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Post by tailsfan on Mar 19, 2016 2:26:57 GMT
So I bought a Saturn on ebay a few days back, but when I got it I discovered that the seller gave me a Genesis Model 2 RF cable instead of the Saturn one. I wasn't happy about this, but I decided to avoid drama and buy a retro-bit cable off of Amazon. The cable worked fine at first and I was having fun finally getting to play Saturn again until I popped in Daytona USA (fourth game I played in the same session. I switched discs by either turning off the console and switching the discs or by pressing down the "A" button when pushing reset and switching discs while in the CD player). When I finished a race, the Saturn reset itself. I put in Virtua Fighter Remix and that game worked fine. I then turned off the console and put Daytona back in. When I turned the console on the screen flickered like crazy and I had to turn the console off and take out Daytona. I then turned the console on again without any CD in the drive it was fine, but the screen flickered like crazy when I put Daytona in the CD drive again while in the CD player. I pressed "stop" on the controller and took out the disc, which returned the screen to normal. I put in Virtua Fighter 2 and everything was fine for awhile and then the screen started flickering again. I decided to adjust the video cable and I noticed that if I turned the part connected to the console in just the right way, I could get a stable picture. I bought an official Sega RF adapter off ebay since there is clearly something wrong with this cable, but I'm still puzzled about the random reset during the first time I put Daytona into this Saturn. Did the video cable cause the reset or is there something wrong with the disc? There are no scratches and I've never seen a copy of Daytona USA cause the Saturn to randomly reset before (I've owned 2 other copies of the game over the last decade). I also purchased the same video cable from the same seller 3 years ago and that cable worked fine, but I guess I got a lemon this time around.
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Post by buckoa51 on Mar 19, 2016 9:48:15 GMT
It's 2016, sort yourself some RGB cables and a transcoder if necessary.
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Post by tailsfan on Mar 19, 2016 12:47:06 GMT
It's 2016, sort yourself some RGB cables and a transcoder if necessary. I live in the us and I need to have my Saturn hooked up to a CRT since I plan on playing a lot of light gun games on it. That's why I need rf or composite. |
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Post by buckoa51 on Mar 19, 2016 13:27:07 GMT
A decent CRT should have component or at least S-Video.
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Post by atolm on Mar 20, 2016 2:02:32 GMT
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Post by MIK on Mar 20, 2016 12:56:36 GMT
My guess the AV port has been knocked, (AV cable was plugged in to the Saturn and the machine has taken a hit on the back thus bending the contacts inside the AV port).
The flickering can come for either the Ground or S-Video wires shorting, not connecting properly.
If you slightly twist by a hairs width the AV plug that sits in the AV socket of the Saturn in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction then you should be able to replicate or make better the problem. If so then slightly bend the pins up or down inside the AV plug a very small amount so they get a better contact inside the AV port.
BTW, if the AV port moves when you move the AV plug then it may of broken away slightly from the mother board, a solder joint or more might be loose on the AV port..
I'm sure your Daytona disc is fine, you slightly disturbed the AV cable swapping games...
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Post by bradcap1 on Mar 20, 2016 14:14:14 GMT
I have the same thing happening with my region switched US Saturn. Thanks for the tips MIK. It usually happens early in the gaming session. I can wiggle the AV cable at the
port slightly and everything returns to normal. Bought a new AV cable and the problem still happens so it is not that.
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Post by tailsfan on Mar 20, 2016 15:59:53 GMT
My guess the AV port has been knocked, (AV cable was plugged in to the Saturn and the machine has taken a hit on the back thus bending the contacts inside the AV port). The flickering can come for either the Ground or S-Video wires shorting, not connecting properly. If you slightly twist by a hairs width the AV plug that sits in the AV socket of the Saturn in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction then you should be able to replicate or make better the problem. If so then slightly bend the pins up or down inside the AV plug a very small amount so they get a better contact inside the AV port. BTW, if the AV port moves when you move the AV plug then it may of broken away slightly from the mother board, a solder joint or more might be loose on the AV port.. I'm sure your Daytona disc is fine, you slightly disturbed the AV cable swapping games... Thanks MIK, I'll keep this in mind. |
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Post by tailsfan on Apr 25, 2016 19:24:53 GMT
I ended up buying an official Sega Saturn RF cable from ebay and it works great.
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Post by buckoa51 on Apr 25, 2016 20:38:49 GMT
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Post by zyrobs on Apr 25, 2016 20:55:42 GMT
*drunken rant*
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Post by buckoa51 on Apr 25, 2016 21:12:05 GMT
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Post by atolm on Apr 25, 2016 23:40:02 GMT
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Post by MIK on Apr 26, 2016 9:55:25 GMT
It's depends how retro you really want to go I guess... Someone had a time machine for sure, but the only way Ryo Hazuki from Shenmue could of played his Saturn on a TV in 1986 was via RF.  |
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