Sound channel missing on some games? SNES related problem

[Vitiman Z]

I'm not sure why, but the copy of Super Mario All-Stars + World I got in the mail today has the exact same problem my copy of plain ol' Super Mario World does: one of the sound channels is just not working. No matter what I do, clean it, shuffle the cart around when I insert it, even tried different systems, nothing works. Does anyone have any idea why this could be? I had this problem before with a SFC copy of Link to the Past, and likewise, I couldn't find a solution for that either. Would it be something in the circuitry causing this? Any help would be appreciated!

 

EDIT: After looking around, I did find a possible solution: either go RF or try to find better AV cables, because it seems the stereo output is broken...

Edited June 8, 2012 by Vitiman Z

[Rex Dart]

Well, here's hoping that it's the cable that's the problem, and not the SNES' A/V jack, or something internal.

[Vitiman Z]

Well, it worked! Although I now have to deal with using a crappy 3rd party RF adapter, all the sound channels are there and everything (save for a flickering input, but that's knockoff hookups for ya) is in perfect order. I guess the best thing to do is just keep this thread for anyone with a similar problem, or delete it if you want, I don't care. I will have to find a better RF adapter (read as: Nintendo made one) OR get AV cables for the SNES that are mono. Shouldn't be much of a problem ^^

[Rex Dart]

RF adapter? Doesn't the system do it's own RF adapting? You could just use the same RF/RCA to Coax adapter that we all use on our 2600s.

I don't see how that solves it, either... you get mono sound. Yuck.

[Vitiman Z]

RF adapter? Doesn't the system do it's own RF adapting? You could just use the same RF/RCA to Coax adapter that we all use on our 2600s.

I don't see how that solves it, either... you get mono sound. Yuck.

 

RF cable. My apologies for using the wrong term. And the problem was that I didn't get all the sound channels, not if the sound was "pretty" or not.

[Rex Dart]

Hah, I'm just saying you don't really need much of an adapter; that RF switchbox isn't necessary, which is news to some people.

That RF cable's going to give you an uglier picture, too. Does your TV have stereo (red and white) inputs, or just the white-colored jack for audio?

Edited June 8, 2012 by Rex Dart