Shugs81's Gubbins

[shugs81]

Woop Woop!!!



Its finally here!!!!!

It appears to work too... Needs a bit if a clean like!!!

Totally forgot about JP rf not working over here tho!!! Doh!!!

Think I need to start learning Japanese now tho as I appear to have a few RPGs!!

Hopefully the rgb mod and CD and interface will either turn up tomorrow or early next week!!!

Soooooooo excited!!! Might even see if I can hack together a comp mid to tide me over!

[Otaking]

great to hear it works.

pro tip, in your post in the image tag add [img width=500]
if anyone wants to see the full size image they can double click on it.

[NecroPhile]

Nice!  You'll be having fun with 'er in no time. 

[Medic_wheat]

That picture is to small.

[shugs81]

Lol... Sorry about the pic... Sorted now... Better go do my others too...

Gonna carefully open her up later to assess the mess!!

[shugs81]

Just a quick question... Are the gamebit screws standard?? I thought that was just a Nintendo thing..

[mickcris]

there are 2 different sizes
https://console5.com/store/atknnd-security-screwdriver-bit-set-3-8mm-and-4-5mm-for-nintendo-and-sega.html

[shugs81]

Cheers bud...

I have a set for my Nintendo stuff... I just thought they were the only ones who used them on their consoles...

Guess not!!

[ToyMachine78]

C-ya Bud!

[wildfruit]

C-ya Bud!

Lol

[shugs81]

Tomorrow... Dun dun duuuuuuunnnn!!!!!

[Johnpv]

I could be wrong on this, BUT I believe Japanese RF will work on US tvs but you need to tune it to like channel 99 or 100, something like that.

[shugs81]

Woop Woop!

Shame the CD ROM doesn't spin.... Will have a proper look tomorrow..

[blueraven]

Could be a bad gear on the CDROM, easy enough fix.

Also if you take apart the PCE, don't throw away the metal grounding plate 

[shugs81]

Yeah... I've heard that it won't give an image if I do... I'm going to rgb mod the ifu...

Really quite enjoyed Bonk and splatterhouse this evening..

[shugs81]

Well... I know why the CD ROM doesn't work...

I touched the middle cog on the drive shafty thing and it literally disintegrated... Half of the teeth came off at a touch...

Better start hunting out a new one!!

[NecroPhile]

Time for a new gear!  Bummer, but at least it's fixable.

[wildfruit]

I miss my briefcase

[shugs81]

glad it's payday in... ooo.. about 2 hrs.... 

[elmer]

glad it's payday in... ooo.. about 2 hrs.... 

As we said in my time ...

Gotta have your priorities! 

[shugs81]

Well... Finally got my replacement middle cog... Realised that the plastic thing that holds the threaded thing that moves the laser so did that fix too...

It still won't spin!!

Any ideas what I can try? Is it a full laser mech I'll need??

Waaahhh

[Keith Courage]

95 and 96 are the channels numbers needed for RF to work on US TVs.

[shugs81]

Is this a leaked cap or something to hold stuff on the board???

[shugs81]

Nevermind...  Googled..  Will be looking to replace the caps shortly then!! Lol... Any UK members need a full cap kit for their CD ROMs??? I'll no doubt end up buying in bulk to try to save some pennies...

[blueraven]

Looks like dried glue to cement a cap and resistor in place... Or perhaps lost chewing gum.

[EvilEvoIX]

Great thread, no idea Japan had a difference RF signal than we did  So a PC Engine RF only will not work on a US TV?

[GaijinD]

Great thread, no idea Japan had a difference RF signal than we did  So a PC Engine RF only will not work on a US TV?

Like Keith said, you just need to be able to tune to channel 95 or 96. The problem is that a lot of US TVs didn't. That said, an easy workaround is to use a VCR, as many did tune that high.

[shugs81]

Soooo....

I couple of days ago a couple of parcels arrived......









Think I need to stop spending for a while!!

[blueraven]

Nice.

If you wanted a workaround to the RF without an IFU, check out this thread:

Original PC Engine (White) RGB Amp Installation & Overhaul Guide

I think I said somewhere I'm about to do another update to this thread.