I would upload videos to youtube and place a link to it here.
Open the hinge on your valiator head and clean the rubber wheels and optical eyes.
Now, that 6-pin plug on the BV, the color of the wires should be....>>>
1). Red
2). Orange
3). Yellow
4). Green
5). Blue
6). Purple
The blue wire, check it out.
If you ground that one, momentarily to metal, or to just about any orange wire in the machine, you will send a pulsed credit to the machine.
That wire should run back to an input wire of a mechanical [IN] counter.
Am I right?
Look at this sheet...see if your dip switches match...>>>
https://na.suzohapp.com/images/pdf/BL-700-USD4.pdfBelow is a sheet for your game board...pin-18 (on the component side of the board) is the one that adds credits to the game...>>>
http://slotsdirect.com/manuals/Cherry%2096.pdfHitting that reset switch only cleared the accounting amounts.
Your settings are determined by the dip switches on the validator, AND the dip switches ON your game board.
Although the link I sent above is for "New Chery '96", it's pretty much the same as your "Fruit Bonus '96" game board.