It was sometime in 2017. Seller's name was 'choijustin'. The 220uF input capacitors were backwards. If they heat up enough and fail shorted, there is nothing to limit the current from the HuC6260 pins. HuC6260 RGB DAC outputs are easily damaged when overdriven. It is not my responsibility to help eBay sellers correct bad designs that are sold to consumers, nor is it to keep up with newer versions of those bad products. The units I tested, as well as the fact that you put "potentially" in quotes and refer to this as 'just a simple RGB amp' without even realizing it can ruin a console are why I will continue to warn customers away from this thing, as I always have.

@@RetroRGB Wait a minute. 1) There is No 220uf capacitors for my adapter at all ( since version 1 ) . Basically, my RGBS adapter does Not use 220uf capacitors. 2) If you read the picture of my adapter inside your movie carefully, all the capacitors are ceramic ( they are Non polarity ). It is impossible to install backward. 3) For some of my early model ( yes, may be back to 2017 ), *only* the sound portion are using electrolytic capacitors ( which has polarity ) and they are 47uf. I am pretty sure those capacitors are installed in correct position ( Not installed backward ). Out of 1000+ of adapter I has been sold, I canNOT swear Non of my adapter never has single of capacitor being installed backward ( since they are hand made ). **Assume** I made mistake and have some adapters install the capacitor by mistake ( yes, assume ), does it means the adapter is bad product? Can Samsung / SONY guarantee None of their product has any issue? In order to avoid any mistake ( assume I have ) I made, I change all the capacitors to ceramic capacitor ( which is the current version ) to prevent any human error happens. I made improvement to my product and try to avoid human error if possible. Should you use one sentence --> "those bad products" to describe ? I don't think this is fair Finally, please don't change my meaning --> 'just a simple RGB amp' without even realizing it can ruin a console What I mean is since the RGB amp is design/assembly properly, how can it ruin a console ? If you assume the thing is Not design/assembly properly, of course it will damage thing ( eg, you put 5v output back to the input pin, of course it will fail, Not limit to RGB amp but anything , right ? )

@@RetroRGB One more thing, I just double check with the circuit designer for this RGBS board. He confirms the capacitors in the sound portion ( 47uf ) is for separate/prevent the DC voltage on the board to enter into audio pins of PC engine extension port. He reminds me audio signal is Not an electric current, therefore, the capacitors ( 47uf ) in Not for DC current ( which carries +/- ) but only for separating DC current and only for audio signal ( which Not carrying DC current ) . In case the capacitors have been "installed backward by mistake", it won't hurt anything. However, to avoid confusion, he changed all the electrolytic capacitors to ceramic capacitor which does Not carry polarity.

I got 2 of these Chinese eBay RGB adaptors, work perfect in RGB Scart on CRTs in the UK... they are excellent value for money imo .. ✌️💥

Seems to me some of these overpriced american 'designed' retro products are just plain lazy design rip offs of the cheaper Chinese workarounds and with a few bells and whistles added... and they are still produced in Asia...

Yep Teraonion suck the big one ..

Thanks!

Overpriced and under developed junk for 'modern' retro gamers not happy with the way old school games should play... Mostly...

Bro I traded in snatcher scd for credit toward a ps1... Think I got $25. We did what we did.......

Exactly This!!!^^^ Now where can we get our own shirts.

Fifth :) kzfaq.info/sun/PLNG-S9dRk8vLVDzZjefRGCQhxNvTPIrLl

Arcade card is needed for some games still

John Di Pietro Yeah, but none of the CD systems have a built-in Arcade Card. This part is where he was saying all CD-ROM² attachments need a separate system card inserted to play CD games and that operating without a system card was limited to the systems with built-in CD-ROM² drives (Duo, Duo R, Duo RX). Even Duo systems with a built-in Super System Card need a separate system card to play Arcade CD-ROM² games.

