strange problem with my skeleton saturn

[ninjainspandex]

not sure whats going on here i just recieved my skeleton saturn today so i hooked it up via s-video and i just got a black and white picture. at first i thought i was screwed but then i took my action replay out of my american saturn and put it in my new one and behold i got color. why does the action replay cart fix this?

[skate323k137]

in short, it shouldn't.

The way S-Video works, it splits video into light and color (Luma/Chroma). if the chroma pin is loose or damaged, you'll get a B/W picture from the Luma info. Same as if you just plug in the Y cable of a component video setup (pb and pr are just a further split of the chroma (color) pin from s-video). I think it's just co-incidence and your cable probably moved a little bit when you plugged in the cart.

[ninjainspandex]

well when i put the action replay in i put it in very gently the system never moved. but i tested your theory i picked up the system shook it a bit danced around with it, still has color with the action replay, i took it out no color put back in color. still think thats my problem? i want to stress that this is a japanese system on an american tv, does that change anything? does the action replay change the signal format my tv likes?

[Hobie-wan]

The AR doesn't do anything to the signal. J and US NTSC is the same.

[harper]

Maybe your new Saturn is haunted?

[ninjainspandex]

Maybe your new Saturn is haunted?

well now it works fine whether i have the action replay in or not. oh well i guess i hope it stays this way. im quite pleased my skeleton saturn works with metal slug so id like it to last

[AznKhmerBoi]

Personally i would take it apart and clean out whatever looks dirty inside.

Give it a thorough cleaning and see what happens.

[theclaw]

action replay in most cases does nothing to video mode. for better or worse. games forced into whatever setting the console is at.

ntsc saturn: pal games get to run 60hz ntsc. almost always better, except it causes issues for 50hz optimized titles...
pal saturn: ntsc games remain stuck at disappointing 50hz pal.