PCE Super SD System 3 - Terraonion New Product (Dec 2017)
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fille1976
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I got mine today,tryed with my megadrive 2 cable,works,but same problem as many have,some sort of interference.
So i tryed the output via my core grafx(rgb modded),its working,no interference,but have problems with cdgames,akumajou dracula for example has fx sound but no music,could be the image,gona test first with new image.
So i tryed the output via my core grafx(rgb modded),its working,no interference,but have problems with cdgames,akumajou dracula for example has fx sound but no music,could be the image,gona test first with new image.
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fille, with cd games you need to pull CD audio from the SD3. The PC Engine doesn't reroute CD audio back to the main system's AV jack like a Genesis does. What you could do is use RGB from your core and use a Genesis 2 composite cable for the stereo audio.
fille1976
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Aha,but i don't have composite cable.
But gona wait till neosd have the solution for this problem,i can wait.
I must have somewhere an original megadrive 2 cable from my multimega,but i don't know where it is at the moment.
Gona try to find that,and surprise for me,its working fine with that cable.
Thx again neosd for this product,working fine,tested akumajou dracula x-double dragon-r-type ,working perfekt.
Now tested als ofor interference like yodd have,but no lines of interference here.
And the box and manual looks very professional,top product,gona test tomorrow further as i now gona watch star trek discovery.
But gona wait till neosd have the solution for this problem,i can wait.
I must have somewhere an original megadrive 2 cable from my multimega,but i don't know where it is at the moment.
Gona try to find that,and surprise for me,its working fine with that cable.
Thx again neosd for this product,working fine,tested akumajou dracula x-double dragon-r-type ,working perfekt.
Now tested als ofor interference like yodd have,but no lines of interference here.
And the box and manual looks very professional,top product,gona test tomorrow further as i now gona watch star trek discovery.
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Aburamushi
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Hi everyone,
I have one since 1 week now. I have no problem with rgb output on my PVM. I use a Megadrive 2 cable. Picture is great, sound is perfect. I have no interference.
Using it on my supergrafx, will try with a coregrafx 2 when I can because I can't rese to menu, even with the game trigger enabled.
Thanks TerraOnion and NEOSD
I have one since 1 week now. I have no problem with rgb output on my PVM. I use a Megadrive 2 cable. Picture is great, sound is perfect. I have no interference.
Using it on my supergrafx, will try with a coregrafx 2 when I can because I can't rese to menu, even with the game trigger enabled.
Thanks TerraOnion and NEOSD
MobiusStripTech
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So I finally got my unit from the day one batch today. I have to say I am disappointed. The video signal is very very bad with lots of noise and in some cases missing colors. The audio is not amplified in any way and I have to max out my speakers to be able to hear it even a little, then it has audible video and processor noise bleeding into it. The casing is nice, but it was not assembled correctly. I ended up removing the screws and reassembling it. The way it was I could not slide it onto my original pc engine. With the casing correctly assembled it does slide on but it doesn't fit straight on the unit and I do notice that it drags on the plastic as it slides on.
As for operation of the device itself, I have run into quite a few issues with the cd playback. I will make the assumption this is my rips, but they do work just fine when played from the CD. The issues I have encountered are the playback freezing completely, the wrong sound effects or music being played, the wrong cutscenes being played or skipping all together. The menu is not very intuitive and I find myself selecting the options constantly. I think it would have made more sense to have 2 be go back, 1 be select, and options be tied to start. That is just my opinion on the buttons.
For the setups I have tried, 2 different Retro-Access csync coaxially shielded genesis2 cables, a cheap genesis2 cable, generic genesis2 composite video cables, direct into my Framemeister, through a GScartsw_lite into the Framemeister, and direct into my PVM-1954Q. I have also tried this with my TurboGrafx 16. Both consoles are fully recapped with no additional RGB amps inside. Both are in perfect working order without the device. Both have had the jailbar fix applied internally.
I would love to be of any assistance in determining how to fix this. NeoSD and NeoDev, please feel free to request information from me.
As for operation of the device itself, I have run into quite a few issues with the cd playback. I will make the assumption this is my rips, but they do work just fine when played from the CD. The issues I have encountered are the playback freezing completely, the wrong sound effects or music being played, the wrong cutscenes being played or skipping all together. The menu is not very intuitive and I find myself selecting the options constantly. I think it would have made more sense to have 2 be go back, 1 be select, and options be tied to start. That is just my opinion on the buttons.
For the setups I have tried, 2 different Retro-Access csync coaxially shielded genesis2 cables, a cheap genesis2 cable, generic genesis2 composite video cables, direct into my Framemeister, through a GScartsw_lite into the Framemeister, and direct into my PVM-1954Q. I have also tried this with my TurboGrafx 16. Both consoles are fully recapped with no additional RGB amps inside. Both are in perfect working order without the device. Both have had the jailbar fix applied internally.
