Hello there, new to the forums so hello everyone! So heres my problem which I hope a solution can be found. I have recently recieved my Super Everdrive cart, which does that it says and runs SNES games from a flash card...however... When I reset, or even sometimes from a cold restart, the text and games will be squashed into the top quarter of my television display! The cart info Says PAL which is correct, but sometimes have to hit reset multiple times before it will select the full screen again. Have upgraded to v12 update, which has'nt resolved anything. Any ideas on what is causing this to happen? and if known, how to make it boot full screen every time. Thanks for your help in advance
Thanks bud, I'll look into putting the SNES on a different TV and see if that helps, it's on Sony Bravia at the moment, so maybe the screen is auto adjusting perhaps...hmm...it's very odd though lol OK, if I still have issues I'll come back to you. Thanks again for the swift reply
It's your TV. The SNES is not capable of choosing "full screen" or not. Analog CRTs are best for classic video game systems. Digital TVs are not.
Thing is, I am using an official Nintendo SCART, done everything I can to change the TV resolution. Do you think maybe it's because it's running through a SCART switch box rather than direct to the TV? - Just tested an original SNES game and it's done it on there too...bloody TV!!! right...so, I need to either, change TV's which quite honestly I should'nt need to...or find a way for the TV to stop doing that!!!...do you think the switch box is maybe at fault here or the actual TV settings? Thanks for your help thus far you have been most helpful!
It's the TV, not the fault of the switch box. There may be settings in the menus to change to stop that from happening. I don't have that type of TV so I'm not sure where exactly adjustments will be for that but it's pretty likely there is something you can do.
Yep, confirmed it's the TV, it's a weird thing, but nothing I can do except to keep changing the inputs on the switcher until the TV decides to accept the resolution, it has happened with my Commodore Amiga too, so it's not just the SNES. I'll Keep at it though and see if I can sort it out. Again, many thanks for the help and suggestions, at least I know it's not my trusty SNES or my new favorite toy, the Super Everdrive! ray:
Hate to say this, but, it's a Sony. They do weird things like that. I'm a Samsung fan, because even in Component Y/Pr/Pb input, they recognize 240p properly. Sure, my Samsung TV died yesterday (bad caps), but Samsung is sending a tech to my house to fix it FREE.. Sony would never do that.
Yeah, our main TV downstairs is a Samsung, and love it to bits...this Sony was on a sale...great for PS3, but crap for any retro type goodness think I am going to relocate the SNES downstairs on the main screen...that'll make the missus happy hahahaha, tough! it's MINE! lol She'll see sense when she see's :mario: and :luigi: running wild! lol
Samsung cap issue is quite common. I need to repair mine as its showing symptoms, but at least its pretty easy to do.
My cap issue isn't even a clicking issue, it's a garbled screen (green pink random pixel noise), screeching sounds from the speakers as loud as a car alarm, and keeps rebooting itself. It's at the point where it doesn't work at all, you can turn it on, but it keeps going to an analog RF channel, and any attempt to change channels or input results in a crash. Hitting MENU even crashes it.
It is a shame that newer tv's have these problems. My Toshiba LCD looks good enough with my Amiga 1200 & SNES, but doesn't work at all with my Megadrive and has colour bands on screen when trying to play N64. They all look fantastic on my old CRT. Makes me wonder/worry what it'll be like trying to play these in another 10 years
This is my bedroom setup, where my gaming takes place: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/Evilweredragon/vintset.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/Evilweredragon/oldsonic.jpg I love the older TV's.. Sure, it's RF, but you know, this is what I grew up playing, so it's how I remember playing these games.
