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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

Quick pic showing the ridiculous size difference between the bottom LD player and the LA

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

Thank you for the info. Now makes sense

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Did it have another name also?   Maybe it used this in the arcades?

Good pick-up or should that be power-power-power

[General Gaming / Re: Got a Vita. What games do I need?]

The whole family enjoys Little big planet and the pinball arcade.

[General Gaming / Re: OT: Does anyone else own a LaserDisc player?]

Is he moonlighting as a postie whilst waiting for a fourth movie? plastic LP box would be good idea but we have very limited packaging options down at Australia post!

[General Gaming / Re: OT: Does anyone else own a LaserDisc player?]

Yep. Someone here or there must have thought it was a nice looking cushion padded envelope did not do its job. Sorry again bud

[General Gaming / Re: OT: Does anyone else own a LaserDisc player?]

Some DVD transfers are about the same picture quality as some of the Laserdiscs (using only your eyes as a guide) due to compression on the part of the DVD video but many LD's have as good as if not better sound. If you add a video processor to the LD, then the quality is nearly on par (again not using scientific means - just eyes) with DVD. Food for thought in any case. Also some LD players are better than others with their output.

[General Gaming / Re: OT: Does anyone else own a LaserDisc player?]

Ifkz - drop me a line as I have the matrix on ld u can have. Postage will be the only cost as i don't need the disc anymore. Also check out the laseractive thread for heaps more info on LA

[General Gaming / Re: OT: Does anyone else own a LaserDisc player?]

LaserActive and HLD-X0 work for us. Not sure if we have the matrix but will have a look

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

Yeah I too have just about given up on completing the one of each released title 3D virtual australia hard to find at a less than ridiculous price!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

He is getting more into pinball and needed the cash!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

That's a friend of mine selling his LA collection and other items. I believe he picked it up sometime last year!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

E-mails on their way to you

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I e-mailed a couple of scans to http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg90-pioneer.htm#page=specs a while back for the S10 and N10
manuals.

One day i'll scan the PC1 manual too.

Let me know Esteban if you want me to e-mail over the same scans?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

Looks like Dora Dora paradise

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

If a new game gets off the ground, please put me down for one!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

PAC-PC1 up on yahoo japan if anyone interested!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

I'm still waiting to fire up our HLD-X0 and run some retro goodness!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

A copy of the Myst prototype recently went for US$2620 on evilbay. Wow!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

Agreed to both. The more info out there and avail to all helps the future for everyone.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

OK, help me out: is PAC-PC1 an uncommon PAC?

I'll be honest...I am pretty rusty on all my LaserActive knowledge (I remember reading CyberRoach's ??? website a billion years ago...)

ALSO: McKie, you know what I want to do... take your FAQ and make it into a web-page with nice formatting and images and scans of documents/manuals etc. etc. Would you be interested in something like that?

Although I have only been a LA fan for two years, until the last two months I had not seen any pc1's for sale anywhere. Then two in a short period of time.

No one seems to know how many were actually made. Just checked the serial no. And although not really a good indicator the number part is 1003026. If theclash checks his (hope you have sorted out the issue you had?)  we might be able to see how the numbers worked?

As for wiki/faq. You must have read my mind. I was hoping to re-write my article and insert more pictures and possibly even video. However, LA preservation project and/or videogameconsolelibrary already have a lot of info., we could combine forces so everyone has access/info avail? Your thoughts?

Only missing 3D virtual aust. For a copy of each released title.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

I thought it strange too not having seen one for so long and both coming up within such a short time frame. Both costing nowhere near what I would have originally envisaged either.

Going to have fun translating the manual as it reasonably thick. I also have to source another cable as the ones I purchased are different to the connection on the pac. I thought it would be the same 15 pin as many of the other Laserdisc players that have computer controlled connections.

Will try and video over the holidays one of the test programmes to see what it actually does with the LD.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

Thought the other LA collector's would like to know that I was finally able to source a PAC-PC1 with manual and remote control. This added with the cable and disks means I can now fire up and test this thing.

