IC: 5 port Bandridge Scart switch GROUP BUY

[DonBurgundy]

I'm out of town but mine came in yesterday. I can't wait to get back home n test it out. Thanks Todd!

 

[Ninjainspandex]

No, it's not much added effort, but my goal is to connect all of my consoles to the TV so that I don't have to change or plug in any wires when I want to play one of the systems.

It could possibly be due to the fact that the RGB monitor I'm using is a Wells Gardener arcade monitor in a box and maybe it is just very sensitive. Maybe you wouldn't see this issue on a PVM or an XRGB-mini, I dunno

 

[BladeDancer314]

something is connected and is powered on, right? It pulls voltage from pin 8 on the SCART cable. have you tried that cable in another port?

yeah I have, it seems to be just the 5th position, and both my boxes do it.

 

[Lemony Vengeance]

yeah I have, it seems to be just the 5th position, and both my boxes do it.

I'll test on mine when I get home.

 

[Yodd]

if you are feeling adventurous, you can try this fix:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=48460

I have the automatic version, and it is NOT working correctly. Oh, it displays brilliantly, and I can manually switch it, but it doesn't automatically detect the input and switch over by itself.

There are two possible reasons that I can think of:

1 - I got screwed, and somebody repackaged the (physically identical) Manual version in an Automatic version's box. With a difference of £5, I can see this happening.
2 - My cables for my NTSC consoles are all the NTSC versions from retro_console_accessories. All the literature I can find says that NTSC outputs +5v, while PAL puts out +12v. Maybe the selector is expecting a higher voltage, and the lower voltage isn't enough?

If someone could clear this up, that would be quite helpful...

Regarding point 1, do you have 5 or 6 buttons? The automatic has a 6th button for recording loops.

For point 2, on my manual switch I'm using mostly retro_console_accessories cables as well and have no issues.

The only issue I ran across was that after I hooked up my NESRGB modded Twin Famicom to the 5th input, I noticed that power was passing through to it from other consoles. For example, I'd set the input to 1 where my SNES is and when I turned on my SNES, the power LED Twin Famicom turned on. I tested the other inputs and they all did the same save for my JVC X'Eye and Sega Saturn as they couldn't get sync while the Twin Famicom was hooked up.

I ended up fixing the issue by tracing were the volts were going through and cut a trace on the switch's PCB. After that cut, everything is OK now. YMMV since you're on the automatic and may not be the same setup as me and probably won't fix your issue.

This is what I cut on my switch:

It may or may not apply to your situation.

 

[GohanX]

I finally got a chance to hook mine up with the Neo CD, looks perfect. The thought of having a neo, snes, genesis and pce hooked up at the same time blows my mind.

However, this doesn't solve the problem of "where the hell do I plug in 4 ac adapters?"

 

[wyo]

I finally got a chance to hook mine up with the Neo CD, looks perfect. The thought of having a neo, snes, genesis and pce hooked up at the same time blows my mind.

However, this doesn't solve the problem of "where the hell do I plug in 4 ac adapters?"

Problem solved.

 

[GohanX]

Yeah, thanks.

 

[Yodd]

View attachment 14372

Problem solved.

How cute.

Does it come in a mens size too?

 

[wyo]

Now I feel inadequate, but your puny keyboard soothes my pain.

 

[BladeDancer314]

I want that avenue game pad!!!!!

 

[BladeDancer314]

if you are feeling adventurous, you can try this fix:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=48460





It may or may not apply to your situation.

Yep,

I actually just noticed that my dreamcast is getting power when its on the 5th. input and another one of the inputs is selected.

Its not enought to power the dreamcast on but if you have a controller with a memory card and it has dead batteries it will beep and the dreamcast fan will run.