>Hi Everyone,
>I was wondering if anybody here used they're PCE Engine through a scart
>Lead?
>I'm having problems. My PCE Coregrafx 2 works on My big older TV in the
>front room fine (it's the kind where you have to select the AV Channel
>manually), but on my brand new (2 weeks old) portable in my bedroom I only
> get sound and a blank screen. You see the new tv selects the PC Engine as
>soon as it's turned on.
>However my PS1 works fine .
>The only difference that I could see between the Scart Plug on The PCE and
>PS1 was that the PS1 plug was ever so slightly longer . Could it be that the
>points on the scart lead aren't connecting properly on the new TV? Like it's
>got a longer socket than the other one? The guy in the shop said that if the
>scart lead isn't pushed in properly then you might only get sound and no
>picture or Vice Versa.
Hmm...
Has your Coregrafx 2 been modified for RGB out, or does the SCART
lead you're using with it just go to the A/V out port?
If it's the latter, it's possible that your new small TV doesn't
like the PCE's NTSC video output. The PC Engine doesn't really output
an RGB signal, so if this is the case it'd just be using your TV's normal
composite video line.
If it's the former, it's likely that your TV might not like the
PCE's composite sync signal. I've had trouble with some models of
Commodore RGB monitors which won't detect the sync from a PC Engine, and
just show a black screen like you've said. I was able to get around this
by pulling the sync from the comp. video and running it through a sync
separator circuit, which the monitor seemed to like a little better. If
you've got an SCART TV, you can use the composite video signal as sync
just fine by itself.
Matthew