Hope to give it a burl over the holidays and report back.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

Yep that was me. I also have the special Pioneer serial cables. Just need the PAC as have the Tenchi Muyo LD's ready to test and then create my own files.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

I thought Kevin might have kept a copy.

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Who's the lucky one who picked up the PAC-PC1 from ebay? Unfortunately I only found out about it after it had closed

Damn bargain at $499.00 incl A100!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

I can e-mail a copy of the photo as don't have upload picture account if you are interested?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

Recently picked up the floppies that came with the PC1 PAC. Now just to find the actual thing! Lovely ms-dos and pc-dos software. Came with a couple of batch files and a sample folder. Will fire up the old AT to give them a burl. Need to sort out a mac os VM to check out the mac software.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Which controllers came with what models of hardware?]

There are two versions of the LA pad. Nearly identical except the one for the N10 has Turbografx instead of the one in Frank's photo which is the one that comes with the N1. Great job as always Frank with the info.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

Very probably. Only reason I thought otherwise was the other note regarding the key combination to access the fourth game from the CD set. Thanks for letting me know it was just a hu-card that was thrown in.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

I've had this lying around for a while but haven't had the time to test the feature.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

Quick question fellow LA owners. Does anyone know how to access the built-in Power Golf on the N10?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Scart converter]

Just my two cents but I use one of these for most of my consoles. I combined it with a couple of scart commanders.
http://keene.co.uk/electronic/keene-electronics/syncblaster-component-to-rgb-convertor-(uk-psu)/RGB2c.html
And
http://keene.co.uk/electronic/keene-electronics/keene-scart-commander-twin-pack-promo/KSCT.html
you would only need to swap out the power adapters as I did for Australian use.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

I wonder if one of us should write up a similar PDF for our experience with the LA on the American side...  clash or saibot would be better candidates than me as their collections are much more extensive than mine   I'll just cover the repair side of things...

McKie.. do you know if any of your sega or NEC pacs have had their capacitors changed?  If not, please get it done ASAP.  These units all suffer from the same capacitor problems that other systems like the Turbo Duo etc have had.  They leak and it will destroy the pac over time.  I have two completely dead unrepairable PACs already.  The NEC pacs are less prone than the Sega ones, but still should be done as soon as possible.

Here's some info I wrote up concerning the CLD-A100 repair...

http://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=4434.0

Finally dropped off my four pacs to the local Pioneer authorised repairer. Thanks to your schematics he said he should be able to replace the caps. Cheers. Does the karaoke pac need any work?

I didn't realize pioneer repair centers would still service these.  I sent mine out to Console 5 and got my Sega PAC refurbed with capacitors and a new battery for $129 including return shipping.  I'm not sure if this is the going rate, but I was more than happy to pay the price so I could resume my MUSHA session.

I'm guessing they usually don't but somehow the guy was comfortable with the pics provided by the guys here. Remember neither the pacs nor cld-a100 was ever sold here so he probably thought about the novelty of it too?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

I took a karaoke pac apart but didnt find leaking caps.  The karaoke one doesnt use the SMT caps like the other pacs.  They will eventually fail due to age but they wont be destructive like the leaking SMT caps are.

Good to know. Thank you

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

I wonder if one of us should write up a similar PDF for our experience with the LA on the American side...  clash or saibot would be better candidates than me as their collections are much more extensive than mine   I'll just cover the repair side of things...

McKie.. do you know if any of your sega or NEC pacs have had their capacitors changed?  If not, please get it done ASAP.  These units all suffer from the same capacitor problems that other systems like the Turbo Duo etc have had.  They leak and it will destroy the pac over time.  I have two completely dead unrepairable PACs already.  The NEC pacs are less prone than the Sega ones, but still should be done as soon as possible.

Here's some info I wrote up concerning the CLD-A100 repair...

http://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=4434.0

Finally dropped off my four pacs to the local Pioneer authorised repairer. Thanks to your schematics he said he should be able to replace the caps. Cheers. Does the karaoke pac need any work?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

I wonder if one of us should write up a similar PDF for our experience with the LA on the American side...  clash or saibot would be better candidates than me as their collections are much more extensive than mine   I'll just cover the repair side of things...

