Need help with an RGB-modded PCE DUO-R

[Ceph]

Please help me!

I just purchased a Duo-R which has an RGB-modification. It has a scart lead directly attached. The picture is sharp, but unfortunately very dark, which means the signal is too weak. I opened the Scart connector and had a look inside. There are 3 transistors and a resistor, so this *should* be an RGB signal booster.

There is a black cable which touches the metal frame (it's not soldered to it), could that be the cause?

Please have a look at the fotos I took.
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[D-Lite]

That is not an amplifier.  That is just capacitors and resistors that you need on the lines anyways.

You can find a true RGB amp over at www.gamesx.com.  It's also easy enough to use a CXA1145 or CXA1645 to do the job.  If someone wants RGB when I do S-Video, it's quite easy since I use a 1145 or 1645 for the S-Video already.

So in short, you won't get a good signal from that cable no matter what you do.

[Ceph]

Thank you for clearing that up. Just now the CD drive has started acting up. The laser must be really weak; when it arrived this morning I tried out CD-Rs and it couldn't read them (they work fine in my other Duo and Duo-R). At first it did at least play original (non back-up) games. Now it takes a long time to load and the music doesn't play anymore.

I guess I'll simply return it to the guy who sold it to me- after all there are no replacement CD-Rom mounts/lasers available anywhere in the world :-(