http://etim.net.au/nesrgb/
Anybody installed this? How complicated is it? Did you like the results, colors were perfect and the like?
Also I have audio questions. I see the mod also intercepts the audio and outputs it using a stereo 3.5mm jack. Why is this? Is this just dual mono, or is it one of those NES stereo mods? Also does this affect your ability to do the expansion audio mod on the toaster NES for use with Japanese ROMs on flashcarts?
Anybody Installed the Retro RGB NES RGB Kit?
Re: Anybody Installed the Retro RGB NES RGB Kit?
It's not made by the guy who runs RetroRGB (nor does it have anything to do with the site), not sure why that's in your title.
Anyway, I have one (with a second on the way) and I've installed a couple for others so far. It's about as perfect as you can get, it beats the everliving crap out of the old RGB PPU mod in that you can select between three different palettes and there's no jailbars. It's about as complicated as the old mod in that you still have to desolder the PPU and wire up your video outputs. It's real easy to do on the AV Famicom and Twin Famicom, since the former has the SNES multiout and the latter has an 8-pin DIN (which of course has to be totally rewired to whatever cable you're using).
The audio jack is included in case you don't want audio mixed in your RGB cable (in cheaper SCART cables you'll get some audio interference). It's totally optional and you can still use the original audio circuit in the system if you want. On the two systems for others I did installs for (both AV Famicoms), I cut the trace going to the audio pins on the multiout, then wired in the audio from the NESRGB.
If you want expansion audio you have to connect a wire carrying your expansion audio to a point on the NESRGB. With the AV Famicom I had to cut the traces for both pins 45 and 46 on the cartridge port (this is so that the 2A03 audio doesn't get mixed in), then I connected a 47k ohm resistor from the isolated pin 46 to the NESRGB.
Anyway, I have one (with a second on the way) and I've installed a couple for others so far. It's about as perfect as you can get, it beats the everliving crap out of the old RGB PPU mod in that you can select between three different palettes and there's no jailbars. It's about as complicated as the old mod in that you still have to desolder the PPU and wire up your video outputs. It's real easy to do on the AV Famicom and Twin Famicom, since the former has the SNES multiout and the latter has an 8-pin DIN (which of course has to be totally rewired to whatever cable you're using).
The audio jack is included in case you don't want audio mixed in your RGB cable (in cheaper SCART cables you'll get some audio interference). It's totally optional and you can still use the original audio circuit in the system if you want. On the two systems for others I did installs for (both AV Famicoms), I cut the trace going to the audio pins on the multiout, then wired in the audio from the NESRGB.
If you want expansion audio you have to connect a wire carrying your expansion audio to a point on the NESRGB. With the AV Famicom I had to cut the traces for both pins 45 and 46 on the cartridge port (this is so that the 2A03 audio doesn't get mixed in), then I connected a 47k ohm resistor from the isolated pin 46 to the NESRGB.
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