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
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n64 s-video & black dots
Started by WIZZARD77, Mar 30 2008 9:44 PM
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Posted Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:44 PM
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Posted Wed May 14, 2008 8:33 AM
WIZZARD77, on Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:44 PM, said:
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.
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Posted Fri Jan 2, 2009 12:37 AM
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!
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 by Lendorien, Fri Jan 2, 2009 12:41 AM.
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