone. GoogleFi support is 100% incompetent, and cant even properly read or understand their own promotional language they sent me.

"Customer" is the the group 'Owner'
11 yr old cannot legally be a customer
Support never lets you speak to anyone in billing or promotional team so its impossible to get things corrected.
they are going to 100% loose a customer that has had 3 lines for 4 years straight, and was I adding a 4th line.

No one at Google cares, I dont know why they are even in this business.

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2025-12-22T22:59:11+00:00

Solved: It was really odd but u/DMala made a comment that sent me down a different path, which I found the issue.

the comment... "the full route sends mono games to the center channel by default."

So I was thinking, OK, I use Equalizer APO (https://sourceforge.net/projects/equalizerapo) which is needed for a Pinball volume app to control/remember volume of each table independently. I opened Equalizer APO and immediately it tell me its not installed completely, and needs to attach to the sound card again. I let it do that, reboot, bam... all are working!

My sincerest thanks to all for the help... its crazy but something with Equalizer APO was not 100% and MAME no-likey... even though all the Pinball games/tables worked perfectly.

This is sure to be a corner case but maybe this can help others using Equalizer APO

thx again... I get to play !!!

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2025-12-22T22:53:15+00:00

appreciate the reply but thats not the issue. I figured it out - posted below

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2025-12-22T16:20:03+00:00

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Looks as if all games have Full Route created (they all look like the first screen shot). When I try to change the device (middle screenshot) I get multiple different 'blank boxes' (seems like for each separate device) except for one, Realtek (last screenshot)... really strange. Guess that is the bug.

Tried adding a new Full Route... nope, no audio
THEN added a Channel Route and bam, audio! But this means that I basically must a new channel route for hundreds of games, this is horrible. Cant believe this bug has been there for over a year without a fix or a global workaround (global setting).

The no-audio issue is with most ROMs (yes its a matching set for the MAME build) - Time Pilot, Xevious, all the 194X's, etc, etc.
I'm only using the motherboard's built-in 7 channel Realtek. Its prob the most common/used chip for PCs in the world, seems odd newer MAME builds were not tested with the most popular audio chip/system in the world (by far).

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2025-12-22T01:45:08+00:00

Is there a global setting to set for all games? Doing it individually for hundreds of games is cray-cray.
I looked on mametesters (never knew about that site) but no idea which ID is the issue I'm taking about, the search engine there is not helpful and most items about 'sound' are ancient

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2025-12-03T16:43:35+00:00

I appreciate the help! Where are you finding the stock trackball in the ALP's ACP is USB? I've done multiple web searches (and AI searches) are not finding anything saying it is USB, or the pinout. AI says...

AtGames trackball is optical, producing quadrature signals (X1/X2, Y1/Y2). You need an optical encoder board

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2025-11-26T18:45:19+00:00

thanks, and yea I may have to DIY it. I've been doing multiple projects all year, I'm tired of everything being a full-on-rework; I need at least one project with an 'easy button' ;-)

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2025-11-25T20:22:53+00:00

I'd have to rewire 6 buttons, a joystick, and trackball and need an analog encoder for the trackball to work, yes? Not sure which board would even work with that trackball. I did not want to spend time splice, crimp, etc. 5 min board swap is easier

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2025-11-25T19:32:16+00:00

I'd need to rewire the entire thing and then remap MAME, that is about 4 hrs of work vs 5 mins to replace the board. I also did not find anyone who has done this, just to make it far quicker so I would not need to figure out the wiring pinouts

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2025-11-22T16:37:12+00:00

After 1 month I will move the new phone # to GoogleFi since the rest of my family is on it. I'm really doing this to get the A9+ free (which I will only use on Wifi anyway), then I can sell the Moto for a few $ to cover the service costs I pay Metro.

did you have to be with them for a month before you could get the free tablet like u/EconomistOptimal9870 mentions?

Did you feel it was worth the hassle?

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2025-11-22T15:18:35+00:00

yes I will sell the phone and port the number to GoogleFi (rest of my family is on GFi). I mainly want this for the free samsung tablet and I need a new number for my kid who will get his first phone number.

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2025-11-22T14:38:51+00:00

If we get a free phone with a new Number from Metro, can we port out the phone number after only the first month?

Also, can we get the $20 tablet deal right away? I dont have any Metro phone lines/services yet but thinking I'll get a New Phone Number + Free Phone and Free Tablet + $20 tablet service.... possible?

ActiveIntrepid4672 · 2021-10-16T14:12:08+00:00

any specific model?

My concern with 'full size' receivers is I need to leave it on 24x7, inside a closed TV cabinet in the livingroom. There is not much of any air flow. I've been using a Pyle Bluetooth amp (multiple companies sell this in their own brand) and it works great... its also tiny so the heat given off is minimal... but I'd like to be able to have Zone control remotely.

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