Ask general Genesis/MD/Sega CD/32X questions here (for new members)

[evildragon]

Really? Can this be remedied via TV settings or something?

I believe with Brightness..

NTSC-J has a different black level than NTSC-M...

[Joe Redifer]

Yes, the brightness can fix it and the difference is pretty small so I wouldn't adjust it too much. Most people would never notice the difference.

[evildragon]

You know, I wonder if american NTSC units also have the Japanese black level..

To be honest, all my NTSC Genny's are slightly darker than all my other consoles (except my PS2, which is too, darker than things like the Xbox, or SNES)

[cheetah235]

i am using the rf cords to connect my sega to my tv but the picture is unstable (looks like a damaged vhs tape where you can see the individual frames moving upwards) how can i fix this?

[Zebbe]

I'd buy a new non-RF cable. RF actually stands for Retarded Fucker, that's why nobody should use it (unless they really are retarded fuckers).

[lynchesque]

First post, I have some Genesis 2 RGB questions:

I finally received my scart to component converter box and gen 2 RGB cable from ebay today. The picture is washed out; looks like there's too much red and not enough green/yellow in the picture...Everything is hooked up properly, I even connected the genny to a different tv and another pair of component cables. Picture looks the same. I compared the composite output w/ the component and composite looks fine.

Do you think it's a faulty converter box or the genny scart cable? Is it also a possibility that the genesis is sending out a flawed rgb signal even though the rca looks fine? I really doubt this and think it's either the scart cable or converter unit.

Any ideas? When connected via component the sharpness and brightness are fine but the colors are way off.

[evildragon]

For us to answer this, we need to know what converter box you are talking about, there's many versions.. Most of which have POTs in them for adjustments..

[lynchesque]

[evildragon]

Another user here had the same problem.. Open up the box, there should be POTs on it... Joe Redifier should be able to walk you through with that, I don't know which POT is which, as I went a different route...

[lynchesque]

Thanks man. I opened the box and it has 6 individual pots with plastic slit tops for screwdriver adjustment. Problem is, no matter which combination of turns I make, it still looks like shit. Guess I'll mess around with it until J.R. shows up.

Edit: found this picture of the innards in another thread

[Joe Redifer]

I have that same box and I never needed to make any adjustments. Keep in mind that component video really isn't NTSC (except for the timing), so your picture may need to be adjusted. Try adjusting your TV settings to make the picture look good instead of the box itself. Your composite and S-video might be a bit off as a result. Also, make sure your SCART cable has resistors on it. Open up the SCART end (it should just snap open). Are there resistors attached to the wires? How many?

[lynchesque]

There are three resistors at the end of the scart cable (the wiring job is horrid btw). I tried to adjust the tv settings to no avail. I can't seem to get yellow (barely any green) out of the box no matter how I turn the pots.

Example: the intro cutscene at the beginning of Castlevania Bloodlines has yellow edges that scroll like sprocket holes in a film strip. I pulled the cart out of the genesis while powered on to freeze that scene (frame) and adjust. All I get is either red or blue, no yellow. My guess is I'm just getting RB instead of RGB.

[Joe Redifer]

Yeah, perhaps the green isn't getting a good connection somewhere. Probably coming out of the Genesis. Component video doesn't have green... your TV looks at the component video signal and basically whatever is missing is green.

[David J.]

Where did you get the Scart cable? IF you got the cable from NCSX... you got FUCKED. It doesn't work very well.

I know of a guy who sells quality scart cables for various consoles.

The issues I was having.. was due to the faulty cable.

[lynchesque]

So the inherent composite and RGB output of the genesis have nothing to do with each other right? It just seems funny that the composite works fine...What f'n sucks is I have no way of narrowing down the problem w/o buying duplicates of the suspect items (including the genesis).


Here's the scart cable I have: eGay scart cable