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Playstation: Full RGB Scarting information
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# S O N Y P L A Y $ T A T I O N #
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# Full RGB Scarting information #
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# By: 2TUFF/NAPALM #
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]-[ere I am again bringing you the useful information that others
want to keep to themselves and make lots of money off. I feel
that people having to send their expensive and prized machines
like Saturn and Playstation through the post to companies so that
they can be scarted is stupid if you can do it yourself but just
did not know how. If you are capable of doing the following then
do so, then you can't get your machine lost or nicked. To people
like Hydra who mouth off cause they made one lousy review of a
game and rag on me for typing up articles well then dude who has
given the people what is really useful now then? Along with
my Saturn scarting and various own reviews etc. Shut your mouth
in future.
The following information was found out by R2D2(#1) and supplied to
myself by R2D2(#2). This fully work's and has been tested on many
RGB compatible TV's with no problem at all! I would like to thank
Paul for giving me the information on how to RGB the Playstation,
it's making life so easy now without digital scan on my picture haha.
TV's tested on:-
MITSUBISHI..PHILIPS BLACKLINE..PHILIPS MATCHLINE..SONY TRINITRON
For all those that don't know, RGB'ing the Playstation will now
allow the machine to work in FULL colour on most Pal/Euro televisions.
Also the picture quality will be increased by miles due to the
signals being sent directly to the TV color guns etc instead of being
modulated etc before hand. You will notice a crisper picture and
far greater colouring (its amazing haha). Just take a look at the
quality difference in an American SNES and a Pal SNES haha there ya
go.
EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO SCART PLAYSTATION
+===================================+ 2TUFF/NAPALM
1. SOLDERING IRON
2. SOLDER (LOW MELT POINT/SELF FLUXING) *BEST*
3. 2 x IN4148 SIGNAL DIODES *FROM TANDY ETC*
4. MALE SCART/EURO-CONNECTOR
5. 9 CORE SIGNAL QUALITY CABLE *SEE [2TUFF#AUDIO] FOR 6 CORE*
6. RGB KNOWN TV FOR TESTING ETC
DIAGRAM OF MALE SCART CONNECTOR
+=============================+ 2TUFF/NAPALM
___/| 20 = VIDEO IN
|- _ | 21 20 17 = VIDEO OUT EARTH
|- _ | 19 18 16 = BLANKING
|- _ | 17 16 15 = RED IN
|- _ | 15 14 11 = GREEN IN
|- _ | 13 12 10 = NOT CONNECTED/COM2
|- _ | 11 10 7 = BLUE IN
|- _ | 9 8 6 = AUDIO IN LEFT
|- _ | 7 6 4 = AUDIO EARTH
|- _ | 5 4 2 = AUDIO IN RIGHT
|- _ | 3 2
|- | 1
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DIAGRAM OF SONY PLAYSTATION PCB
+=============================+ 2TUFF/NAPALM
Open the Playstation and flip main PCB vertically down (so that
A/V port is facing you and where joyports were, so it is now
on the bottom LEFT).
-] Port Pins [-
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 = GREEN OUT 7 = RED OUT
o o o o o o 2 = BLANKING 8 = BLUE OUT
3 = VIDEO EARTH 9 = AUDIO OUT LEFT
o o o o o o 4 = RGB SYNC
7 8 9 5 = AUDIO OUT RIGHT
6 = AUDIO EARTH
WHERE TO PUT CABLE
+================+ 2TUFF/NAPALM
The Playstation is far easier to play with than the Sega Saturn. When
I RGB scarted my Saturn, I found it hard to find a decent spot for
the cable to enter/leave. The playstation is EASY!!!!!!!
Open the machine up and you will see the power supply pcb on the Left,
and the main pcb on the Right. In the middle of these is a small gap.
Make the hole in between this area in the plastic at dip. Now you
can easily have access to the A/V port as its right next to wire
coming in.
MAKE SURE YOU THREAD CABLE THROUGH HOLE BEFORE SOLDERING
*This can cause serious brain emriging if you don't and solder haha*
WHAT TO CONNECT
+=============+ 2TUFF/NAPALM
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 = GREEN OUT 7 = RED OUT
o o o o o o 2 = BLANKING 8 = BLUE OUT
3 = VIDEO EARTH 9 = AUDIO OUT LEFT
o o o o o o 4 = RGB SYNC
7 8 9 5 = AUDIO OUT RIGHT
6 = AUDIO EARTH
Use the colours on the multicore cable to help you (i.e wiring for
the blue signal, then use the BLUE wire haha????)
Refer to MY diagrams earlier
PLAYSTATION SCART/EURO-CONNECTOR
1 --->--- 11
2 --->--- SEE *DIODE'S* BEFORE !! BELOW 16/10
3 --->--- 17
4 --->--- 20
5 --->--- 2
6 --->--- 4
7 --->--- 15
8 --->--- 7
9 --->--- 6
DIODE'S
+=====+ 2TUFF/NAPALM
Use 2 IN4148 signal diodes. These can be got from all electrical
stockists. I got mine from work but here is the relevant information
to purchase them from Tandy
COMPONENT : IN4148 DIODE
CATALOGUE # : 276-1122
QUANTITY : PK.10
PRICE : ú1.49
Scart
16o ---- __
o /\_____2 (on psx[BLANKING])
o \/
10o ---- ~~
Get the 2 IN4148's so that the LINE on the diode's are at the bottom.
Join the wire together at other end so the 2 diodes now become one,
and the wires at the other end where the LINE is are still seperate.
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.|..|. *JUST SOLDER THE 2 SEPERATE ENDS EITHER WAY ROUND TO
| || | THE PINS SHOWN ABOVE [16/10]*
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DISCLAIMER
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I and others have used this information, and have had no problems
or cause any since. So if you encounter a problem dont cry to me
just cause you screwed up your machine through not understanding
or being qualified to attempt this hardware hack etc. If you
feel you don't fully understand or can't solder etc then wait till
Sony being out a A/V scart lead, unless mine come out first.
If you have any problems contact me on X-Factor BBS/Napalm WHQ
GREETINGS TO
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BLASTER, THE GREAT MUTA, WING LEADER, SEVEN7SEVEN, DANZIG, COSY, R2D2
FOR ALL THE LATEST IN CD'S CONTACT *NUMBERS USA*
