Bandridge Playstation Scart Cable

Hello again everyone.

I got myself this RGB-Scart cable for the Playstation:





I believe this is the cable Bandridge used to sell - the GL1632V - seen as here:




I have tried it with the ps1 and ps2 and it works, but... I have probed it with a multimeter and I can tell for sure there are no caps inside the molded plug (R, G, B and cvbs connections are direct) and +5V is linked to pin 16 (blanking is fed +5V when blanking 'high' is supposed to be +3V maximum?).

I am thinking about getting this accessory and putting the caps inside and rewire pin 16, plus resistor to pin 8:



This cable seems sturdy and built with quality but the connections issue is putting me off a bit.

I would like to hear anyone's comments, please.

 

I bought 5 of those on a sale a few of years ago but mine had 2 x RCA instead of a headphone plug. If this model is similar, the wire quality inside is pretty bad. The wires are clamped to the male scart end and then soldered to the female, so I replaced the male ends with ones you can solder to. Other than that I find it very convenient when doing mods without messing with the original cable .

 

Why not just fit a new SCART plug? Unless you like this as a collectors piece?
Could even paint the replacement plug to match

 

That adapter would be great to hack up if you want to leave the cable unmodified. Definitely add the caps on the RGB lines. If you need to know what the values are for the caps, they're 220uf. The composite video line doesn't need anything on it.

As for pin 16, you can put an 180 ohm resistor on it to bring the +5V down below +3V. If you are going to use pin 8, I recommend finding a way to send +12V down that pin so you can force a 4:3 aspect ratio. Sending +5V to pin 8 will force 16:9, which can make some games look better, but not all.

 

Thanks everyone for the insight and information on the connections.

Yes, I will leave the cable unmodified and hack the adapter, since it is really easy to open and provides adequate room for additional components.

So, like Bax said, this is what I found inside:







After some work I removed unused wires and managed to place the caps and required resistor inside.
Perhaps not the ideal, but I decided to place a switch so that I can have Scart pin 20 direct (for CVBS in case of PS2) or going through R75+220uF cap for Comp. sync raw (modified PS1).









This is one very nice adapter, I should have bought more of these!

(Interestingly, I found by accident that my Sony Trinitron TV accepts raw sinc coming from PS1 without the need of using R75+220uF Cap on Scart pin 20. )