Image problem with my SNES on my HD TV

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Image problem with my SNES on my HD TV

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Here is a link to an album of pics of my snes on my HD TV

http://s1150.photobucket.com/albums/o604/ZeroAX/

As you can see there is A LOT of image distortion (even though I AM moving the camera in some of them, :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: ....damn one hand picture taking...just look at the LG logo to get an idea of how shaken said shot is)

When I connect it to my old fat TV it works fine. I also have a picture of the cable I connect it with. Any ideas on what should I do? I know buying a different type of cable is the first thing I should try, but I don't want to waste 10-15€ on something which might prove has the same problem, so I thought I'd ask you guys first :)
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The likely cause is that your TV does not support a 240p signal. This is relatively common. Do you have another console to test? A PlayStation or earlier should do.
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Looks like you need to put on your 3D glasses. :wink:

Seriously though, I have no idea.
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Zing wrote:The likely cause is that your TV does not support a 240p signal. This is relatively common. Do you have another console to test? A PlayStation or earlier should do.
My Mega Drive works perfectly on it :/
Looks like you need to put on your 3D glasses. :wink:
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Oh boy. This might be complicated. Several cable variations out there. PAL and NTSC model SNES use a different one. Not counting the SCART like "21 pin RGB" sometimes seen in Japan that's yet another pinout.

Perhaps you're plugging a composite SCART cable into a socket expecting RGB? I notice the cable has jacks on it.
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theclaw wrote:Oh boy. This might be complicated. Several cable variations out there. PAL and NTSC model SNES use a different one. Not counting the SCART like "21 pin RGB" sometimes seen in Japan that's yet another pinout.

Perhaps you're plugging a composite SCART cable into a socket expecting RGB? I notice the cable has jacks on it.

....it's a Super Famicom modded to play games from all regions with a UK power supply, and the cable I think is S-Video, but I'm not sure........
(EDIT, no idea what it is)

please explain that second paragraph :lol:
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That's a scart or scartlike plug on the silver end though. S-video is a small round plug barely bigger than RCA with 1 pins and a small square alignment key.
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ZeroAX wrote:
theclaw wrote:Oh boy. This might be complicated. Several cable variations out there. PAL and NTSC model SNES use a different one. Not counting the SCART like "21 pin RGB" sometimes seen in Japan that's yet another pinout.

Perhaps you're plugging a composite SCART cable into a socket expecting RGB? I notice the cable has jacks on it.

....it's a Super Famicom modded to play games from all regions with a UK power supply, and the cable I think is S-Video, but I'm not sure........
(EDIT, no idea what it is)

please explain that second paragraph :lol:
Some TVs have more than one SCART input. They may be intended for different uses.

Most likely your problem is trying to use a PAL cable on an NTSC console. Nintendo changed the RGB pinout for Europe.
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I plugged my SNES into an LED widescreen via composite once and it was fine, a lil stretched though.
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theclaw wrote:
Some TVs have more than one SCART input. They may be intended for different uses.

Most likely your problem is trying to use a PAL cable on an NTSC console. Nintendo changed the RGB pinout for Europe.
Tried all of them, the problem stayed

Then why does it work perfectly on the fat telly?
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