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Stone
11-10-2005, 01:50 PM
Is the GDEV output video format fixed internally or is it something user-accessible? Mine will only output in NTSC at the moment...can I flick the DIP switches on front to change mode? Don't want to fiddle around too much without a manual :)

Cheers,

Stone
Topic Archive
11-10-2005, 01:57 PM
Early ones only worked in NTSC, later ones/rebuilds* had a PAL encoder fitted as well.

*Rebuilds, as in you can F*** up your early GDEV and it has to go back to ninty to have a PAL card fitted :)
Stone
11-10-2005, 02:21 PM
So what do the DIP switches do?

Stone
Topic Archive
11-10-2005, 02:35 PM
Not a lot until a PAL encoder is fitted.
Stone
11-11-2005, 05:47 AM
Not a lot until a PAL encoder is fitted.
Yeah, but given my GDEV came from a UK developer it's pretty likely that it does ;) (it would have said on the label which fell off, and I vaguely remember it said PAL Enabled...if that's the correct wording it definitely does).

Do you have a PDF manual for it or something? I don't want to be beating my head against your NDA for all eternity :icon_bigg

Stone
Topic Archive
11-11-2005, 12:56 PM
If you had the magic sticker saying 'PAL Enabled' you should be laughing.

Here's the info you are looking for:

DIP switches

These switches set the TV output mode of NPDP-GDEV, and the language version.

The following are the settings of the DIP switches on the front panel.

Switch------------------------ Setting-----------------------------Meaning

SW1------------------------------ON-------------------------------PAL mode
------------------------------------OFF--------------------------NTSC/MPAL mode

SW2------------------------------ON------------------------------ Japan mode
------------------------------------OFF------------------------------USA mode

* Be sure to power off before changing these switch settings.

Hope this helps.
Stone
11-11-2005, 01:15 PM
Hm. It did say PAL Enabled, but all SW1 seems to do is disable all video. Ah well, thanks anyway :)

Stone
ASSEMbler
11-11-2005, 02:45 PM
Perhaps it's pal-m :lol:
Zilog Jones
11-15-2005, 11:28 AM
Doesn't it have RGB outputs?
Stone
11-15-2005, 12:27 PM
Doesn't it have RGB outputs?
Yeah, but I don't have a digital AV cable, and I can't plug RGB into my monitors anyway ;-)

Stone