Vic George 2K3 Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Anyone know how to get a PAL SNES to work on a U.S. TV set -- short of actually modding the thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledown Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Either a $200+ pal to ntsc converter, or a $60ish A/V to VGA converter hooked to a VGA monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted December 16, 2007 Author Share Posted December 16, 2007 Okay, how about power supplies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledown Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 The PAL SNES may require the same power as the NTSC version, if so just use a US power supply. Check the specs on the adapter that comes with it, (ie, supply voltage and required current), find a suitable replacement, and splice the PAL power supply's connecting plug onto the replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 I found one at a thrift store, ignored the SCART cable that came with it (real useful here in the US, yep), found out it was PAL-50 and my TV wasn't, stuck the euro-cart into my SNES Tristar, found out the game worked there, then put the PAL SNES away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted December 22, 2007 Author Share Posted December 22, 2007 What exactly do you hook up an SCART cable to -- as in the display output? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 It's full title is "Euro Scart"... it's a connector built in as standard on European TVs. Supports composite, S-video and RGB though usually not all at the same time. As RGB has no PAL or NTSC signal type, then you can plug anything into it that support an RGB output and get a colour picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 It's full title is "Euro Scart"... it's a connector built in as standard on European TVs. Supports composite, S-video and RGB though usually not all at the same time. As RGB has no PAL or NTSC signal type, then you can plug anything into it that support an RGB output and get a colour picture. SNES SCART only carries RGB and the switching signals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 Got my PAL SNES today, but found out that the SNES power adapter plug that came with my US SNES is a bit too big to fit into the port of the PAL SNES power adapter. Says on the bottom of the unit: RATING AC 9V 1.3A USE WITH AC ADAPTER NO. NES-002E ONLY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledown Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Did you get the Euro 220V power supply with the SNES or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 Did you get the Euro 220V power supply with the SNES or not? Mine didn't come with any power adapter. I'm busy looking to find one on the Net. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledown Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Well one option is to get an actual PAL SNES power supply and a step-up transformer to convert your 110VAC home outlet voltage to 220VAC which the power supply will need. The other option is to find/make/build a generic/universal power supply to power it, but it might be hard to to find the connector as I am pretty sure Nintendo didn't use anything standard. What are you going to use for a display if you get it powered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 All I have for a display is a small flat-screen LCD TV, which has a computer monitor input connector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 Okay, got a UK-compatible power supply for the PAL SNES, plus a step up/down transformer. Right now it powers up. The next thing to find out is if I can get a video signal from it. I got a standard SNES A/V adapter cord attached to it, and a PAL-to-NTSC converter hooked up between my system and my LCD TV, and so far...no video signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Now got a Video Game Jockey for hooking up a video game system with A/V adapters to a computer monitor, which I got hooked up to my flatscreen monitor. I tried it with my PAL SNES, and...still nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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