X'eye A/V cable..

[scorch56]

I was looking at my X'eye today. I'd had it for a couple years but never really examined it. When I bought it.. it came with an original power supply and controller and a really strange looking original RF adapter.

When I use the X'eye (which is rarely) I always hook it up using the component outs on the back (yellow/red/white) but I'm getting a poor picture lately and I think it's due to interference across the terminals or a bad video out.

I noticed there is also an "A/V cable out" on the back that simply looks like a smaller A/V plug like on the Gen 2 & 3. I know that Gen 2/3 A/V plugs only had about 3 or 4 actual pins on the male end; but what I'm wondering is if the X'eye had a "special" proprietary plug. While it looks like a Genny cable would fit in there.. wouldn't the X'eye require more pins for the built-in Sega CD functions?

Just wondering if this were true; and if so.. where I could get one? Thanks to all for your time and attention.

[InsaneDavid]

A Genesis 2 stereo AV cable should work fine, even between the Genesis 2 / SCD2 video is still video, audio still audio. A standard Genesis 2 RF box should work as well. I think JVC still sells those RF boxes, I believe instead of having a little coaxial line it had two female coaxial sockets. A standard coaxial cable would run from the "out" socket on the RF box.

Actually the cartridge side of the JVC X'Eye is based off the architecture of the Genesis 2 / Mega Drive 2.

However if you want the RF box for the X'Eye from JVC, here's the listing in their inventory (http://www.jvcservice.com/service/JPartInq.asp?PgReq=DspDta&PrtNbr=RF-S10J).

[omnedon]

They can take the S-Video mod as well, the same as a Genny 1, ecept the soldering is a bit harder, as the video encoder is surface mount, and much smaller. Same pinout, same everything as the S-video instructions for the NEO GEO posted with the AV mod kite at www.neostore.com .

Interference from composite sounds very strange.