Has anyone modded a Turbo CD docking station for S-Video?

tpivette · 03/01/2013, 07:38 PM

I finally took the plunge and ditched my dual 40" LCD TVs in my gameroom in favor of a Sony WEGA 32" CRT. Already, I have noticed a difference in the picture quality hooking up my Turbos using composite. However, I know a better viewing experience can be had, and I'm looking to take the next step and S-Video modding my consoles. While there are threads about doing this to a base TG16 console, and a Turbo Duo system, I haven't seen anything about modding the CD docking station for those using a Turbo+CD setup. Has anyone done this? And if so, are there any detailed threads with photos of this modification?

ApolloBoy · 03/01/2013, 08:42 PM

Modding the TG-16 itself will still get you S-video with the TG-CD so there's no need to mod the dock.

SignOfZeta · 03/02/2013, 02:30 AM

The Y/C separated version of the video signal never goes through the dock. It has to be hacked out of the system.

GohanX · 03/03/2013, 12:40 AM

You could take RGB from the dock and convert it to s-video, but that would be more of a pain than just modding the TG16 to begin with. Alternatively, if your CRT has component, look into RGB to component transcoders and RGB mod the dock.

turbokon · 03/25/2013, 10:51 AM

I will s-video mod my tg16 as soon as the parts come in. I will let you know if these will work with the dock or not.

thesteve · 03/26/2013, 01:46 PM

they will work with dock, as all video comes from the huc6260

turbokon · 03/26/2013, 01:51 PM

Good to know Steve. How about sound? I imagine you'll need to get it from the dock.

SignOfZeta · 03/26/2013, 02:02 PM

You can get audio from a number of places but if you want the native s-video it has to come from the inside of the core unit. You can get an encoder and make s-vid/composite from the RGB that exists on the dock, and people have certainly done that, but unless I'm mistaken (quite possible, I can't find a reliable expansion bis pinout as I type this) the current s-video mod people are doing comes from the chip inside the core unit and does not exist on the dock. Largely this is because of cost. Its $2 in parts versus $40-80 in parts. I have no opinion on quality difference, I imagine there isn't much of one, but I wouldn't be surprised if the native is better.

thesteve · 03/26/2013, 02:14 PM

native is jailbar free, and the colorspace matches the composite output

SignOfZeta · 03/26/2013, 06:52 PM

Heh, I thought that might be true.

...I really need to do this.