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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Backing up Duo Games]

I'm a big fan of tha Taiyo Yudens also.

The second to best in my opinion is the Taiyo Yuden CD-R's. The ones in particular that I am talking about are the light blue data surface. You can find them on several sites and they generally range form about 22 cents to 29 cents a peice. Ofcourse you have to buy in 25,50,100, and 100+ packs. The light blue data surface ones are they only of the Taiyo Yuden brand that in my opinion work the best. The best thing about them is that you can get them as inkjet printable cd's! You can also get them as Thermal Printable CD's too which is how all the CD games were printed on at the time. SO your backups will look almost identical!

Nice! I'll have to try those..

I had a bunch of other discs printed with ink and it screws up and bleeds through over the years... making em unreadable. I guess the thermal printing is the way to go. Also prolly depends on the brand. I was using some generics.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Firefox snipe plugin wins me a PC Engine DUO]

Plugin works great. Here it be: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5571

I love my blue button!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Firefox snipe plugin wins me a PC Engine DUO]

The follow up: Duo arrived yesterday. CD audio didn't play first time I fired it up. Turned it off and tried it 10 mins later and it worked.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Starting collecting PCE and tip of Top Games?]

Let me the first to say welcome!! I'm also new to this forum and it's been great. The people are nice and there's a lot of info.

I've read that the Duo-Rs are the more reliable system.. but they are more expensive. Yes; you'll need a converter or a mod to play Japanese Hu cards on a US system. Japanese CD-Rom games will play on the US system without a converter or mod.

Fantasy Zone, Air Zonk and Lords of Thunder are the shooters that stand out in my mind. I haven't played em in years though... I have a duo on the way soo.. I be playin em soon! I can't think of any many platforms off the top of my head.. except the Bonk games.. which are great!

Another board member has some great game reviews. Check em out!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL75F8CCAC0D21A523
wayback.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=75F8CCAC0D21A523

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Firefox snipe plugin wins me a PC Engine DUO]

There was no USA arcade card, it was JP only. And you'll only need the Arcade Duo, not the Pro.

But yeah, all USA and JP cards should work on a modded Duo.

Riiiiiiight. Ahh... I knew it was japan only.. 

I bid sniped a Duo-R boxed off yahoo.jp for 50$

Now that is a steal! I gotta looking into this yahoo.jp thing!! 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Firefox snipe plugin wins me a PC Engine DUO]

Was messing around with the firefox snipe plugin and it won me a DUO for $103. Funny thing is that I didn't really mean to buy it. Just wanted to test it out. I set it to bid $103 at the last second... I figured if I win it at that price, I'll just buy it... especially since my old duo is in a coma. Well, it won.. so I bought it.

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Just wanted to share with yall.. Going to want to do the turbo chip mod and eventually get an arcade card. Quick question.. when modded will both the usa and jap arcade cards work?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Bonk (Arcade) --> console? Former Kaneko employee mentions possibility...]

That game looks great. I've always been fond of impossibly hard games.. gotta get this rom!!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Cosmic Fantasy 2: Is this a good deal?]

I picked up a copy of this from same guy for $7. Also got 2 Prince of Persia and a copy of Exile.. great prices!!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Remembrance: Reimagined (A NEC Console Legacy Film) - Watch it now!]

Feelin it!!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Countdown to a complete Turbo US collection.]

NICE!! One of my fav TG games..

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Countdown to a complete Turbo US collection.]

Nice!! I love this thread.. Finding each game is a mini adventure and I dig hearing about it. The photos are good too.. nice to see the old box art. Hopefully someday I'll have the entire US on my shelf.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Need XBOX 360 w/ HDMI]

Well.. screw it. I picked up an Elite of ebay for $87 with broken dvd drive. Should be interesting. 

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Need XBOX 360 w/ HDMI]

Leaving the country soon.. sold my tv.. need a new 360 with HDMI to go to a 1080p monitor.. don't want a converter.. wouldn't mind a broken box..

thanks!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: gameonman.com]

Hmmm.. Interesting...

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

Thanks for the help. I'm sending my duo to a fellow board member for repairs. I'll be up n gaming real soon. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Introducing myself and Turbo Views......]

Give us an RPG review!!! 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: "Remembrance: A NEC Console Legacy Film" - Watch it now!]

I like to watch this about once a week.

Good job!

 

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

Thanks!! Under 100 is greeeat. I can't believe people put em in the dishwasher.. I was reading in another thread and thought it was a joke. I'm assuming it cleans out all the funk?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

well if you are plugging into the headphone jack on the Duo and getting faint sound, sounds like a cap issue my friend. And you are having laser issues too. This Duo needs a full makeover....

