Maybe check the function of some of the switches on your monitor. Sometimes they have various modes. You are just using composite video, right? If that works on your other TVs, but not your 1084, it’s something with your 1084 that needs adjusting.
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Thanks Brian ! I compared it and it figured out we got 2 different versions, mine is called commodore 1084s and yours Amiga Monitor and our backside is different, it looks it has a compatibility issue, but no prob, those monitors sell like hell on ebay, so i think i have to find a smaller crt TV which fits into my small appartement…
Wand, Undamned, this is most likely a PAL/NTSC issue. I don’t know the exact reason, but something in the back of my mind tells me that it’s the difference between the way colour is encoded with PAL/NTSC - they use different colour subcarrier frequencies. Maybe Wand’s monitor is PAL and is expecting colour at 4.4MHz but the output signal from the UD CPS2 is NTSC which has a 3.6MHz colour subcarrier frequency. Of course it would work fine for Undamned since his monitor is probably NTSC.
I had this problem with my PS1 as it happens. I used to have it connected via S-Video and it was fine for PAL games but NTSC games were black and white. The funny thing is that this is the TV I use for everything. It can display NTSC on RGB SCART perfectly fine, it’s just S-video where it seems it can’t deal with a “foreign” signal
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I googled an image of the monitor and it doesn’t seem to have S-video? Maybe the same problem exists for RGB but on my TV the scart socket has subcarrier detection or something, who knows?!
Yes Michael you are right, it is a Pal Monitor, but it figured out that it works pretty well with my XBOX360 / Dreamcast / SNES / Mega Drive / Gamecube and even on 60HZ (though it is written Pal 50 HZ on the backside, but it also supports 60 Hz I read this and tested it) so it might be the signal. But no prob, in this case i try to organize another model. I only wanted to pick the small Monitor because I dont have room for a big CRT TV in my gaming room, but as soon as I got more space Ill catch up a big one. THX
If you going for small monitors, something like the old Amiga or Commodore Monitors are great, same with the (now obsolete because of HD) Sony PVM monitors
They will accept the raw RGB and sync from the CPS2 with out need for conversion, you just have to make an adapter for the connections,
Actually, the Playstation video rules apply to UD-CPS2, so if you want to run it on an RGB monitor (or most upscalers), you need to first strip the Video Sync signal out of the Composite Video before applying to the monitor.
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I can’t speak for the new mini, but the device series isn’t bad but they are pricy.
Make sure you get the right scart to din 8 adapter. As hooking up a euro scart directly into a Japanese upscaller (or vise versa) can destroy both the upscaller and the console
The connector is the same but the pin assignment is different. Kinda like normal ATX power Supplies and the Dell ATX power Supply.
Glad there are 3 episodes of “The Voice” this week because I have hours of cutting/stripping/tinning hundreds of power wires ahead of me. I feel for you, joystick modders.
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