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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Grafx 16 + RAU-30 + PC Engine CD...?]

 I was coming to confirm that, no, it doesn't fit, but it seems I was beaten to the punch. What a tease, lol.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Grafx 16 + RAU-30 + PC Engine CD...?]

There's a quaint industrial beauty about the SuperGrafX + Super CD-ROM² combo.

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I don't like the way the plastics don't match, and I generally feel like the Super CD-Rom2 looks cheap. I adore the look of the classic PC Engine beside a CD-Rom unit, I think the original CD-Rom unit looked the sleekest of all of NEC's creation. The RAU-30 lets me keep my Super Grafx with the same color plastic, and give me the look of a classic PC Engine.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Grafx 16 + RAU-30 + PC Engine CD...?]

Ah yeah, I have the interface unit already. I'm going for an ultimate PC Engine setup - a Super Grafx with a CD-Rom unit and an Arcade card pro. If this winds up working with my Turbo Grafx as well, that's just the cherry on top.

I've seen a few people ask this question before, from googling and looking around the board, but I haven't seen anybody actually answer. I'm guessing these RAU-30 things aren't too popular?

It's not really worth the cost and hassle when you can just use a SuperGrafx with a Super CD-ROM.

lol but that thing is so ugly!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Grafx 16 + RAU-30 + PC Engine CD...?]

Ah yeah, I have the interface unit already. I'm going for an ultimate PC Engine setup - a Super Grafx with a CD-Rom unit and an Arcade card pro. If this winds up working with my Turbo Grafx as well, that's just the cherry on top.

I've seen a few people ask this question before, from googling and looking around the board, but I haven't seen anybody actually answer. I'm guessing these RAU-30 things aren't too popular?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Turbo Grafx 16 + RAU-30 + PC Engine CD...?]

I've been collecting various PC Engine models for a few months now. I just purchased an RAU-30 for my Super Grafx and intend to use it on my PC Engine CD. It won't arrive for a few weeks, but in the mean time I've been researching to see if I could use it to connect my Turbo Grafx to a PC Engine CD with the thing. Any reason why it wouldn't work? I have a Turbo Booster, but not a Turbo Booster Plus, so being able to use this thin with a US Turbo Grafx would be helpful as I'd gain file cabinet access.

Anyone care to weigh in?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine Duo total cap + new laser + a/v port fix]

Welp, sorry to double post, but Keith Courage got back to me before anyone else did so I'm going to go ahead and use him, as his price sounds in-line with most other estimates I'd received, and he's been recommended by a few people I've spoken to. Thanks for the help, though!

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine Duo total cap + new laser + a/v port fix]

Thanks for the warm reception. These forms came highly recommended. I actually sent a message to d-link, at the advice of some guys from Sega-16, but I'll hit up thesteve as well.

Appreciate it, guys!

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: pc engine duo r disc reading problems]

edit: oops, wrong topic!

[Console Repair/Mod Center / PC Engine Duo total cap + new laser + a/v port fix]

Hello,

I've registered for this board specifically to ask for service repairing my PC Engine Duo (model 1). about a year ago, the sound from my A/V port began to fail (although I could still use the headphone jack to get sound) and I began experiencing weird audio glitches. These problems are different from most sound problems - i've read that the most common sound problems are that you get no sound at all. This isn't what I'm experiencing - rather, on my unit, I still get CD Audio, but several (but not all) sound effects are missing when playing. It seems as though any music generated by the PC Engine itself is also missing, and this causes several games to hang up.

As an example, in Dracula X, when I fight death at the beginning of the game, there is no speech from him. When Richter does the item crash, he doesn't scream. And the game locks up when I enter any boss area (these areas feature music from the PC Engine, not CDDA).

Similarly, in Ys, I can boot the game and hear the opening just fine. But when I actually try to start the game, it hangs at "In the beginning".

The best game to demonstrate these problems, however, is Dragonball Z: The Legend of Great Son Goku. The opening cinemas play without any sound at all, except for the recreation of the TV opening - because that scene uses CDDA while the other scenes use speech generated by the PC Engine. When the title screen comes up, Goku's yell doesn't come out and the game hangs when trying to actually play the thing.

I saw another user post recently about having the exact same issue on this topic: https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=9598.0

To clarify, I'm not using backups or burned games - these are normal, authentic discs. In that topic, it was recommended that he get a total cap replacement, have someone fix up his a/v port, and replace the laser, which is what I'm assuming I'll need to do. I'm open to any reasonable price, and I'd like to have this done as soon as possible. Any help?

EDIT: I should also clarify that these issues ONLY occur in CD games. If I play a normal hu-card game, like Street Fighter II', it works flawlessly.