@@emmettturner9452 look at the name of the attachment. If that doesn't clue you in.... This is a great informative video. If you really want to pick it apart get a life.

neozeed1964 It’s for the benefit of anyone who might take the advice in the video and buy a Super CD-ROM², possibly with a useless Super System Card or Turbo Everdrive they don’t need. May I suggest you take your own advice and stop nit-picking? ...especially if you don’t actually have a correction to contribute and your nit is just inarguably useless commentary on how useful my arguably useful comment was. Can you see the irony? If this video is to serve as a reference then the corrections need to be available with it. Instead of objecting to KZfaq’s typically useless and vapid comments, you decide to object to the undeniably more productive ones that are using the comment system for its intended purpose. I find that amusing. As for the name: You don’t think it adds EVEN MORE confusion for it to have a similar name?! “Super CD-ROM²” software is not exclusive to the device either. That’s why I also physically described the attachment. Bob’s video is trying to clear up some of the associated confusion with all of this, which happens to be my goal too. Now this great video is even more informative. If that irks you so much you had to say something then, well, you have other issues. I’m not sorry for contributing. He also said that the UGX-02 requires a system card even though an update added the function months ago. Someone considering an UpperGrafx would want to know, whether you do or not, so I shared. They might be pretty disappointed if they bought one for no reason.

@@emmettturner9452 didnt read the book you posted but if you got time for that.... heh

Could you please tell terraonion to send be a rebate for the 2 extra mod boards i need?

Thank you!

I honestly didn’t know how the “I spoke to Alex” sentence was going to end.

Yes, the madnafen port is great, though the core for the Wii's Retroarch is better in every way, especially video quality. With wiimadnafen I can't get the picture to be as sharp with any video filter setting as on Retroarch (with filters turned off and the right AR settings, of course). Even then, the Wii either through RGB or Component running Retroarch is not quite as sharp as my RGB-modded PCE, but it's pretty close, and offers save states and perfect CD image loading.

@@Izquierda I'm hoping the Wii Dual mod will really help with video output sharpness at all resolutions - especially for emulation at 240p.

yeah and not all caps need replacing, for instance the silver one he showed de soldering is not a problem cap, it was a surface mount solid electrolytic, you only need to swap out the through-hole electro caps, and tantalum caps( though not sure if these have those). lots of fake news and paranoia surrounding caps in devices in general.

Sometimes, I like the "auto-focus" look on the spinning shots, so in this video it was deliberate. Although the shot of me and the dual signal sucked...auto-focus kept "pulsing". That was a mistake...

RetroRGB Professional productions make those shots with a smooth focus “puller”, but that’s a whole other ballgame 😉 I’ve been following your channel for 2 years and it’s great to watch you improve, video production is hard!

...and the reason I didn't was because I wanted to take my time and give it a real review, not just a quick mention :)

RetroRGB Yep. It was still frustrating to see everyone assuming that they had no choice other than SSDSys3 while Terra Onion was still refusing to acknowledge the issues, but I totally understand waiting. Mind if I ask who loaned you one? I might have a few questions for the guy/gal. :)

​@@emmettturner9452 I was aware of the UGX-01 in development in 2017, but it did not advertise CD-ROM² support and was marketing itself as a DVI up scaler at the time. Meanwhile, the SSD3 was backordered and undergoing revisions until late January 2018 IIRC? I didn't see any mention of the UGX-02 until the last week or two and just ordered one. Apparently it is only the second one shipped to the USA, so I don't think that in 2017 it was really a viable alternative, it did not yet exist.

