Modding a PAL Colecovision

[panamajoe]

I´m really interested in these nifty AV-mods some people here do to their Colecovisions...

and i´d like to know if it can also be done to a PAL machine?

 

Is there even anyone out there who might do this for me, as i´m not very handy with a soldering iron and prefer to shell out some $$ to get my Coleco fixed...

 

[ten-four]

Hi panamajoe...

 

I give up, i try this for many years now, and nothing of all these projects are working probably.

 

My last try was a schematic from Hans Otten (MSX) as you can see in my other topic in the Hardware section.

 

A PAL version is different from NTSC, and many people say it's better with a PAL and the real RGB.

 

The nearest -was from Telegames in UK in mid 80's.

 

See picture in my gallery.

[panamajoe]

but thanks for the info

[AussieAtari]

I modded my PAL CV for A/V and it works fine. I used a mod kit I bought from the US that works with any CV, trouble is I cannot remember where I bought the mod from

 

You can always try Ben Heck's mods........

[ten-four]

Hi Aussieatari.

 

Maybe your Mod's from Viking Video Games, or 8 bit domain !

 

Ben Heck and A1k0n have i also try on.

 

A PAL RF box is an Astec 1285 for almost Europe, and are not mounted on the main-board.

 

In PAL are the RF in the left side in ColecoVision.

 

The signals are not the same as NTSC.

 

I have 2 ColecoVision, and no one of them wil take affect the colors, only black and white.

 

Ben Heck have made an incoder that can convert the signals from arcade pcb to a normal Tv.

 

I wrote to his site for a while ago, but i never get an answer.

 

The Mod you have in your ColecoVision, how do it look like, and do it have a chip ?

 

I know it can be done, because my first ColecoVision was Modded by TeleGames in 1986 or 87.

 

It never works properly, but the colors was there

[AussieAtari]

You're right, my conversion comes from 8-bit domain.

 

Ben Heck has a CV A/V conversion on his site that picks up straight off the feeds into the rf modulator, not after it so it should be independant on video format.