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Some people reported color/sync problems after mod'ing their NGCD from PAL to NTSC; the console runs at 60Hz but shows only b/w on their US NTSC TV sets.
Obviously resistor slot R52 has to be filled with a resistor to get the color-sync/frequency right. One source says something about using an 1K 5% resistor for R52, others say you should insert a 40K 5% one. Since I do not own a genuine US NTSC TV set I cannot deny or confirm this, my NGCD runs at 60Mhz and full color *without* any resistor in R52 on my (multi-norm) European TV. It seems that this multi-norm thing copes very well with the odd sync which is the result of leaving R52 empty, but real NTSC non-multinorm TVs may need just this. Btw., I use a RGB (scart) cable.
So if the b/w color-sync problems still persist, give it a try and use either resistors in R52. Would be happy to read about any results.
Still hunting down the problem...
Obviously resistor slot R52 has to be filled with a resistor to get the color-sync/frequency right. One source says something about using an 1K 5% resistor for R52, others say you should insert a 40K 5% one. Since I do not own a genuine US NTSC TV set I cannot deny or confirm this, my NGCD runs at 60Mhz and full color *without* any resistor in R52 on my (multi-norm) European TV. It seems that this multi-norm thing copes very well with the odd sync which is the result of leaving R52 empty, but real NTSC non-multinorm TVs may need just this. Btw., I use a RGB (scart) cable.
So if the b/w color-sync problems still persist, give it a try and use either resistors in R52. Would be happy to read about any results.
Still hunting down the problem...