Monstrous region switch I just found inside a DUO.

[Keith Courage]

Someone sent this to me to get some work done on it. This switch is freakin ridiculous.



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[Gentlegamer]

I think that switch caused the California black outs of the early 2000s.

[Desh]

Holy crap!  Where was that thing mounted?

[esteban]

Holy crap!  Where was that thing mounted?

It was mounted on top of the console, like a "shaker hood scoop" on a muscle car.

[wilykat]

Rotary or sliding switch? It looks rotary to me.  Also what is the connector for?  Looks like 25 pin connector to me.

[Keith Courage]

it's a rotary switch. the switch functions just fine so that's not why the person sent it to me. the system was in major need of a recap.

just thought it was wild finding such a large switch inside there when I opened it up. it barely fits in the usual area where most people would mount an 8PDT push button switch

[jelloslug]

Might as well swap out the power switch with this:

[tool]

^ lmao 

that rotary switch looks like its from the 1950's. Must be one of the earliest mod region switches. Probably modded back in the days when duo came out.

[schweaty]

i bought a turbo duo off ebay that has one of those.  it still works tho so i dont see a need to replace it.  the only really annoying thing about it (other than it takes up all the available space inside the console) is that the switch actually has 3 positions on it (at least mine does).  so it can be unclear which region you are in.

[Necromancer]

Heh, that beast is awesome.  Bigger is better in 'merica!

schweaty: the third position is the Vistar setting.

[SignOfZeta]

Through the 1990s it was honestly not that easy to find a single switch that would do this job. Now we have multiple IC switches and whatnot, but in-period there wasn't any of that stuff in %90 of modded Duos. Half the time guys would gut the switches from old TVs and whatever since 8PDT switches don't generally have much use.

[MotherGunner]

Might as well swap out the power switch with this:

[Keith Courage]

i bought a turbo duo off ebay that has one of those.  it still works tho so i dont see a need to replace it.  the only really annoying thing about it (other than it takes up all the available space inside the console) is that the switch actually has 3 positions on it (at least mine does).  so it can be unclear which region you are in.

yep, has 3 positions like yours. However, whoever did the mod put some nice little labels on the rear of the system to show which setting is for which region.

[Lost Monkey]

Through the 1990s it was honestly not that easy to find a single switch that would do this job. Now we have multiple IC switches and whatnot, but in-period there wasn't any of that stuff in %90 of modded Duos. Half the time guys would gut the switches from old TVs and whatever since 8PDT switches don't generally have much use.

Tis true.. I ended up just buying a 2nd console and hardwiring it to PCE mode after months of trying to procure a usable switch back in the 90's...

[Duo_R]

It looks like the same brand as the original 8pdt switches I used to use.

I recall when those ran out there were other variant that could work but obviously not ideal with 3 positions. lol