Advice on my Saturns

[macchinmi]

Hi everyone

New to the forums but I've had an EU Saturn since the 90s and have recently been sorting out all my old consoles and games so I can hopefully set them up in my mancave.

I've a bit of an odd issue with my old Saturn. I took it out, cleaned it and since it has a region switch on it tried games from all 3 regions without issue, then it stopped reading EU discs at all, I get a 'This disc is not suitable for this system' error. Fine with US or JP, and loads EU stuff when the Action Replay (flashed with Pseudo Kai) is inserted. The system also regularly freezes during the Saturn boot logo when switched on, or can take a couple of attempts to boot, this can be sorted with a reset most times but is a bit irritating. It also only loads burned cds after I load Daytona CCE original on it then reset it ( I tried a couple of other games with no success, only Daytona lets me do this!).

I suspect I probably need to just adjust the laser pot a wee bit, and probably just remove the region switch mod, which is fine as I just bought a JP Saturn. If anyone else has any ideas what the issue may be here and if i can fix it in the short term that would be really helpful.

I also bought the JP Saturn without cables and pads. I assume the EU pads and other controllers I have will be ok on it, but will I need a different video output cable or should I be able to use the same one from the EU model?

Also where can I buy a JP (or US I believe) power cable in the UK, I've been struggling to find one? And for the voltage issue is a standard US to UK travel style plug adapter going to cut it or should I be looking for something a bit beefier?

Thanks in advance for any help or advice anyone can offer here.

[barryburton]

Nooooo. If you use a travel adapter it will fry your JP Saturn, you need a step down converter.

Edit: sorry can't help with the other queries. Other than confirming controllers are indeed region free.

[macchinmi]

Thanks, I'm completely new to importing consoles despite having loads of them.

Is there any possibility that someone nice could link the right type of adapter so I can gain a clue, that would be lovely.

Thanks again for any and all help.

[macchinmi]

Sorry, was a bit tipsy last night and having issues with basic internet search coordination, is this the type of thing that I would need:

www.amazon.co.uk/d/Transformers/Bronson-Heavy-Power-Converter-Voltage-Adapter-UK/B00OP8G3B8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1490435332&sr=8-2&keywords=Step-Down+Voltage+Converter+230V+-+110V+%28100W%29

and is this the sort of power cable that I will need:

www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Cable-Cord-Prongs-Playstation-x/dp/B00V82YRLC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1490435572&sr=8-2&keywords=us+power+cable

Once again thank you for any advice in advance.

[nevermind]

You only need about 20w worth of transformer, 100w is overkill but it will work. So you could get a cheaper option but yes, 110v transformer, or put a pal power board into a Japan saturn

[macchinmi]

Thanks for the help, I just ordered the 100w as it will be useful for other things I expect, and I tend to end up playing for hours, most of the cheaper ones say not to run them for longer than an hour. Probably worth the extra pennies for my own peace of mind.

[macchinmi]

So, an update on the UK Saturn problem.

Definitely related to a dodgy region switch mod, wasn't my best effort. The weird boot issues have gone, but I'll need to resolder the jumpers properly on the board I think, currently it thinks no game disc is the correct region, having tried US and JP also.

It doesn't like the Action Replay at the moment either, "this cartridge is not suitable for this system". We'll see how the resolder goes, hope I haven't bust the board.

[zyrobs]

The boot problem is due to the consoles being unused. There's this weird problem in single board model 2s, where they need to "warm up" first before they work properly. I have no idea what is causing it, I tried recapping the board but it made no difference.

[macchinmi]

That is also a possibility. I will need to solder the thing and see how it is, seems fine other than the region issue at the moment.

Failing that, a replacement