Turbografx 16 A/V mod

Uncle MeatUncle Meat
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So I am doing the mod where you make a custom RCA cable by wrapping all the ground from each individual wire and soldering an additional wire for the "masterground" I suppose you can call it and attaching the said cable to the specifc pins on the back of the expansion bus.



My question is.... can I solder these directly onto the pins?



I manually touched the ground+each of the cables and everything is working so I assume this would not be an issue as opposed to using the female crimp connectors?



I guess the only downside would be if you wanted to remove it you need to de-solder but in my position it honestly doesnt make it that big of a deal.

Comments

  • Uncle MeatUncle Meat
    Okay it is impossible to solder this joint..... connector method confirmed unless someone has something else.
  • theclawtheclaw
    The key problem if you will, is rendering the system incapable of CD games.
  • NESMASTER14NESMASTER14
    Yeah, I just went the connector route. Pretty simple mod and the nice thing is it's removable/no case-modding/solderless.







    The image is excellent, the sound is great but a tad quieter (an amp on the circuit might help that) but I wanted to keep it simple. I've had this setup for over a year and it still works great.
  • Uncle MeatUncle Meat
    Originally posted by: NESMASTER14



    Yeah, I just went the connector route. Pretty simple mod and the nice thing is it's removable/no case-modding/solderless.







    The image is excellent, the sound is great but a tad quieter (an amp on the circuit might help that) but I wanted to keep it simple. I've had this setup for over a year and it still works great.

    I ended up getting the connectors as well and it is working out for me. I just had to electrical tape the shit out of the bag to keep them in place.....



    I play pretty loud so if that ground comes out for some reason it ears will explode.



     
  • acromite53acromite53
    I tried this out a while back and it does work great. I wrapped the wires around the pins though so it disconnected easily. What connectors did you use?

    Now there is no need to spend $80 on a turbo booster. It's about as crazy as spending $200 on GameCube component cables.
  • Uncle MeatUncle Meat
    Originally posted by: acromite53



    I tried this out a while back and it does work great. I wrapped the wires around the pins though so it disconnected easily. What connectors did you use?

    Now there is no need to spend $80 on a turbo booster. It's about as crazy as spending $200 on GameCube component cables.



    Use D-Sub style female crimp connectors.



    http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Serial-Female-Connector-C9PCF/dp/B00066HQYQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1439578092&sr=8-3&keywords=d-sub+connectors+female



    I just bought the whole assembly.... for how cheap it is and how much the connectors help its not a huge deal.

     
  • Uncle MeatUncle Meat
    Is it worth it to region mod the vanilla TG16, is there any cheap good Japanese hucard games?
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