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[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: IC Region Chips for TG16/PCE/DUO's $17 shipped]

plenty left if anyone is interested.

-Jose

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: DuoRX Power Supply problems (UK)]

You need have enough voltage, 9V and amperage 1000ma or 1A same thing. I can't tell but it looks like you power supply says 500ma? That's way to low and you could be causing or could cause damage to your system when trying to run a CD.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: IC Region Chips for TG16/PCE/DUO's $17 shipped]

I'm waiting on some more 4551's should have them by wednesday.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: IC Region Chips for TG16/PCE/DUO's $17 shipped]

It's all I had, my bubble mailers finally came in this week so everything will be packed much better on all future orders. No increase in price.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: IC Region Chips for TG16/PCE/DUO's $17 shipped]

Yes the numbering you added is correct.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Duo-RX Component Video and Region Mod]

bump.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / FS: Duo-RX Component Video and Region Mod or trade for boxed Turbo Duo]

$340 shipped or best offer. I would trade for a boxed Turbo Duo.

The Duo-RX has a region mod, with switch located under hu card door, UV (purple) power led, original controller and power supply, and rgb to component converter installed. For some reason the LED looks blue in the picture, but it is purple.


Duo-RX










Composite



Component

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Duo-RX Component Video and Region Mod]

I picked up the rgb to component converter on ebay. I think it was $60 shipped.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Duo-RX Component Video and Region Mod]

I'm cleaning up and it's boxed up in the closet right now, I'll try and get a pic of it soon. Nothing much to see, you need to use an RGB to Component converter. There is no magic transistor or IC mod. If you were hoping for one. 

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Duo-RX Component Video and Region Mod]

bump

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: IC Region Chips for TG16/PCE/DUO's $17 shipped]

Currently I'm not interested in RGB amps, if that changes I will let you know.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: IC Region Chips for TG16/PCE/DUO's $17 shipped]

PCB's alone are $12 shipped for one.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: IC Region Chips for TG16/PCE/DUO's $17 shipped]

Has anyone modded a TG Express with one of these?

I don't have TG Express to try. If I get one I'll post it, or if someone wants to have it modded send me a pm.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Supergrafx Capacitor Question]

It is the same, I thought of that after I posted the question. I opened up my coregrafx and it is a 470uf 16V capacitor. I had an extra lying around, and it works great. Now I'm off to region modding it and adding S-Video.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Supergrafx Capacitor Question]

I just got a Supergrafx that had an RF mod, I removed it and noticed a capacitor was missing from C117. Can anyone open there's up and give me the value of the missing capacitor? The system doesn't have composite video from the AV port without out it, still works from the expansion port though.

EDIT: This should have been posted in the repair section, so mods feel free to move it.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Composite, S-Video and Component Comparison Shots]

another request added.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: IC Region Chips for TG16/PCE/DUO's $17 shipped]

^^^ Still the scariest part of the whole mod 

bah, once you do one it's not bad. Definitely use the right wire gauge, I like 28AWG.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: IC Region Chips for TG16/PCE/DUO's $17 shipped]

It's the same mod that has been floating around for awhile now, just on a PCB. It does not autodetect, you need to wire up a SPDT switch to the top right of the board to toggle between US and JPN mode. You still have to cut the pins on the Hu Connector, much easier than desoldering them.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: IC Region Chips for TG16/PCE/DUO's $17 shipped]

I don't remember what voltage I actually saw where I picked up power for my chip, but looking at photos I took at the time it looks like its downstream of one of those same regulators so...probably 5V.


Despite some criticism here of the size wire I used this mod has been going strong with zero problems since Feb 2008.

That is a 5V point. If your not doing a component mod, 5V from a Duo-R and Duo-RX (don't have a regular Duo but should be the same) is enough to power the region chips and an S-Video mod as well without issues. TG16 for sure needs higher voltage though.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: IC Region Chips for TG16/PCE/DUO's $17 shipped]

yup 12V, the chips can handle 18v if needed. I had that issue with my TG16 not swapping modes and it was making me crazy. I looked over the datasheets noticed they can handle higher voltage and blammo! it works fantastic now. I used this method with the Duo-RX as well because it was NOT stable on the 5V with the component video mod in place. Now I just use the IN pin instead of the 5V and not worry about any issues. I've left my machines running for 8+ hours test as well.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: IC Region Chips for TG16/PCE/DUO's $17 shipped]

includes the 4551 chips as well

[Buy/Sell/Trade / IC Region Chips for TG16/PCE/DUO's $17 shipped]

$17 shipped, includes 4551 chips pre-soldered. These chips are for region modding TG16/PCE/Duo's. I had to change the pinout at the bottom so it would incorporate both SMD and DIP MC14551 versions. The H-A were not supposed to be there so on install they should be ignored and it goes like this

From Left to Right Pin:
15 PCB
15 Hu Connector
16 PCB
16 Hu Connector
23 PCB
23 Hu Connector
22 PCB
22 Hu Connector
17 PCB
17 Hu Connector
19 PCB
19 Hu Connector
21 PCB
21 Hu Connector
20 PCB
20 Hu Connector




Also when installing instead of using a 5V source, I have found that using the IN pin on the Voltage regulator is FAR more stable and you won't have issues where some games will crash after a few minutes of play.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / IC Region Chips for TG16/PCE/DUO's $17 shipped]

