No signal when playing NTSC games on a PAL PSOne

[Macross_VF1]

As the title describes I do have a bit of a problem with my Retrotink 2X. I’ve had it for a few months but this is the first real problem I’ve found. I have a few Japanese and US games (Symphony of the Night being on of them) that I wish to play on my PSOne and that is normally rather simple to achieve. I’ve always plugged a Multi-X Killer into the parallel port, booted the console up with a PAL game, swapped with the game I want to play and started.

However when using the Retrotink this doesn’t work. Oh sure, the procedure works as intended, I just don’t get a picture after I’ve swapped the game and instead my TV claims it receives no signal. If I bypass the Retrotink and plug directly into my TV, I get a signal. What is it that the Retrotink does or perhaps does not, that makes it impossible for my TV to process the signal?

[nmalinoski]

Which revision of the RT2X do you have? How are you connecting the PSone to the RT2X (which type of cable)? Are you using one of the line-doubling modes or passthrough?

[Macross_VF1]

It says 3.2 on the RTX2 so I suppose that’s the revision? I’m using HD Retrovision’s YPbPR cables but I have also tried bog standard composite cables and they exhibit the same problem. I have to use one of the line doubling modes as my TV can’t handle 240p at all.

[BuckoA51]

Probably the same issue as with OSSC, either your TV can’t handle the weird refresh rate put out by a PAL PS1 when forced to NTSC or it can’t handle the screen mode for some reason (though that usually affects PAL PS1 games).

[Macross_VF1]

That’s a shame though I started to suspect something like that from what little I’ve been able to find on the net. I suppose I need to find a US PSOne.

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