Hank Rearden Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I thought I saw a thread about a plug and play RGB but it looks like that's still a work in process. Is anyone currently selling a kit? Amazingly, there doesn't appear to be much on YouTube regarding this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I believe the RGB kit that is available for the atari 8bit computers can be used on the 5200. For just composite and s-video, I would go with Bryan's UAV board. I haven't looked into the installation of that board into a 5200 yet, but I would imagine it isn't any more difficult and likely easier than most others I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Rearden Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 Who is Bryan? Where would one go to purchase that s-video kit? I'd really like a no solder option as my soldering skills suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Who is Bryan? Where would one go to purchase that s-video kit? I'd really like a no solder option as my soldering skills suck. Bryan is an AA member here and that is his AA username. Just send him a PM to order one of his UAV boards. But it isn't a drop in board either. None of them really are. I think the 5200 since it has a 4050 chip on it. requires that you solder the header for the UAV ontop of the 4050 and then attach to the UAV, then jumpers are needed to connect the pins specific for the 5200. From there you still need to solder wires and install RCAs/S-video to the console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Your RGB options for the 5200 include the VBXE and the SOPHIA/SOFIA board. The second one is more of a plug-in but I think it does require one or two wires to be soldered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjh76 Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Actually with the 5200, if you get the plug-in version of Brian's UAV then you can just pull the 4050 chip from the socket and plug in the UAV. Then you have only one wire that needs to be soldered, and it has screw terminals for attaching wires to the video out. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/260267-the-uav-rev-d-video-upgrade-thread/ http://atariage.com/forums/topic/246613-new-video-upgrade-coming-soon/page-8?do=findComment&comment=3412378 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bszarek001 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) Actually with the 5200, if you get the plug-in version of Brian's UAV then you can just pull the 4050 chip from the socket and plug in the UAV. Then you have only one wire that needs to be soldered, and it has screw terminals for attaching wires to the video out. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/260267-the-uav-rev-d-video-upgrade-thread/ http://atariage.com/forums/topic/246613-new-video-upgrade-coming-soon/page-8?do=findComment&comment=3412378 To the best of my knowledge, he wasn't recommending pulling the 4050, rather soldering the socket onto the 4050, then inserting the UAV into the socket. I know on the light-sixer tutorial he made, that's how he recommended doing it, and that's how i've done it on both my light sixer and two different 5200's.. At that point you just need the video feed in, ground it, and composite out. I've not done an S-Video mod with this particular board, however, the video quality is so good with composite that I haven't felt the need to go through the extra hassle. Edited December 22, 2017 by bszarek001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjh76 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Actually, if you look a few posts down from the one with the pictures of the 5200, Bryan says that only soldering required with the plug-in board is one wire to get the color signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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