SNES Jr. S-Video

[drewjacks0n]

Can you put on Zelda ALTTP title screen and tell me if the 3 large yellow triangles have lines on them in S-Video?.

Allstair, a video of Zelda "Link to the Past" title screen: http://youtu.be/uNLZ2FFgJg0

One thing I notice is that on areas where text is white on a black background, I usually see some form of what could be described as drop shadow, but it looks like 'interference'. Anyone know what that is? I've seen it on two different SNES Jrs now. I was thinking its either my TV or the Cable I'm using.

I did realize, after my initial post that I had damaged the 220uf Capacitor when I put the case back together. It was causing graphical glitches that would appear when the console was bumped. I opened everything back up and I found that if I tapped the capacitor that I would see all sorts of lines/interference hit the display. I ALSO noticed I had the polarity backwards, oops!

Went down to Fry's, got a brand new cap (this one was 25v rated, thats all they had), I replaced the damaged cap, and now everything looks pretty darn good. The video above is a POST "repair" video.

I obtained another SNS-101 console, and while I was at Fry's I attempted to buy the same parts to do another mod. The soldering went really well and everything is nicely constructed but the video output is very washed out. Reds are barely visible. I know its not the 220 capacitor at fault, so that leaves me with the resistors or the 100nf capacitor that's causing the problem. I got the previous parts from a co worker of mine, who happens to be russian. His parts are from the soviet area (military grade, he says). I got to be honest, right now they look a whole lot better than the resistors and cap I got at frys.

I'm suspicious that the guy at Fry's might have done some math incorrectly. The packaging was confusing (I'm a total noob, keep in mind) for the ceramic capacitor. It didn't just simply read "100nf" so i ended up with a package that reads:

"100000PF 50V" They are ceramic, of similar size to what I used last time and read "104Z" on the shell. I don't know if these are the source of my washed-out colors, or if it is the resistors I picked up.

They just said 75ohm 2% (I think).

I guess one other possibility is that the solder isn't well connected at one of my joints. Would that cause "dull" and "washed out" colors? I don't know. I thought all the solder went well. Used flux and got nice shiny joints.

I'm just rambling at this point

TL;DR
I mod'd a second console and the colors are washed out. Did I use the wrong parts?

signing off.