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  • July 22, 2019 at 9:15 AM in reply to: [SOLVED] Noisy picture and no sound from Megadrive #27099
    raina
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      Hi.

      Everything you say is in the realm of possibility. I’ve disabled just about every setting on the TV I can and while I have a tiny CRT TV and a 15 inch VGA monitor with integrated speaker which will be fun to try at some point, the main TV will remain the primary setup and I’m happy I got it to work the way I did. I also forgot to mention that the RT2x does alleviate the MD’s jailbaring so all in all it’s pretty good. The other consoles I tested, SNES and PS2, had no issue with the audio. All my consoles are unmodded PAL.

      July 18, 2019 at 1:14 PM in reply to: [SOLVED] Noisy picture and no sound from Megadrive #27054
      raina
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        Ok, an update on this. I returned the RT2x in question and Matt tested it only to find it to be working identically to his own unit. That relieved me to troubleshoot elsewhere once I got it back. He sent me a replacement unit anyway to ease any lingering doubts I might have since the initial knee-jerk reaction.

        So, the noise
        This seems like an issue that is only visible

        a) when the screen goes black, like it’s amplifying the signal when there’s nothing there really
        b) up close to the TV and certainly not while sitting on the couch

        So, while interesting, it’s a non-issue in practical use.

        The silence of the Megadrive
        This may be an issue with my console but in case anybody else is experiencing the same, I was able to work around it with one of these deleyCON HDMI audio inserters. I’ve used one previously to mirror my computer’s video and audio to the TV without having to switch audio devices (which is a hassle) or software route the audio (which is prone to breaking on its own). So, the deleyCON gets HDMI video from the RT2x and analog audio directly from the YbPbPr switch and mixes the two together to an HDMI out. Plugging this to the TV then works.

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