GDEV video output format

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  1. Stone

    Stone Enthusiastic Member

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    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
     
  2. 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 :)
     
  3. Stone

    Stone Enthusiastic Member

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    So what do the DIP switches do?

    Stone
     
  4. Not a lot until a PAL encoder is fitted.
     
  5. Stone

    Stone Enthusiastic Member

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    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

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  6. 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.
     
  7. Stone

    Stone Enthusiastic Member

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    Hm. It did say PAL Enabled, but all SW1 seems to do is disable all video. Ah well, thanks anyway :)

    Stone
     
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    Perhaps it's pal-m :lol:
     
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    Doesn't it have RGB outputs?
     
  10. Stone

    Stone Enthusiastic Member

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    Yeah, but I don't have a digital AV cable, and I can't plug RGB into my monitors anyway ;-)

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