View Full Version : WTB: SVideo mod for Sega CDX.
CDiablo
08-23-2009, 08:15 PM
Title says it all. If you do them or know someone that does, lemme know. Thanks.
eastbayarb
08-23-2009, 11:56 PM
Title says it all. If you do them or know someone that does, lemme know. Thanks.
you can't just buy an s-video cable?
CDiablo
08-24-2009, 01:58 AM
you can't just buy an s-video cable?
There is no Genesis/Megadrive SVideo option without modding that I know of.
Carey85
08-24-2009, 04:41 AM
It's going to probably be a lot easier to find someone to S-video mod an X'eye for you. There isn't a lot of working space inside of a CDX and the smallest of mods would likely get in the way of the inner workings of the system.
Dunno if he can do it, but might as well give him a PM and figure it out.
Rai, here's his thread
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=135258
Logicdustbin
08-24-2009, 08:06 AM
I have one, but the CD part no longer works :P
any-how, the CDX isn't the best genesis to mod, because of the small space for the mod, you get a lot of interference (some wavy lines and such).
I know the system is pretty sweet, and comes in a small package, but you might want to consider a model 1 genesis and model 2 CD for the best results.
Spazmonkey
08-24-2009, 01:23 PM
What circuit are you using? There's no way the mod isn't small enough if you use the correct one. If your using this one, http://www-unix.ecs.umass.edu/~dhowland/mod/ , I could see why your having troubles. There's another version that requires a cap and a resistor for chroma, and a transistor and a resistor for luma. Very small, very simple.
Logicdustbin
08-24-2009, 01:47 PM
What circuit are you using? There's no way the mod isn't small enough if you use the correct one. If your using this one, http://www-unix.ecs.umass.edu/~dhowland/mod/ , I could see why your having troubles. There's another version that requires a cap and a resistor for chroma, and a transistor and a resistor for luma. Very small, very simple.
sure, you could use that, but the image could be dim, and of lower quality.
besides, the CDX sucks for opening and closing, thats why most of the people who performed this mod don't do it anymore.
Spazmonkey
08-24-2009, 02:19 PM
Here's a picture of the other circuit, the smaller one, there is nothing dim about it, http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l370/Spazmonkey_Adam/Genesis%20Video%20Comparision%20Shots/IMG_1729.jpg
The resistor on the chroma line adjusts brightness.
If you were to examine the schematic for the first one, you will notice it's really very overcomplicated, and sports zero extra quality over the other.