+Yurkie Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 My DIY composite mod is $29 shipped in the USA and comes with cord. Info in my marketplace thread. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/172279-yurkies-colecovision-hardware-mods-feb-2014-blinking-pause-mod-led/ You get the module and the cord. Solder 4 wires in place, drill one hole and trim a little metal on the shielding. PDF Instructions link in my Marketplace thread linked above. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/163446-diy-modifications-for-colecovision/page/3/#findComment-2931647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfun101 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Pause Mod: The easiest way to view the image is click on it and then save the image to your desktop and then open it with a picture editor. This site doesn't seem to let you display images at their full size.http://atariage.com/forums/gallery/image/10335-colecovision-pause-mod-example/Also, note there is more than just 1 place you could solder the Audio Out line to in the link above. This is just 1 way to do it.This is for options of locations on the board for where you can do the line for the Pause "Wait" portion of the mod:http://atariage.com/forums/gallery/image/10319-colecovision-pause-location-options/If anyone has an easier way to do this, please post. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/163446-diy-modifications-for-colecovision/page/3/#findComment-2963626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesusc Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I have 3 colecovisions which all have some sort of issue. I decided I'd sacrifice the worst looking one and try to do a composite AV mod (as well as power switch cleaning). I grabbed 5-11 under's instructions and went to Radio Shack. Grabbed the potentiometer and transistor no problem, but didn't know which resistor to get. They come in various wattages and I didn't know which watt I should get. Help? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/163446-diy-modifications-for-colecovision/page/3/#findComment-3057928 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 I have 3 colecovisions which all have some sort of issue. I decided I'd sacrifice the worst looking one and try to do a composite AV mod (as well as power switch cleaning). I grabbed 5-11 under's instructions and went to Radio Shack. Grabbed the potentiometer and transistor no problem, but didn't know which resistor to get. They come in various wattages and I didn't know which watt I should get. Help? 1/4 Watt (or anything higher, such as 1/2 or 1 Watt, etc.) will be good. Also, if you need to substitute parts, there's equations online for that (to double the resistance value, put two the same in series; to halve the resistance value, put two the same in parallel). Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/163446-diy-modifications-for-colecovision/page/3/#findComment-3057939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesusc Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 thanks! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/163446-diy-modifications-for-colecovision/page/3/#findComment-3058003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lomax Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Does anyone have a fix / replacement part for broken metal "bridge contacts". As you can see from the attached picture, one is cracked through, and the other has broken with one half completely missing! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/163446-diy-modifications-for-colecovision/page/3/#findComment-4670244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChildOfCv Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 15 minutes ago, Lomax said: Does anyone have a fix / replacement part for broken metal "bridge contacts". As you can see from the attached picture, one is cracked through, and the other has broken with one half completely missing! I wonder if one of those dome tactile switches could be adapted for this purpose? https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/k/keystone/metal-key-pad-dome-switches You'd want one that's as big as possible so that it doesn't make contact just by sitting there, and you'd have to solder on some legs to reach the old mounting holes. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/163446-diy-modifications-for-colecovision/page/3/#findComment-4670256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lomax Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Well, I'm going to have to try that. I have a bunch of those domes from some Atari joystick restores I did recently. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/163446-diy-modifications-for-colecovision/page/3/#findComment-4670270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 18 hours ago, ChildOfCv said: I wonder if one of those dome tactile switches could be adapted for this purpose? https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/k/keystone/metal-key-pad-dome-switches You'd want one that's as big as possible so that it doesn't make contact just by sitting there, and you'd have to solder on some legs to reach the old mounting holes. Not sure the standard domes will be tall enough as the original leaf spring switches stand a good 1.5-2mm off the surface of the PCB. Even with wire leads added to them on each side, it might still have too much lateral movement to stay put when the controller nub tries to press on it causing it to move to the sides? I've honestly had to use other broken CV controllers in the past to scavenge these leaf contacts from. If you didn't know the Coleco table tops of the 80s used the exact same contact leaf switches in them as well. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/163446-diy-modifications-for-colecovision/page/3/#findComment-4670720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChildOfCv Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 37 minutes ago, -^CrossBow^- said: Not sure the standard domes will be tall enough as the original leaf spring switches stand a good 1.5-2mm off the surface of the PCB. Even with wire leads added to them on each side, it might still have too much lateral movement to stay put when the controller nub tries to press on it causing it to move to the sides? Yeah, that's a potential snag. One mitigation there might be to drill new holes and bend the legs through them. You can buy domes as large as 80mm, which is pretty impressive. I see a company called Snaptron offers spring steel rectangular pieces too, but they seem to be a mass manufacturer, so you'd likely have to buy from them in thousands or tens of thousands. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/163446-diy-modifications-for-colecovision/page/3/#findComment-4670751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lomax Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Yes you are both correct. The domes do not sit high enough and are awkward to position correctly. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/163446-diy-modifications-for-colecovision/page/3/#findComment-4670870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lomax Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Has anyone got a couple of spare leaf spring switches they can send me? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/163446-diy-modifications-for-colecovision/page/3/#findComment-4671607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabrice Labrousse Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 On 9/28/2013 at 3:39 PM, omf said: Has anyone attempted this on a PAL Rev D board or a French SECAM Rev B board, there is only 24 pin holes for the bios chip, no extra holes to desolder, also the jumpers arent present so it cant easily be configured easily to take a 27c64, or if anyone has a datasheet for the TMS4764NL chip used for the bios would be useful I know it's a bit late but did you get a solution in the end ? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/163446-diy-modifications-for-colecovision/page/3/#findComment-5176127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
omf Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 On 12/22/2022 at 3:52 PM, Fabrice Labrousse said: I know it's a bit late but did you get a solution in the end ? check this Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/163446-diy-modifications-for-colecovision/page/3/#findComment-5177263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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