Lendorien Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I noticed this today after readjusting my TV set for my NES. My 2 port 5200 (plugged in via coax adapter) displays extremely darkly. This is really noticeable on Centipede and Countermeasure. Colors are muddy and in the case of Countermeasure, the trees and towns are so dark as to not be visible. Other game display ok, but games with dark colors don't display will. Turning up the TV brightness helps, but right now I have the TV on the default settings. Is there any way to adjust this or is there something failing on my 5200? I could turn up the brightness, but since I have multiple systems hooked up, it would be a bit obnoxious. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAGINxxXxxCAJUN Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I noticed this today after readjusting my TV set for my NES. My 2 port 5200 (plugged in via coax adapter) displays extremely darkly. This is really noticeable on Centipede and Countermeasure. Colors are muddy and in the case of Countermeasure, the trees and towns are so dark as to not be visible. Other game display ok, but games with dark colors don't display will. Turning up the TV brightness helps, but right now I have the TV on the default settings. Is there any way to adjust this or is there something failing on my 5200? I could turn up the brightness, but since I have multiple systems hooked up, it would be a bit obnoxious. Any suggestions? This only happens on 5200? Do the NES etc display dark also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lendorien Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 I noticed this today after readjusting my TV set for my NES. My 2 port 5200 (plugged in via coax adapter) displays extremely darkly. This is really noticeable on Centipede and Countermeasure. Colors are muddy and in the case of Countermeasure, the trees and towns are so dark as to not be visible. Other game display ok, but games with dark colors don't display will. Turning up the TV brightness helps, but right now I have the TV on the default settings. Is there any way to adjust this or is there something failing on my 5200? I could turn up the brightness, but since I have multiple systems hooked up, it would be a bit obnoxious. Any suggestions? This only happens on 5200? Do the NES etc display dark also? No, they don't. Tried my Genesis and NES and both display fine. It's only the 5200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAGINxxXxxCAJUN Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Try using another rca cable. Maybe the old one is going bad. The rca cable is cable from 5200 to tv. If that don't work it might be the RF mod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lendorien Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 Try using another rca cable. Maybe the old one is going bad. The rca cable is cable from 5200 to tv. If that don't work it might be the RF mod I'm revisiting this. Replacing the cable did not help. Is there a capacitor that might be going that could cause brightness issues like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 (edited) Try using another rca cable. Maybe the old one is going bad. The rca cable is cable from 5200 to tv. If that don't work it might be the RF mod I'm revisiting this. Replacing the cable did not help. Is there a capacitor that might be going that could cause brightness issues like this? One of these could be the cause. It could also be one of the luminescence lines failing on the GTIA. Edited May 11, 2011 by zylon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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