Gen/Saturn|Guide:Converting a RF unit into a composite cable

[emwearz]

weasels first of all, you can use a thick soldering iron, it is the easiest of jobs, it would actually be easier with one (In reality you don't even have to solder, I would highly recommend you did, but you don't have to).

As for grounding question.

Next we want to strip all the wires that on the RCA cables, we first have to cut away at the plastic cover to reveal a wire covered in colored plastic (the color will depend on the color of the plug) , this is our signal wire and a copper wire that is around it, our grounding wire. We want to separate the grounding wire from out signal wire. (it helps to twist the grounding wire.) Do the same for all 3 wires.

On the RCA cables
So basically it is saying around each wire you strip you will see a bit of copper wire, that copper wire is ground, you need to twist the grounding wire together so that you can solder it to the grounding wire of the cut off piece from the RF unit (With the mini din on one end).

If your still have problems with this let me know and I can draw you up a diagram.

[Ziggy]

Yeah, you don't have to solder the wires. You could just twist them together and it should work fine, but soldering them is definitely better.

As for your thick solder you have, what kind of solder is it? It should say on the top of the spool. Also, if it doesn't say on the spool, does it have a flux core? If you cut a clean piece of the solder off you can see if it has a flux core or not. If there's no flux in the solder, you'll need to flux the wires before you can solder them.

[weasels]

ok so i looked at the solder and it says it's lead-free taramet sterling wire solder (does this mean anything to you as far as i can tell it's just saying its normal solder). i cut the solder to check if their is any flux and there is none as far as i can tell. so my plan? i decided since i want to solder it that i should just wait until i can get the solder. thanks for the help guys. when i continue this project in a week or two, you might hear from me again. ill keep in mind what you offered em. thanks!

[emwearz]

Sorry I was quickly reading over what you said, I thought you said you only have a thick soldering iron, not the solder itself, Ziggy being the stand up guy that he is has all ready informed you well.

When you get your new solder ask away if you have any problems, you shouldn't though, its a piece of piss.

[Ziggy]

Lol, I was gonna say, if it's lead free just throw it in the garbage. Get a 50/50 lead-tin solder with a rosin core, if you can only find a 60/40 that's fine too. Just make sure it has a flux core or else it wont take to the wires (unless you buy separate flux).

Sorry I was quickly reading over what you said, I thought you said you only have a thick soldering iron, not the solder itself, Ziggy being the stand up guy that he is has all ready informed you well.

Lol, no worries, I do the same kinda of thing all the time!

[weasels]

Lol, I was gonna say, if it's lead free just throw it in the garbage. Get a 50/50 lead-tin solder with a rosin core, if you can only find a 60/40 that's fine too. Just make sure it has a flux core or else it wont take to the wires (unless you buy separate flux).

will do, thank you for the extra advice! ^^

[bacteria]

Nice guide, just saw it.

Interestingly, you can also RGB mod the Sega SMS as it contains the CTX chip. Pretty good for such an old system!

[weasels]

i have a problem. hope you guys could help out once again. ok so i got some solder (with flux core), but before i did that i had to finish up on the wire striping. upon doing the rf adaptors wire..i noticed that i only saw 3 wires. one black (assumeing it's ground), one red, and one yellow. for a while i was confused at where the white wire was...then i noticed that the yellow was a bit bigger. so i striped it a little and found a little white wire concealed along with some outer wire next to it. what i want to know is if the stand alone wire that is next to the white wire is the yellow wire. thanks and if you need anymore details you know what to do.

[Hobie-wan]

i have a problem. hope you guys could help out once again. ok so i got some solder (with flux core), but before i did that i had to finish up on the wire striping. upon doing the rf adaptors wire..i noticed that i only saw 3 wires. one black (assumeing it's ground), one red, and one yellow. for a while i was confused at where the white wire was...then i noticed that the yellow was a bit bigger. so i striped it a little and found a little white wire concealed along with some outer wire next to it. what i want to know is if the stand alone wire that is next to the white wire is the yellow wire. thanks and if you need anymore details you know what to do.

The outside wires on the yellow will be the ground for the video. Black will be ground for the sound channels.

[Ziggy]

I think there was some talk in this thread about that... some Genesis RF's are only mono sound. I think some one said the Sega brand RF's are mono. I had a third party brand that was stereo.