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Second Hand SpectrumHi just joined the Forum. I have picked up a Spectrum at a s/h shop and would like some advice please. I have had two ZX81's packed away for severa…
... this old b&w tv.
Q. Does the ... require a similar manual tuned tv?
Q. Does it ... supply which indicates that the output is ? 9v DC however ... the tv and powered up I could not get any output and ... find out if it works other than via the tv outout? -
Free JVC TVJVC 21 inch CRT TV with scart. & remote Works great, son now has LCD for his Xbox Free, just collect - Chester area ( UK )
JVC 21 inch CRT TV with scart. & remote
Works great, son now has LCD for his Xbox
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Interesting finding. How to connect TV out?Hello. I was passing in the street, and repeired in a open plastic bag clearly abandoned. So, inside it there was: a CD, a ZX Spectrum 128k+2 and i…
... current in home and it works in a very noisy way ... , I tried to connect its TV out to a modern PCTV ... signal coming from the Spectrum TV out is it Compound-video ... -
Grey +2 video output and oddities.I've been experimenting with one of the above that I acquired years ago, but had just been buried at the back of a cupboard. I've connected it up to…
... The circuit diagram shows video output options called Standard and Peritel ... . How was the video output normally configured on new grey ... improved composite signal at the output connector. For some reason ... from it, but a TV connected to it displays colour ... -
Please help! connecting speccy to a new style digital TVHi- I've been emulating for years but have just bought a real 48k Speccy to get that 'real' feeling of my youth (and to play my home programed games …
... tune it in on my TV... is this because it is ... knowing if the computer even works as they never had LEDs ... -
Spectrum +2 gray strong noise at TV sound outputWhat could be the reason of strong sound noise at TV channel on gray +2? In the beginning this speccy was dead, it had faulty 78S05 and ZTX650. Added…
... strong sound noise at TV channel on gray +2 ... After that I got normal TV signal, another speccy back ... is overwhelming noise sound on TV channel.
Tried ... tuning and with another TV set, but with no ... while I mute and unmute TV. There is noticeable difference ... -
Scart output flickeringHello :-) Got myself a scart lead from eBay for a +3 and a +2A. The picture quality is brilliant but the top third of the screen flickers / pulses …
... 10 seconds)
My tv is a Sony KDL-40W2000 ... the flickering is changing the output to NTSC 3.58 which ... flicker. I tried a different tv and the picture was much ... />
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128k heat sink joystick issuesI have only recently been using my 128k heat sink again - using a scart lead off Ebay that works great on the LCD TV- getting really into it - beats …
... off Ebay that works great on the LCD TV- getting really into ... a loss.
Seems sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't... then it ... button stops, or keeps firing, sometimes nothing works.
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'Jumping' Composite Video Output on +2bNot having much luck recently... I have converted my +2b to composite out using the info contained [URL="http://www.secarica.ro/html/plus3_hardware.…
... I no longer have a TV with a functioning tuner, except ... X1 the jumping slows and sometimes stops altogether for a short ... -
Very weird +2 problem.After two days, I'm still fighting this grey +2. Symptoms: When I first got it, there were stray pixels on the screen, and stray lines and colours. …
... I pressed the "I" key. Sometimes it will crash after a ... 2.
The title screen works perfectly.
Press a ... it playing correctly through the TV speaker. Jetman is constantly firing ... +2.
Multiface 128 works fine.
Components which ... -
+2 grey rf out problemI got a kind of broken +2. it basically works, but with a annoying rf out problem. When screen goes black (eg. after border 0: paper 0 command) it l…
... +2. it basically works, but with a annoying ... tv with an amiga 500 and aerial broadcast, it works ... hand over RF modulator tv image dissapeared. I ... in black screens. Picture sometimes stays black, until I ... a screwdriver, image on the tv always disappears.
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Stereo sound to LCD TVI have 23" LCD TV and 2 Speccy - 128 Toast and +3. I have audio in (rgb) input in my TV and use ear output from Speccy. but 1. sound from +3 it is …
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128 ... ) input in my TV and use ear output from Speccy.
but ... -
Correction of +2 hardware errorsThis is a collection of various pieces of information picked up from various places, including a lot from this forum. I have edited it and reworded i…
... still available from the RF TV connection, but the signal ... present on the composite video output. Monitor should now produce ... The circuit diagram shows video output options called Standard and Peritel ... is then that the drive works more reliable.
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Video output questions...Two questions... [QUOTE]1. The yellow and blue colours seem out of phase on the display. Is this normal for an RF connection to the TV/monitor?[/QUO…
... an RF connection to the TV/monitor?[/QUOTE]
Also ... ) to a modern flat-screen TV via Scart?[/QUOTE]
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SAM Coupe - a video problemHi mates. Lately I managed to acquire a SAM Coupe 512K. There are, however, certain problems that - I thought - You might help me with, in a mome…
... only. From both: TV antenna output and monitor RGB output. Which I've ... blink and slightly change position sometimes. And sometimes they even disappear for ... [/url] as a "Stereo sound output/Light Pen input".
Video OutputHi, I've just got back into the Speccy via emulators and now a Spectrum+ I've converted mine to composite output and am now wondering if anyone has …
... 've converted mine to composite output and am now wondering if ... monitor rather than our only TV.
