Any recourse for me? I’m beginning to think us consumers are all beta testers for this thing, I’m having the same screen blanking problem on more games that I’ve tried, like Super Mario RPG even.
I used 2 different cables, an official Nintendo brand S-Video cable as well as a monster S-Video cable. I also tried it on my Samsung UN32F5500 TV as well as my BenQ ZOWIE monitor, it’s definitely the retrotink as the picture drops out during bright flashes with every combination.
It’s not working for me, so I don’t care if I void the warranty. And I do have some experience soldering and the tools, but I admit I don’t know what points to connect just based on that diagram. I have done simple modwork based on photos before with success.
I guess I’ll just sell this stupid thing.
Thanks so much for the photos, mind if I see what you did on the underside of the board?
Very interesting! I’d like to try modding this myself. Where is the best place to add the resistors?
I’d like to solve the audio issue as well, bassy sounds come out scratchy on the retrotink. The audio is extremely loud in general, I know a pretty significant amount of resistance is needed there as well.
BTW, the usb cable wasn’t the culprit either.
I ruled out the HDMI cable as the culprit, it’s brand new and all SNES games I’ve tested look great and don’t give me any problems other than Super Ghouls N’ Ghosts. I also ruled out my existing cables because they have been working fine with my previous setup with absolutely no problems.
I cycled through all of the different retrotink modes many times to see if I could get the picture to look normal. I also played with settings on my TV to see if that might be the problem, but my TV has always accepted a wide range of resolutions including 240p and weird refresh rates with no problems (Samsung UN32F5500) .
As far as power supply, I’m using a Samsung 2 amp phone charger, one thing I might test is another micro USB cord though now that I think about it, as it is a rather thin gauge and long. I’ll report back.
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