Megadrive RGB?

[losersclub]

Am i right in believing that only the megadrive one outputs rgb and the megadrive 2 doesnt?

[SuperDanX]

No the md2 outputs rgb too, you just need a md2 rgb lead(the md1 lead wont work on the md2)

[losersclub]

cheers mate i'll have a snoop around and see if i can source one online

[SuperDanX]

I have one for sale .

[halfacandan]

It is also worth noting that the MD1 outputs mono sound and the MD2 stereo...unless you get a special cable for your MD1 which plugs into the headphone jack as well as the AV port.

Hope this helps
Dan

[vertigo]

You don't need so much a special cable, just to route the left and right wires from your SCART lead to a standard 3.5mm jack plug via a bit of wire. Build your lead the same way you'd build any lead, then when you reach the DIN plug, simply divert the two sound wires to a jack plug with enough wire to reach around the front (fnar) and plug into the headphone socket.
Mine has this, it's nice.

[Kieran76]

Sorry to hijack this thread but if anyone has a RGB cable with the extra stereo sound add-on bit for sale I would be very pleased. Help me out!

(thats for the MD1 by the way)

[J0e Musashi]

Even more hijacking. Does anyone know if you can mod the 9-pin out on the MD for stereo without having to use the headphone port? I hate this RGB lead I have. It seems like a simple mod, but I don't have a pinout for the port like.

[URL]

This shop sells those special megadrive 1 & 2 RGB cables;
they are expensive, but they are really good:
www.wolfsoft.de

[vertigo]

Even more hijacking. Does anyone know if you can mod the 9-pin out on the MD for stereo without having to use the headphone port? I hate this RGB lead I have. It seems like a simple mod, but I don't have a pinout for the port like.

No, you can't, because the Megadrive only routes mono sound to that port. You could I guess route wires internally to the output from the headphone port, if there's an extra pin available (I can't remember) but it's just a million times easier to stick a jack plug on a bit of extra wire instead. Either way you'd have to make a new wire to get stereo.

[halfacandan]

Even more hijacking. Does anyone know if you can mod the 9-pin out on the MD for stereo without having to use the headphone port? I hate this RGB lead I have. It seems like a simple mod, but I don't have a pinout for the port like.

I think that it's just an 8-pin din socket .



I may be wrong, but it looks like you could wire up the 2nd audio channel to pin 2 as comp vid isn't needed for an RGB picture. However, if you mess about with the connections there may be issues with grounding the audio.