PAL 7800 in North America

[EricBall]

Am I correct in assuming that I will need to replace the power supply in order to use a PAL 7800 in North America? (I'd use by PC's video capture card, which handles PAL, instead of a TV.)

[Vigo]

Yes, since we Europeans use 230VAC instead of 110. An American power supply should work without problems.

 

Happy Hacking!

 

Vigo

[+Mitch]

Yes, that will work.

Does your PC TV card handle PAL RF channels? I know mine doesn't so I just get a black and white picture with no sound.

 

Mitch

[CincYnoTi]

what was that about rf?? i have a pal 7800. if i use a US power supply, will i be able to play this 7800 on channel 3 on any TV?

[Mayhem]

No. You'll most likely need a PAL to NTSC video convertor.

[joshua]

i suppose you could also use this to convert the pal to ntsc for your tv:

 

http://chipzone.com/shop/showdetl.cfm?&Use...t_ID=229&DID=12

 

 

just convert the rf out from your 7800 to av and then put the av into the playstaion end plug(i'm assuming that's an av plug)

[joshua]

but then, pal on an ntsc tv might not look all that great

[+Mitch]

what was that about rf??  i have a pal 7800.  if i use a US power supply, will i be able to play this 7800 on channel 3 on any TV?

 

Sort of. If you can play 2600 PAL games on your TV with your NTSC 2600/7800 system without the screen rolling, then you can play them with a PAL system.

The only downside is that they will be in black and white with no sound.

I believe PAL-I (UK) outputs to channel 34, and PAL-B (Australia & Germany) on channel 2 or 3.

Also, if you add an inductor to the sound circuit you can get the sound to work but you will still have a black and white picture. Playable though.

 

Mitch

[GrizzLee]

I posted this in the Marketplace forum, but this may be just as good of place as any.

 

I am looking for a PAL 7800 that is SCART enabled. Apparently, according to Mitch, these were made for the European market. I am beginning to think thay were only available in France

 

I have a nice european, SCART comaptible Sony, TV that I would love to try out all my PAL games on and use as a test platform.

 

Trades/cash or combination of considered.

 

 

Thanks,

-Lee

[andy_bernstein]

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...0&category=3537

 

Here you go. The guy only ships to France but you can always e-mail him.

 

AB.

[GrizzLee]

OK.. I don't speak or read French. I tried to contact him. We will see what happens.

 

 

Thanks,

-Lee

[+Mitch]

I posted this in the Marketplace forum, but this may be just as good of place as any.

 

I am looking for a PAL 7800 that is SCART enabled. Apparently, according to Mitch, these were made for the European market. I am beginning to think thay were only available in France

 

I have a nice european, SCART comaptible Sony, TV that I would love to try out all my PAL games on and use as a test platform.  

 

Trades/cash or combination of considered.

 

 

Thanks,

-Lee

 

Yes, I think they were originally only sold in France, though some have migrated to other parts of Europe.

 

Mitch

[Bruce Tomlin]

Or you could get an NTSC 7800, do my EPROM mod, change the byte at F4F5 to zero to disable the signature check to allow it to play PAL games, and use that.

 

How well do PAL games work in a hacked NTSC 7800 anyhow? I mean, the CC2 supports them, so aside from maybe generating 50Hz sync, I guess they should work.

[+Mitch]

How well do PAL games work in a hacked NTSC 7800 anyhow?  I mean, the CC2 supports them, so aside from maybe generating 50Hz sync, I guess they should work.

 

Not very, most crash or play with corrupted graphics. There are a few that play, more or less, normally but if you are going the CC2 route it's just easier to use the NTSC versions.

 

Mitch