Spector Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 (edited) As the topic says. The Colecovision Atari expansion module works with the old Cuttle Cart (remember that?) so I'm wondering if it would also work with the Harmony Encore. It would be a simple way to set up an Atari and CV at the same time. Also, would the reset button on the colecovision bring you back to the menu on the harmony so as to avoid power cycling every time you wanted to play another game? Edited July 31, 2018 by Spector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoJoe Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Yes, this is how I play Atari. The reset, resets the game. You have to turn the Coleco off and on again to get to the Harmony menu as far as I can tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Yes, this is how I play Atari. The reset, resets the game. You have to turn the Coleco off and on again to get to the Harmony menu as far as I can tell. I've never understood why only some of these SD carts have menu reset buttons on the cart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoJoe Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I've never understood why only some of these SD carts have menu reset buttons on the cart. Meh, I've found the reset button to not work most of the times on my Atarimax cart. I really like the design of the LTO Flash cart, you just press a two key combo to go back to the menu. *bad info, I confused the LTO with my Ultimate Flashback, to go back to the menu on LTO just hold down the reset button for a second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Meh, I've found the reset button to not work most of the times on my Atarimax cart. I really like the design of the LTO Flash cart, you just press a two key combo to go back to the menu. Which AtariMax cart are you talking about? Because my 5200 AtariMax Ultimate SD does not have a reset button on it. Although i did see where there is a spot silk-screened that is labeled RESET. But have never gotten an answer on if this was designed for a Reset button that actually works? and two button press on the LTO? Which two buttons because I wasn't aware and have just always powered cycled or did a long press of the reset button on the console to get back to the LTO menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoJoe Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Which AtariMax cart are you talking about? Because my 5200 AtariMax Ultimate SD does not have a reset button on it. Although i did see where there is a spot silk-screened that is labeled RESET. But have never gotten an answer on if this was designed for a Reset button that actually works? and two button press on the LTO? Which two buttons because I wasn't aware and have just always powered cycled or did a long press of the reset button on the console to get back to the LTO menu. Atarimax for the Coleco. On some games it takes you back to the main menu but most games it just brings up the message that you have no cartridge in the Coleco and have to restart. Sorry my bad, I confused the LTO with my Ultimate Flashback, to reset the LTO without restarting hold down the reset button on the Intellivision for one second and it will take you back to the main menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spector Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 The harmony encore cart looks like a good bet. The thing is, I am a UK owner with an NTSC Colecovision modded to play on my TV. However, the mod is not a great one as my TV needs a coloured background on the screen to lock onto the picture . My other modded consoles have never needed this. I changed the background colour from black to blue on the menu screen for my Atarimax Colecovision SD Cart and it's fine. But looking at youtube clips of the Harmony Encore, it seems you can't do that, and the background menu colour is black. Is there any kind of brief flash of brightness/color on the screen when you turn the harmony encore on? That would help the TV lock on to it. I hope someone understands what I mean by all that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannacek Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 If you get a SONY PVM, they can display NTSC, PAL, and SECAM. I know they are hard to come by, but it's worth it if you need to display multiple formats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spector Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 (edited) If you get a SONY PVM, they can display NTSC, PAL, and SECAM. I know they are hard to come by, but it's worth it if you need to display multiple formats. It's not something I need as I only play NTSC games, and my TV works fine with that. It's designed to get an NTSC signal through composite. However, this particular composite mod doesn't seem to work well with my CRT. It needs a bit of colour to lock on to it, and the options in the Atarimax Colecovision SD cart allow that. I wondered if you could change the colour of the Harmony file list screen too, but that doesn't seem to be an option. What a pain. Edited August 1, 2018 by Spector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 The harmony encore cart looks like a good bet. The thing is, I am a UK owner with an NTSC Colecovision modded to play on my TV. However, the mod is not a great one as my TV needs a coloured background on the screen to lock onto the picture . My other modded consoles have never needed this. I changed the background colour from black to blue on the menu screen for my Atarimax Colecovision SD Cart and it's fine. But looking at youtube clips of the Harmony Encore, it seems you can't do that, and the background menu colour is black. Is there any kind of brief flash of brightness/color on the screen when you turn the harmony encore on? That would help the TV lock on to it. I hope someone understands what I mean by all that! If you get a SONY PVM, they can display NTSC, PAL, and SECAM. I know they are hard to come by, but it's worth it if you need to display multiple formats. There also a lot of LCD TVs being sold nowadays made the last few years that are multi-regional. They used to be very strict on this to prevent foreign counterfeits, but now everything comes from the same asian countries, so it has been partially abandoned. I think you may need to get a different composite mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spector Posted August 1, 2018 Author Share Posted August 1, 2018 (edited) I think you may need to get a different composite mod. Sadly long term, I think you are right. Every other modded console I've had works okay with it. I couldn't recommend the guy who did the mod because of that problem. Trouble is, no-one else does them to the UK at the moment. At least the CV works to a point, but probably not so well with the Atari expansion module. Edited August 1, 2018 by Spector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannacek Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) Sadly long term, I think you are right. Every other modded console I've had works okay with it. I couldn't recommend the guy who did the mod because of that problem. Trouble is, no-one else does them to the UK at the moment. At least the CV works to a point, but probably not so well with the Atari expansion module. Do you know which mod they used? If it is the "Ben Heck" one (https://www.benheck.com/bens-colecovision-composite-video-mod/) , then there is a potentiometer you can use to adjust the amplification which sounds like the problem you are having. If it is not the "Ben Heck" mod, then the amplification is not adjustable, so probably nothing you can do. What kind of TV do you use? Newer 4k TVs don't like old consoles, while older flatscreens may work fine with anything you connect to them. Edited August 2, 2018 by Hannacek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spector Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 I'm using a CRT tv- I'm a purist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannacek Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 I'm using a CRT tv- I'm a purist! You still might need to adjust it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spector Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 You still might need to adjust it I'm not sure how to though, and there's also the worry of it screwing up everything else, since all my other modded consoles have worked on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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