greyグレェ In 2017, CD-ROM² support was announced for UGX-01 but they never managed to get it to work. Needed more RAM or something, so they revised it to UGX-02 and offered refurbishment service to UGX-01 owners. They kinda got ahead of themselves and even added instructions for ripping your discs to the SD card! It’s obvious that they always intended this to play CD-ROM², since the unit had an SD card and a USB port from the start (only one or the other is needed for simple firmware updates). I remember being baffled by the GameTech video in 2016 since he didn’t even mention the SD card slot or that this was full-digital (not upscaling). It was clear that he was missing something BIG. Super SD System 3 was announced in Dec 2017 and began taking preorders. UGX-02 was supposed to begin shipping in 2017 but they ran into production issues. In the end, both SSDSys3 and UGX-02 began shipping in Jan 2018. Because of the botched launch where Terra Onion stopped shipping the first revision and recalled them, you could say that UGX-02 beat them to it... not that the UGX guys didn’t have their own problems with their launch but at least that was all BEHIND them in Jan 2018 (UGX-01 refurbishment thing and 2017 delay). ;) David Shadoff (prolific ROM hacker/translator) seems to be in North America and doesn’t seem to be the one who provided one to RetroRGB so it seems that there are at least two others. How either of those got here is anyone’s guess. According to Google Translate, their CD-ROM² page first went up just over two years ago: 2019/02/17: Update internal data update page , distribute upergrafx_20190210.pac. 2018/10/10: Update internal data update page , distribute upergrafx_20181007.pac. 2018/08/07: Update internal data update page , distribute upergrafx_20180806.pac. 2018/08/02: Added bug fix progress page 2018/07/14: Update internal data update and communication software page, add ROM image transfer page 2018/06/05: Updated order page (For countries other than Japan) 2018/03/26: Update internal data update page 2018/03/01: Troubleshooting FAQ The page of CD image transfer software has been updated. 2018/02/21: The notice of the repair of UGX-01 has been described. 2018/02/19: A page of internal data update has been created. A bug has been fixed. Description of INTERNAL RAM MODEL in the setting menu has been renamed. 2018/01/23: The release date of UGX-02 was set on January 29th. 2017/09/22: Release date of UGX-02 changed to pending due to manufacturing process trouble. 2017/08/25: Announcement of new version release, How to use CD-ROM2 compatible function , CD image transfer software was created. Along with that, the existing announcement was also changed. 2017/04/02: The page of CD-ROM2 correspondence plan was created. Kinda crazy how long it’s been getting ignored, especially in light of the SSDSys3 issues. The alternative was hiding right under our noses the whole time! I started the “Anyone else excited about Super SD System 3 for PCE/TG16?” in 2017 and you can see exactly where I totally switched gears and got more interested in UGX-02: Dec 26, 2017. This video was a year and some months later. I literally waited THAT long for a western impression. :) Looking forward to yours as well. Thanks!

You will still need to modify the console to eliminate jailbars. In fact the IFU RGB mod needs additional filtering to produce the same video quality as the console on it's own.

@@MobiusStripTech Oh wow, I didn't know that. Thanks! I know Voultar designed a board specifically for the IFU, but it doesn't seem to be available for purchase. There's a lot of questionable mods out there for the IFU, so hopefully more standard mods become available for the neat little briefcase.

@@Izquierda he is still planning on releasing the IFU board. I believe he recently said he found another change that needed to be made for fitment. Due to a change in one revision of the briefcase.

@@MobiusStripTech Yeah there's the IFU-30 and the IFU-30A. The power button looks a bit different, and the box design was different too. I suppose there were small changes in board design then. When Voultar releases the board I'll reach out to see if you're available to get it installed in my IFU since I'm located in the US. Thanks again for all the info!

Or even the standard CD addons

For the Duos, that's practically impossible.

Yes. I rendered a few different ways, but this way was the least-worst.

Simple: Voultar

The db Grafx booster is a great solution. I show that deice (but not S-Video) in the video and there's links to it in the description.

@@RetroRGB Hey! Thanks for responding. I'll look into it. I zero'd in on "composite" when you were talking about it and completely missed the mention of s-video. Got a TG16 on the way so that's real helpful.

None output RGB without mods.

​@@RetroRGB Incorrect. Any PCエンジン or TurboGrafx-16 with an EXT BUS outputs RGB without mods.

All analog audio will have at least some buzz at higher volumes. Video game consoles more than audio equipment, cause they were designed for a general audience, not specifically audio gear. But if you know how to safely replace capacitors, it's always a good thing.

Yup, that would work. Would you really want to "re-rip" your whole collection like that though?

@@RetroRGB oh that would suck, but you v wouldn't have to bother your physical copies.

Nope. I should have clarified that the UperGrafx has an analog-to-digital audio converter built in, so audio is transferred over DVI. I probably left it out to not confuse people into thinking the video was A-D too....but I should have at least specified all you need is the cable and nothing else.

Thank you.