PSone screen question *Noob* (be gentle)

If you're making a portable you probably need something to watch it on. (Unless you want to guess what's happening in the game, but I wouldn't advise that) Anyway, this forum is your "Hacking a pocket TV/screen" one-stop solution. Share your experiences and knowledge here.

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opadave2000
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PSone screen question *Noob* (be gentle)

Post by opadave2000 »

I'm not new to hardware hacking - I mod everything I get, but I am new to the forum. Now the question - I built a straight thru cable from my PStwo to the PSone screen (12 pin to 12pin). Instead of a nice sharp RGB screen it's almost completely governed by GREEN.
Suggestions? Accusations? Rebuttals? I'm probably missing something.....
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Post by gannon »

Yeah, that's a built in sony security feature. It can be fixed with a modchip, or maybe by building a custom circuit to limit the green tint.
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Post by opadave2000 »

Thx, Gannon. seems odd that they would protect the video output ???
I would take it that the composite would be okay?
BTW, the screen is as yet unmodded. Straight to the controller board maybe?
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Post by HK-47 »

Yeah, composite is fine, that stupid sony people just screwed with rgb. :)
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Post by opadave2000 »

Gotta luv 'em. THX
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Post by riva16 »

Couldn't you just put the 220uF capacitors on the blue and red lines, BUT not on the green to reduce the green? If not... HACK IT!
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Post by Sparkfist »

Wasnt there a post about putting capacitors on the green line and that was a fix? Well you can always try it out not like its going to be permentint.
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Post by opadave2000 »

Now that you mention it I think I saw that somewhere but it had to do with the VGA mod. Well, I've got a bag 'o' caps in the garage so I'll let you know.
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Post by opadave2000 »

I got hold of one of the 4 band A/V plugs and built a cable - composite video looks great. Anybody tried the s-video out on the pstwo/psone
from the a/v output - think I will.
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