I would love to be of any assistance in determining how to fix this. NeoSD and NeoDev, please feel free to request information from me.
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Are you running on a Crt or going through a upscaler.
MobiusStripTech
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As stated in my post I used both a Sony PVM-1954Q and a Framemeister. Both had the same issues.
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I see. It's strange how some people are reporting great results and some aren't.
MobiusStripTech
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I don't know if there are any differences from the different day batches either. So I tried to include as much detail as I could.
I do want to say, I am not trying to bash the device. I love what it's trying to do, but so far the experience is not good. I also want to help as much as I can to find solutions to the issues.
I do want to say, I am not trying to bash the device. I love what it's trying to do, but so far the experience is not good. I also want to help as much as I can to find solutions to the issues.
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I haven't had any compatibility issues yet. It could be your rips.
Here is my 64GB microsd image:
***OOPPSS....
Feel free to download it and try it out.
Also, leave the in-game trigger disabled (if you enabled it) it has been reported to cause some random issues.
Here is my 64GB microsd image:
***OOPPSS....
Feel free to download it and try it out.
Also, leave the in-game trigger disabled (if you enabled it) it has been reported to cause some random issues.
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I am downloading it now and will try it out. I am absolutely willing to believe that at least some of the issues could be rip related. I tried 2 different rips of Rondo of Blood and had different audio results with each, but the same freezing and cutscene skipping with both.
MobiusStripTech
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I will say I have tried multiple rips at this point with similar issues. Including rips I made from my original discs.
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I am unzipping your files as I type this. I took a quick look at some of the CD rips you have and so far I have tried the same ones you have in your zip. Obviously I haven't tried ever single disc yet, but of the ones that I tried that were not my own rips, we are matching.
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Try Re-Formatting the Sd card and add everything on again.
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Yeah I planned on it, just to be safe. It shouldn't be an issue but stranger things.
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My Super SD arrived today, so here's a rundown on how it's behaving on my SuperGrafx. I recently recapped and jailbar-fixed my SuperGrafx, so it can be considered "fresh" in that department.
1) The Super SD shell fits the SuperGrafx shell perfectly - no issues.
2) I'm using a high-quality shielded Genesis RGB SCART cable produced by "gamekingno1" on Ebay, fed into a gscartsw, fed into an OSSC running 5X upscaling into an LG OLED 4K TV. The cable always delivered clean, outstanding quality on my JVC X'Eye, and it works quite well with the Super SD as well. If I put my nose right up against the TV glass, I can make out a tiny bit of RF distortion on solid colors, but at a normal playing distance, it looks great. No sign of strobing, flashing or any audio issues. It has a ferrite core clamped over the cable adjacent to the console plug if that's of interest to anyone.
3) I'd heard reports of game issues with the SuperGrafx hardware, and with the in-game reset option enabled. As such, I disabled the in-game reset option first thing. For the most part, HuCards and CD games both played fine, but so far I have encountered these issues:
a) Ghouls N Ghosts froze shortly after starting the second level. I power-cycled the hardware and didn't encounter the freeze on a second playthrough.
b) Rayxanabar III reset back to the Super CD ROM BIOS screen while fighting the second boss.
I'll update the thread if I encounter more compatibility issues to report.
1) The Super SD shell fits the SuperGrafx shell perfectly - no issues.
2) I'm using a high-quality shielded Genesis RGB SCART cable produced by "gamekingno1" on Ebay, fed into a gscartsw, fed into an OSSC running 5X upscaling into an LG OLED 4K TV. The cable always delivered clean, outstanding quality on my JVC X'Eye, and it works quite well with the Super SD as well. If I put my nose right up against the TV glass, I can make out a tiny bit of RF distortion on solid colors, but at a normal playing distance, it looks great. No sign of strobing, flashing or any audio issues. It has a ferrite core clamped over the cable adjacent to the console plug if that's of interest to anyone.
3) I'd heard reports of game issues with the SuperGrafx hardware, and with the in-game reset option enabled. As such, I disabled the in-game reset option first thing. For the most part, HuCards and CD games both played fine, but so far I have encountered these issues:
a) Ghouls N Ghosts froze shortly after starting the second level. I power-cycled the hardware and didn't encounter the freeze on a second playthrough.
b) Rayxanabar III reset back to the Super CD ROM BIOS screen while fighting the second boss.
I'll update the thread if I encounter more compatibility issues to report.
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When did you order?
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About five minutes after it was announced. But Correos shipping takes a while to make its way to the US.
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Ah okay. I ordered on the 8th december at 7pm EST. I am just wondering when my shipment will be send out.
Were you given a tracking number with Correos?