Capping a New Sega Astro City 29" Nanao

billd420 · Sep 26, 2006

I'm going to be shotgunning my caps this weekend in hopes that it will cure the ghosting/ washed out colors on one of my 2 Astro cabs. Is there anything special I need to know about capping a 29" nanao? I've done cap kits before on smaller Well Gardner monitors. I'm assuming the procedure is the same.

If there's soemthing i need to watch out for, please let me know!

Thanks,
Bill

N80G80 · Sep 26, 2006

Hey Bill let me know how it goes, and where you got your cap kit, I assum these are your Matsu cabs, and I need to cap mine too, Have you thought about changing the chassis to a trysinc so you can have a vga input? I was reading that you can do that over on the sega-naomi forums.

billd420 · Sep 26, 2006

Well there isn't a cap "kit" that I know of. I was planning on writing down all the cap sizes and going to a local electronics shop and getting them there.

I have considered upgrading to tri-synch. I'm going to do that if I botch the cap kit and kill the chassis. I guess I'll post whatever progress I make here.

-B

PS- This astro is from Matsu.

shess · Sep 26, 2006

Not sure what local electronics place you're talking about but I went through Jameco and got about 5 times the caps needed for cheaper than I could get them through RadioShack. And I'm not talking about cheaper per cap....the whole order was cheaper than the exact amount needed from Radioshack.

Scott

billd420 · Sep 26, 2006

I was planning on going to this place:
http://www.cablesandconnectors.com/

They're about 30 minutes from my appartment. Now that I think about it, maybe its worth me saving the $6 in gas and just ordering from Jameco. At least that way I know they'll have all the parts in stock.

Does anyone have a cap list for the New Astro City chassis? I'm lazy and dont' feel like making my own list LOL. If no one does, i'll post it when I make it in this thread.

-B

N80G80 · Sep 26, 2006

bill any idea where to get the trysinc chassis from and how much they cost?

billd420 · Sep 26, 2006

Yeah I can source them. They're like $160ish IIRC before shipping. I think Wei-Yah makes them, but they're compatible with monitors. I hear the High-Rez is amazing, however the low rez is sub-par compaired to the Nanao chassis.

N80G80 · Sep 26, 2006

Can you give me a link to wher Wei Yah is? 160 ish seems cheap, then I dont have to buy a jamma I/O for my naomi :smirk:

billd420 · Sep 26, 2006

Look up excellentcom, they have them on their stock list. I was told they're compatible, but i'm not possitive on this as i've never tried.

-B

N80G80 · Sep 26, 2006

Thanks Dude!

N80G80 · Oct 25, 2006

Hey Bill you ever cap your monitor? I am gonna be capping mine in the next few weeks and was wondering if you had a list of caps, so I could get them before pulling the chassis out.

Dr. Jigglin · Oct 26, 2006

N80G80 said:
Can you give me a link to wher Wei Yah is? 160 ish seems cheap, then I dont have to buy a jamma I/O for my naomi

Unless you're using a JVS cab, what about controls?

billd420 · Oct 26, 2006

N80G80 said:
Hey Bill you ever cap your monitor? I am gonna be capping mine in the next few weeks and was wondering if you had a list of caps, so I could get them before pulling the chassis out.

No I haven't had a chance yet to pull out the chassis and make a cap list, I've been too tied up with other projects at the moment.

BTW you'll still need an IO for your naomi, even if you have a tri-synch monitor. The controls are adapted from USB to Jamma or JVS using the IO. The IO also does video, but you can by-pass that if you have a high-res monitor.

-B

N80G80 · Oct 26, 2006

Yeah I know about the I/O for the controls, non jamma. I actually had one for sale that Mr. Megalo bought from me, but I'm not putting a tri-synch chassis in anyway, the prices I got quoted with shipping were well over $200.00 and recapping will cost me like $20.00

thegreathopper · Oct 26, 2006

I recently tri synched my Candy cab and it is worth the $200, naomi games look great in hi res.

It is like having a brand new cab.

My chassis is a Wei Ya bought from Miami.

billd420 · Oct 27, 2006

thegreathopper said:
I recently tri synched my Candy cab and it is worth the $200, naomi games look great in hi res.

It is like having a brand new cab.

My chassis is a Wei Ya bought from Miami.

How do the standard rez games look with the Wei Ya?

Which candy cab did you install it in? Which monitor make and model was it? Was the conversion easy?

Finally, what place in Miami has Wei Ya chassis? I'd love to avoid importing one if possible

-Bill

bay · Nov 18, 2006

one of my astro city monitors went out today, was loosing horizontal sync then went black.

thinking it's a cap since most things monitor related are.

anyone know any better?

bill did you recap your monitors yet? i'm going to have to fix this asap =(

at least it lastest through my get together today.

billd420 · Nov 22, 2006

bay said:
bill did you recap your monitors yet?

Nah I'm a lazy stoner LOL

That and I've been getting my Naomi GD system up and running lately. I finally got it to boot last night

Just need to get a game now.

The hardest part is fitting it all into my astro so it looks nice. I think i'm going to build a shelf into the wooden plant in order to fit all of the required hardware. That, and I need to tap the AC input so it powers the second power supply. Big PITA, but it will be worth it once i'm done.

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