Importing a SNES

[karpo_007]

I have been thinking about importing a SNES, and would like to have confirmation for few things:

1.] Will a PAL SNES power supply work with it?
2.] How about a PAL Game Cube RGB cable? I heard it would but I want to make sure.

Any other things I should take into consideration?

Thanks in advance.

[randombs]

hi
this may or may not interest you but i just bought a uk snes and fitted a a50/60hz switch and another switch that removes region lock (doesnt work with really new games like sf zero 2 though).

mine doesn't use rgb only s-video (which looks great as it's outputting pal60 instead of ntsc which i find looks much nicer)

you can use a uk psu for it (if you can get hold of one) and this is obviously better than a jap/us one with stepdown. reason being uk or foreign psu's will still output 9v (or whatever the snes needs) and us/uk/jap snes's all use the same voltage.

you may get lucky and it'll work with rgb (if it's pal at least) but from what i've found us/jap ninty consoles generally dont use rgb (just look at the n64 rgb conversion hassle and that GC rgb cable monstrosity) and mine is pal and it STILL doesnt use rgb (ninty you bastards)

dunno if this will help but have a think about it...

[karpo_007]

I have a PAL Snes, but doing the modding would probably be too difficult for me. And most SNES games that can be bought today are NTSC anyway, this way I don't need to track down any cart adapters. I also prefer NTSC because there are no black borders. But if PAL power supply and controllers work, I would only need the system itself and those aren't too expensive at Ebay.

The RGB cable thing still beats me though, As I understand the format isn't used in US but I've also heard that NTSC SNES works fine with PAL GC RGB cable... If anyone can confirm, please do.

[davidleeroth]

You're importing a US SNES, am I right?
For US SNES you can't use a PAL power supply simply because the console end connector is different.
The only PSU that will plug straight in and take 230V is the PAL Virtual Boy PSU. The only place that sells them that I know of is here in Finland.

I can't remember exactly but there was something fishy about the RGB cables. Given a little time I might remember how it was.

billy_dimashq:

Every SNES (excluding the Jr.'s) that I know outputs RGB, do you have a french one or something?

[Blu3Flame]

When you install a 50/60 switch, the second you flick it onto 60hz the black borders magically disappear. If you remove the region lock or install a switch on it you won't need a cart adapter, Japanese carts will fit in the PAL snes slot anyway and American ones can be erm made to fit

I'm also currently tempted to get a NTSC snes though, but for different reasons. I have a Super Mario RPG cart and there is no way to play it on a PAL snes, so I have two options modify the internals of the cart or buy an NSTC snes. Trust me to get the revision of the game which won't work on adapters

[nigel1210]

hi
this may or may not interest you but i just bought a uk snes and fitted a a50/60hz switch and another switch that removes region lock (doesnt work with really new games like sf zero 2 though).

mine doesn't use rgb only s-video (which looks great as it's outputting pal60 instead of ntsc which i find looks much nicer)

you can use a uk psu for it (if you can get hold of one) and this is obviously better than a jap/us one with stepdown. reason being uk or foreign psu's will still output 9v (or whatever the snes needs) and us/uk/jap snes's all use the same voltage.

you may get lucky and it'll work with rgb (if it's pal at least) but from what i've found us/jap ninty consoles generally dont use rgb (just look at the n64 rgb conversion hassle and that GC rgb cable monstrosity) and mine is pal and it STILL doesnt use rgb (ninty you bastards)

dunno if this will help but have a think about it...

The original usa snes and jpn super famicon work fine outputting rgb and give a great picture.

I've got a usa snes i'm thinking of getting rid of, pm me with an offer if you interested.

[karpo_007]

You're importing a US SNES, am I right?
For US SNES you can't use a PAL power supply simply because the console end connector is different.
The only PSU that will plug straight in and take 230V is the PAL Virtual Boy PSU. The only place that sells them that I know of is here in Finland.

I can't remember exactly but there was something fishy about the RGB cables. Given a little time I might remember how it was.

Yes, Im thinking about buing one from US. If the RGB won't work I do have S-video cable so that isn't a big problem, I also have a step down converter but that Virtual Boy PSU sound interesting, could you PM me the info about the store that sells them, I live in Finland too.

[davidleeroth]

I had a finnish feeling about that karpo name .

Anyways, the place is http://www.gamehouse.fi.
I know that Kari knows the whole US/PAL issue better than me so just call/mail him, I'm sure he'll tell all you need to know.

[karpo_007]

Thanks for the info.

[gIzzE]

All pal snes units befor the Jnr. out put RGB, and the Jnr can be modded.

The US and Jap units will not take a UK PSU (9v AC vs 9vDC) , but you can buy one from maplin for under ?6, that is including the correct end for a US unit, and I am sure a electronics shop near you will have the same, if you struggle to find an adapter end suitable for a US snes I will post you one that goes on any standard 9v psu.

You can use a GC RGB cable on an NTSC snes but it may not switch your tv to AV1 (or whatever your manufacturer calls it) automatically, so if you cannot selct RGB manually you must be aware of this.

If you want to use the GC cable on a UK snes you need to remove the capcitors from inside the scart, but then it will not work on your GC.

Also if you use S video there is a different voltage on the Luminance between the NTSC units and the Pal units which will give you a slightly bleached out picture or a slightly oversaturated picture, depending what combination of console cable you have, get the official Jap S cable on an NTSC machine and results can be as good as RGB on some displays, but still pretty poor on others.

[randombs]

wow so you have to remove the capcacitors...that explains the fading picture i'd get with my machine (shows a clear picture, then slowly fades away like a capacitor draining out - who would have thought it was actually a capcacitor!)

[karpo_007]

The US and Jap units will not take a UK PSU (9v AC vs 9vDC) , but you can buy one from maplin for under ?6, that is including the correct end for a US unit, and I am sure a electronics shop near you will have the same, if you struggle to find an adapter end suitable for a US snes I will post you one that goes on any standard 9v psu.

A shop in Finland seems indeed be selling a PSU that does work directly so I'm getting that.

You can use a GC RGB cable on an NTSC snes but it may not switch your tv to AV1 (or whatever your manufacturer calls it) automatically, so if you cannot selct RGB manually you must be aware of this.

Not a problem, My Sony Trinitron can do it manually.