Help fixing modded system

[toymailman]

My S-video CyberTech modded system stopped working correctly. I opened it up and the blue wire has come lose. Can anyone tell me which of the open prongs (only two of them) that I should re-solder it to. There is the larger flat one on the top and then there is a pin type connection in the middle area of the s-video connector. Thanks!

 

[Longhorn Engineer]

Looks like the pin right above the red wire should be correct.

[Pioneer4x4]

Looks like the pin right above the red wire should be correct.

I agree, according to http://pinouts.ws/s-video-pinout.html that is the only used pin not connected.

[toymailman]

Thanks guys. This is the s-video unit I have been using for the last few years. I am now switching over to the one I recently got from Longhorn.

 

I have calibrated each (the CyberTech, and Longhorn's) using VideoSoft's ColorBar generator and Longhorn's seems to give more accurate reds. Looking at the color bars it is a nice red while the CyberTech one looks like a dark pink. However, this may be more "accurate" for the VCS because when I calibrate a non-modded unit then it too shows the dark pink bar. I'll try to get some pictures comparing the two after I fix the CyberTech one.

[toymailman]

Fixed it!

 

To color calibrate them I let each of them warm up a bit (maybe ~15 min.). Then I adjusted them so the title screen of the CBG cart has the same color on the top and bottom half of the screen. Below are the images.

 

CyberTech --------------------------------------- Longhorn

 

The CyberTech image is a little more green and the Longhorn image is a little more brown. I am not sure of what color this screen is supposed to be, but these are the colors that resulted when the top and bottom half of the screen matched as close as my eye could tell. For each unit the amount I turned the ajustment knob was barly noticable.

 

I also took pictures of the color bar pattern setting of each too.

 

CyberTech --------------------------------------- Longhorn

[Longhorn Engineer]

On my Insignia LCD (not the greatest TV out there) the color on that screen is a mixture of those Toy. Neither green nor brown. It is a little greener then what you are showing but not by much.

 

http://www.cheeptech.com/2600mods/2600mods.html

 

That page has some screen caps of what the Colors should look like. Well...looks like through an emulator.

Edited February 16, 2010 by Longhorn Engineer

[+Nathan Strum]

http://www.cheeptech.com/2600mods/2600mods.html

 

That page has some screen caps of what the Colors should look like. Well...looks like through an emulator.

There are no emulator screen caps on that page. They're all from real hardware.

 

(I really need to update that page someday to include more mods...)

[Longhorn Engineer]

http://www.cheeptech.com/2600mods/2600mods.html

 

That page has some screen caps of what the Colors should look like. Well...looks like through an emulator.

There are no emulator screen caps on that page. They're all from real hardware.

 

(I really need to update that page someday to include more mods...)

 

What did you use to capture them then? I am looking for something. My EasyCap just came in yesterday. It does video fairly well but images look awful. Think serious jpg compression awful.

[+Nathan Strum]

I captured to a Sony DSR-25 DVCAM deck, then offloaded the DV movies via FireWire.

 

I tried going straight into a Sony DV Media Converter, but the picture was too unstable. The DSR-25 stabilizes the inbound signal enough to record it.

 

Next round though, I'll be using an AJA LHi card, and capturing at higher quality (10-bit, 4:2:2).