I have an av modded famicom (using this tutorial http://jpx72.detailne.sk/modd_files/fc/avmod.htm ) for quite some time. Unfortunately something moved inside and the transistor snapped. The guide says that I can use any pnp transistor. My local electronics/hobby store suggsted a 2n3704 transistor. Can I use that? ps. I found an alternate guide which I was thinking to follow. Will it be affected though from the lack of the original transistor that was originally? (this guide too suggests a 2n3704 transistor)
I am not a electronics expert but they both are general purpose transistors and from what i could make out from the specs of the japanese datasheet of the original they are both pretty similair.
Use a 2N3906 instead and this schematic. It is the circuit the AV Famicom uses. Also, you can get a much better picture with the NESRGB board or the Hi Def NES HDMI kit. The NESRGB outputs composite video, S-Video, and RGBS via SCART. It also supports a RGB to YPbPr add-on.
What's the difference from this schematic to the one I've already used? Gives a better image? The NESRGB kit is something I've been thinking to purchase, but I'm not confident yet in disoldering ic chips
It should give a better image from what I've seen but I could be wrong. You will still have jailbars but the fix I've seen requires desoldering the PPU and wrapping it in copper.