WIZZARD77 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I just got an N64 s-video cable from e-bay and when I use the s-video lead the picture is full of black dots in kind of a grid over the picture. The composite lead looks normal. Did I receive a bad cable or is my tv at fault. I have tried it on my brothers N64 and it does the same on his tv. One unit is a black one and the other is a pikachu edition. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornpipe2 Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 I just got an N64 s-video cable from e-bay and when I use the s-video lead the picture is full of black dots in kind of a grid over the picture. The composite lead looks normal. Did I receive a bad cable or is my tv at fault. I have tried it on my brothers N64 and it does the same on his tv. One unit is a black one and the other is a pikachu edition. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanx Are you using both the S-Video and the Composite (yellow) lead at the same time? Make sure you have only one plugged into your TV at a time, leave the regular composite lead unhooked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lendorien Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 (edited) This is a really late reply, but I was looking for a solution to this problem myself. Some trial and error revealed that it had to do with the cable I was using. I'm thinking you might have the same issue. Some net research suggested that poorly shielded cables caused this problem. The cable I was using was a cheap one donated to my brother int he dorms in college (along with a bunch of games. We have no idea who owns them, but they stole our rumble packs). I had a couple other N64 cables laying around, so I tried the one I'd bought from Gamestop. It's a heavy duty multi-system svideo/composite cable. Switching to that one from the flimsy inexpensive one solved my problem. The black checkerboard was gone and I was shocked at how much better the image was over composite. It's almost like night and day. My research has suggested that while cables are a likely culprit, some HDTV's might be the culprit too, though this is not the case for me. Best of luck! Edited January 2, 2009 by Lendorien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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