So, you know what type of price range I'm looking at to get it repaired? I'm hoping it's under $100

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

The black cord turned out to be the video. Not sure what yellow is. I have no sound through the av cord. I've tried every possible cord combination for the sound and nothing. When I plug headphones into the earphone jack, I can faintly hear some sound out of one ear. Like hearing test quality. Very low 

Turbo Chips work and play fine. CD-ROM hangs at JUST AMOMENT...

So. Is it worth sending to get fixed or cheaper buying a new one off ebay? I'm the og owner, so this system has some sentimental value..... But, I'm dying to play some Ys, Bonk, Lords.. and so oonnnnnnnnn!!!  AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

I'm assuming these 2 cords won't go together since one is the Sega 9 pin??? My radio shack didn't have the 5 pin din plug, so I picked up the 5 pin cord and spliced it up. Which is here:



And the Sega 9 pin spliced up:



So so so close..

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Introducing myself and Turbo Views......]

Just watched some reviews! Nice!!

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

for the non electricians, go grab an ohmmeter! Don't take a gamble on the + and - when you can easily figure it out with a $5 tool (for the cheap ones).

Nice, I will def get one.. with all the modding I do, might be good to figure out the basics.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

OK. So.. got everything wired and the power is on. I plug in the Duo and hit run and the busy light comes on.. disc isn't spinning though.. I'm sure it's throwing a SET DISC ERROR.. but I won't know for sure until I get the AV cable.

I just guessed on the + / - for the power supply. One would think there would be a plain and clear way for us non electricians to tell.. the + and the - don't even match up to the two prongs on the ataptaplug q. I just tried both ways and one way turned the duo on.. so.. i'll leave it as is.

My next thread will prolly be "My Duo doesn't work"

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

YES! I found the answer to half my question on the google.

"For the AdaptaPlug socket, look for the word "Tip". Face that mark towards you. The wire on the LEFT is POSITIVE, the wire on the RIGHT is NEGATIVE. ..."

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

OK. One last noob question about the power supply I think I'll have everything solved. 

I have a stripped Model 1602-3 genesis power supply. An adaptaplug socket and the adaptaplug q.

Once stripped, the Genesis AC has yellow and white cord. The adaptaplug socket has the 2 white cords and one cord has writing on it. I presume that I wire the positive to the positive and negative to negative on the Gen AC and the adaptaplug socket then just flip the adaptaplug q to reverse the polarity.

Question: How do I tell positive cord from negative on the Genesis AC and the adaptaplug socket? I'm guessing since the tip of the genesis power supply is yellow, and it's a negative tip.. the yellow would be negative. And which side is positive / negative on the adaptaplug socket?

Just being extra cautious.. thanks!!

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

I have a 5 pin cord that fits the duo.

Like this



but in chord form. I stripped it and it has yellow, white, red and black along with the copper. Would I be able to wire this to a standard AV cable?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

Sweet. I don't have the AV cable, but just picked one up off ebay.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

Nice! THanks for the info! I'll be rocking in no time.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

Sweet! I'm starting to get it now. Great Trek quote btw!

I have a Model 1602-1 from my old Sega CD. So I'll use that with the Q tip I just picked up from Radio Shack.

So, it's almost solved. Just need to do the soldering work... and I need to get the AV cable worked out. Then I can test my system.. which I think might be broken. 1 step at a time.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

So, will the Adaptaplug Q and the 9.0VDC International-series high-power AC adapter from Radio Shack work?

Just looking for cheapest and easiest route. Don't mind doing a little modding.. I'm not much of an electrician, but I can follow a tutorial.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

Nice! Thanks for the info.

Here's this: https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=2086.0

I hava a Genesis 2 power supply, but it has the yellow tip and doesn't even come close to fitting the duo. It's specs are.
10V DC 0.85A

I guess I'll go the Radio Shack route. Pick up Q tip and try to reverse the polarity if need be. Not sure if the Genesis 2 power supply will work. If not, I'll order the Sega CD.

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So this looks like another solution. Kind of expensive though.

Adaptaplug Q
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102474

9.0VDC International-series high-power AC adapter
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2049712

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

Here's the image:



 

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Is this the Sega CD 2 AC power cord that works on the DUO?]

http://cgi.ebay.com/AC-GENUINE-SEGA-CD-ORGNL-POWER-SUPPLY-CORD-MODEL-1602-1_W0QQitemZ390010864270QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

I've been searching for the correct model # and a place that's selling a Sega CD 2 power cord. I'm hoping this is it.

I'm also looking for the AV cable or a replacement option.

Thanks!!