Thanks,
+2A musings; to repair, mod or trade?I grew up with a 48K Spectrum+, but it went to computer heaven many years ago. During my First Spectrum Renaissance (when I was a student in the lat…
... doesn't work properly. The TV picture flickers, but the Spectrum ... the PSU cable causes the TV picture to flicker. The Spectrum ... that the +2A's RGB output can take a SCART conversion ... mixed reports about whether this works with modern flat-panel TVs ...People on TV who you never seeAt work today the topic of fictional characters you never see in TV series came about. People like Howard's mum in The Big Bang Theory, who you never…
... characters you never see in TV series came about. People like ... ),
The company owner, who works 'upstairs', and is often referred ...48k tv connectionHello, I have a small tv which I use to test and play spectrum games. When I try to connect my any of my 48k, I have the copyright image, but the T…
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I have a small tv which I use to test ... the copyright image, but the TV is always making that noise ... ear the sound from the TV.
The cables are ... or a TV problem (which is weird bacause the +3 works like ...ZX48 svideo modI have modded a ZX48 to have svideo output. The end of C65 that goes to TR2 (its an Issue 2 zx 48 ) has been lifted to get Chroma. Luma is taken fro…
... a ZX48 to have svideo output.
The end of C65 ... to the svideo output connector.
This works well with a ... I try it on a tv, I get only black and ... and picked up by the tv, though Chroma is not.
Composite picture qualityI have read many many discussions here about the composite video modification of the Spectrum 16/48K models. I have choosen one of the simplest comp…
... in series with the video output.
I ... TV tuner.
Basically I'm satisfied with the composite output ... the ISSUE 6A board... sometimes the vertical shadow is stronger ... , sometimes almost invisible. Nothing is ...+3 Scart output has diagonal distortionI have an issue with my +3 plugged into the tv via scart, the output has a diagonal distortion to it? the display has like a pixel offset every 1/4 o…
... plugged into the tv via scart, the output has a diagonal distortion ... older crt tv and a modern led flat screen. The output quality ...+2 Grey strange beepingthe beep comes out of speccy's sound output (TV box), only when some sound output already started. eg. on 128basic, press a key and key click sound …
... out of speccy's sound output (TV box), only when some sound ... output already started.
eg. ... very frequent.
Speccy works perfectly otherwise. I'm using ...4294967296 pseudo output portsIn an effort to avoid any hardware conflicts with the clashbasher interface I've been looking for an alternative to using the spectrum's ports for ou…
... indexed instructions to create pseudo output ports.
To open ... out accessed ports and it works as expected. I've not ... then be a true input/output instruction swapping the byte in ... the spectrum bus. So the output only and the slow speed ...Spectrum +2 (Grey version) RGB SCART QuestionHi Guys, A quick question for you. As the new owner of a 128K Spectrum +2 (grey version), I'm using a cable from Retro Computer Shack which tries to…
... has been discussed before this works on some LCD TVs but ... in order to switch the TV to RGB mode (obviously I ... whether attempting to use the output in this way would cause ...Speccy & ZX81 on an LED MonitorI've been upgrading my Sinclair kit to Composite output, and they both work pretty well now - the Zed better than the Speccy if I'm honest. I want t…
... my Sinclair kit to Composite output, and they both work pretty ... " goldfish bowl (final gen CRT TV if I'm honest) and ... an Indivision board attached and works a treat, but the Composite ... />
Do I need a TV instead of a monitor due ...Retro Computers/Gaming Movies & TV ShowsThere's some really interesting retro computer/gaming related movies and TV shows out there at the moment, with some others in production. I've put t…
... computer/gaming related movies and TV shows out there at the ... create games and release those works, and themselves, to the world ... /> [b]Halt and Catch Fire (TV SHow 2014? )[/b]
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[b]Silicon Valley (TV Show 2014? )[/b]
In ...PC to TV problemI'm using a "DIGIFLEX VGA Male to Male 5 Metre Black Cable for PC Laptop to TFT Monitor LCD TV Lead" to put my Dell laptop PC display onto my Toshiba…
... Laptop to TFT Monitor LCD TV Lead" to put my ... display onto my Toshiba LCD TV screen. I'd plug ... PC & TV, select PC as the TV source, and I ... Both the PC and the TV are otherwise working OK, I ... plethora of similar questions - and sometimes answers - on the net, ...Video fault on issue two ZX boardI've trawled the Internet and drawn a few blanks as to where to look to resolve the fault with my issue two board. I'm hoping a few of you knowledgea…
... input on an old portable TV, I could just about see ... the image on my portable TV via the composite input. I ... tried this on my main TV and managed to get a ... Spectrum otherwise works, it's just a very poor display output which ...Flickering RGB -> SCART output.Hello all, For my toast rack I have bought a [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-128K-High-Quality-RGB-Scart-Lead-Video-Cable-TV-Le…
... -RGB-Scart-Lead-Video-Cable-TV-Lead-/250988461796?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL& ... the toast rack to the TV (Plasma), whilst I admit I ... things a tad annoying. The TV seems to have issues trying ... to display the output. I tried on a second TV (CRT) and ...