$17 shipped for one and $15 each additional, includes 4551 chips pre-soldered. PCB's without the 4551's are $12 shipped for one and $10 each additional. If you want them quicker add $4 for priority mail. These chips are for region modding TG16/PCE/Duo's. I had to change the pinout at the bottom so it would incorporate both SMD and DIP MC14551 versions. The H-A were not supposed to be there so on install they should be ignored and it goes like this

From Left to Right Pin:
15 PCB
15 Hu Connector
16 PCB
16 Hu Connector
23 PCB
23 Hu Connector
22 PCB
22 Hu Connector
17 PCB
17 Hu Connector
19 PCB
19 Hu Connector
21 PCB
21 Hu Connector
20 PCB
20 Hu Connector




Also when installing instead of using a 5V source, I have found that using the IN pin on the Voltage regulator is FAR more stable and you won't have issues where some games will crash after a few minutes of play.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Composite, S-Video and Component Comparison Shots]

Wow. The new shots you put up, electro, are great. The difference between composite and composite out from CXA1645 is impressive.

Thanks, the composite out is really nice from the CXA1645, but s-video is better 

I'm glad I wired it up, at first I wasn't going to as I was content with the way the TG16/PCE/DUO looked already. I was definitely surprised at the difference.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Composite, S-Video and Component Comparison Shots]

Overall, the CXA colour is more vibrant in composite, but I think I see one thing that's degraded: areas of grey, like the Gigazombie's mask, have rainbow interference in the CXA composite pic but not in the original Turbo composite.

You are right, there is a little rainbowing with the CXA1645, using a CXA2075 would eliminate almost all the rainbows. I didn't have any extras though.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Composite, S-Video and Component Comparison Shots]

Nice shots there, electrochip.

I agree that photographing CRT displays is an art unto itself and resizing the picture in very small steps to avoid moiré is important.  But it doesn't mean it can be done and reflect the quality differences at hand.  Electrochip did pretty well with his Doreamon shots, but his shots previous to that aren't done as well.

I agree taking shots of a CRT is hard, you can see I got better doing it by the time I got to the Doraemon shots. I wanted to give people an idea as to what to expect with any video mod. I've managed to make some people rethink the quality of the composite out of the PCE, which was supposed to be great. I thought it looked great too, until I dropped in a CXA1645 and compared them, and S-Video is no doubt WAY better, then component is another step up. People should at least do the S-Video and see all the colors and details that were missed in their favorite games.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Composite, S-Video and Component Comparison Shots]

I added the doraemon shots.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Composite, S-Video and Component Comparison Shots]

Sure, S-Video >>>>>>>> AV Composite, that's absolutely no new story. But I am more amazed by the composite comparison between oiginal output and CXA output.

I'm not that surprised. I mean, look at how composite looks on systems like Neo Geo AES or Mega Drive (f-ing awful) compared to PC Engine or SNES (rather good). Assuming there is no problem with the RGB video coming straight out of the video chip then the issue with the Neo and MD must be crappy encoders. Their issue being, I assume, that they have their composite circuits integrated into other chips which causes noise and such from RF and the sharing of voltage supplies with other things.

The Neo's and the early MD's use the craptastic CXA1145, rainbow banding and fuzziness everywhere. The last MD models used the CXA1645, which gives better composite and S-Video.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Composite, S-Video and Component Comparison Shots]

ok my color saturation was WAY off on Composite and S-Video, I fixed and uploaded new pictures. Sorry about that, I just got the tv a few weeks ago and haven't fine tuned it yet. I think I have it just right now.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Composite, S-Video and Component Comparison Shots]

me too, I'm going to do more comparisons and see if it's the tv adjustments or I need to add pots on the RGB lines.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Composite, S-Video and Component Comparison Shots]

Sure, S-Video >>>>>>>> AV Composite, that's absolutely no new story. But I am more amazed by the composite comparison between oiginal output and CXA output.

Me too, I couldn't believe the difference in composite outputs. Anyways I added component out as well.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Composite and S-Video Comparison Shots]

It looks much better in person, honestly. Reading text in composite makes my eyes bleed

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Composite, S-Video and Component Comparison Shots]

So I modded a couple of units with S-Video using a CXA1645 to convert the RGB into S-Video and a CVS287 to convert RGB to Component. I noticed a big difference in clarity and colors. It looks like the original composite signal is washed out on the TG16/PCE/Duo and much better with the CXA1645. I'm using a 27" JVC CRT SDTV.

TG16/PCE/DUO Composite




Composite out from CXA1645




S-Video out from CXA1645




Component out from CVS287




TG16/PCE/DUO Composite




Composite out from CXA1645



S-Video out from CXA1645




Component out from CVS287




TG16/PCE/DUO Composite




Composite out from CXA1645



S-Video out from CXA1645




Component out from CVS287

[Buy/Sell/Trade / FS: Duo-RX Component Video and Region Mod]

$325 shipped or best offer. I would trade for a boxed Turbo Duo.

The Duo-RX has a region mod, with switch located under hu card door, UV (purple) power led, original controller and power supply, and rgb to component converter installed. For some reason the LED looks blue in the picture, but it is purple.


Duo-RX










Composite



Component

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Turbo Duo-R w/ S-Video and Region Mod]

TG16 was sold. PC Engine Duo-R with same mods for sale now.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Turbografx 16 with S-Video and Region mod]

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[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Turbografx 16 with S-Video and Region mod]

$150 shipped?  Seems quite high honestly.  Especially for the crowd on this site.

I'm open to offers, what do you think is a fair price?

[Buy/Sell/Trade / TG16 Sold]

sold, thank you.