McKie.. do you know if any of your sega or NEC pacs have had their capacitors changed?  If not, please get it done ASAP.  These units all suffer from the same capacitor problems that other systems like the Turbo Duo etc have had.  They leak and it will destroy the pac over time.  I have two completely dead unrepairable PACs already.  The NEC pacs are less prone than the Sega ones, but still should be done as soon as possible.

Here's some info I wrote up concerning the CLD-A100 repair...

http://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=4434.0

Excellent suggestion on the US write-up as at least you guys didn't have to worry about the shipping issues nor the voltage concerns.

BTW my SuperGrafx thanks you greatly for the region pcb. I had a guy here install it and it works a treat. He also did as you suggested and wired back the switching of the pin grounding. He also installed the 8 pin din RGB mod so it now looks great.

As for the capacitors, whilst he was working on my SuperGrafx I had him look at the four PACS and he said that they all looked good. No buldging nor leaking. Is that all he needed to do to check?

Thank you for your comments and look forward to testing out more of the games.

The Japanese and their 3D Porn. What next!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

I finally had a chance to read through your monster write-up.  It is well-written, and I am sure that first time Laseractive owners will be very happy with the resource.  When I first got my Laseractive, the only site with any information at all was CyberRoach, and I am glad to see that this has been expanded on quite a bit.

A few points:

1.)  I am glad I don't live in Australia.  It is a.) expensive and b.) obnoxious to get a LA there.

2.)  If you get a Pac-PC1 before me, I won't be happy.  I've been looking for this thing for a while, and it's not easy to find.  I have only talked to one guy who confirmed owning one, he had some pretty good info, but he's not selling it.

3.)  You amassed a lot of LA very quickly, you probably could've saved a little money with some patience.  The prices quoted in your write-up can definitely be beaten if someone is willing to wait a little.  I definitely paid quite a bit less for my setup.

4.)  Where did you get your Time Gal?  I have been looking to pick that up for a reasonable price for a while now.  If the $800 one on ebay would've stuck around til I got my tax return, I would've bit, but alas it didn't....

5.)  Just wanted to let you know there is an AIWA branded Laseractive.  It was sold on the forum here a while ago.  I would really like to get one of these ones, so if the original buyer is out there and wants to sell or trade for a standard unit, let me know!

Thanks for the feedback. I had fun writing it up but brought a tear to my eye when I added it all up!

At least the PC pac's exist. Wasn't sure if it was one of those items talked about but never evntuated. I'm sure when they go for sale it will go for a pretty penny.

I knew I paid a little too much with a couple of the titles but in saying that a few of the others I got dirt cheap. I thought oh well averaging it out over them all it ends up not being too bad...

That was the Time Gal I picked up. It had been there for about two (2) months firstly at about $1k then $1.4-$1.5k and then suddenly $800. I jumped when it reached that price. I actually sent the seller an e-mail early on offering $600 but to no avail.

Didn't know about the AIWA branded LA.

Problem now is that all the titles I have are mostly the easier ones to procure. The others are damn hard to find (unless you can speak/read Japanese).

Thanks again for the comments. Very few in Australia even know about this beast!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

I thought a few members would have a laugh at the lengths we have to go to down under.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

Thank you to Esteban for hosting http://reference.tg-16.com/LaserActive_Write-up_with_Pictures.pdf

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

Unfortunately my pdf was bigger than the allowable limit so tht best to have it hosted somewhere. Pdf is about 1mb so can upload elsewhere if necessary. Has pics and my view/details of my 'luck' with the transporting of these things

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official Pioneer LaserActive Player thread-]

Just thought I'd add my two cents. Coming from Australia we never had these available, so when I read about them about six months ago I thought wow what an unusual but interesting idea. A little while later I took the plunge and haven't looked back. I have been compiling a little write-up on the LA for the last couple of months and thought other members might enjoy reading about my experiences with my LA's, coming from a different corner of the globe. Let me know your thoughts!  p/w aussiearcade http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T9XOZQWL