Author Topic: Are the Turbo Duo AV cables the same as the PC Engine Core Grapx ones?  (Read 408 times)

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My AV cable that came with the used Core Graphx II I bought from Japan is on its last legs. I have to play with the video yellow plug to get a good reception. Will the Duo AV cables work on a Core Graphx?

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Re: Are the Turbo Duo AV cables the same as the PC Engine Core Grapx ones?
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2007, 02:06:43 PM »
My AV cable that came with the used Core Graphx II I bought from Japan is on its last legs. I have to play with the video yellow plug to get a good reception. Will the Duo AV cables work on a Core Graphx?
They will when i pickup a coregrafx a few years back.

I ended up getting some av cables from ebay that were label for the,Duo and the cables work fine on the coregrafx.
« Last Edit: September 03, 2007, 06:39:20 PM by TRON »

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Re: Are the Turbo Duo AV cables the same as the PC Engine Core Grapx ones?
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2007, 02:12:12 PM »
I don't remember exactly what they're called, but brand new midi cables (euro sellers have them) work great and I get a slightly better picture with them than the standard Duo/PCE cables.

Be careful of sellers offering 'brand new' Duo/SMS cables on eBay. There's one guy who's been selling some garbage ones for years, and basically told me to 'eff off' when I informed him how bad they were.
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Re: Are the Turbo Duo AV cables the same as the PC Engine Core Grapx ones?
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2007, 02:18:41 PM »
I don't remember exactly what they're called, but brand new midi cables (euro sellers have them) work great and I get a slightly better picture with them than the standard Duo/PCE cables.

Be careful of sellers offering 'brand new' Duo/SMS cables on eBay. There's one guy who's been selling some garbage ones for years, and basically told me to 'eff off' when I informed him how bad they were.
That's one thing you do gota be careful on when getting av cables from ebay.

Then there's having a duo modded to have av jacks.Wich takes care of..the problem as well.

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Re: Are the Turbo Duo AV cables the same as the PC Engine Core Grapx ones?
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2007, 07:45:25 AM »
I don't remember exactly what they're called, but brand new midi cables (euro sellers have them) work great and I get a slightly better picture with them than the standard Duo/PCE cables.

Be careful of sellers offering 'brand new' Duo/SMS cables on eBay. There's one guy who's been selling some garbage ones for years, and basically told me to 'eff off' when I informed him how bad they were.

So should I get one from Turbo Zone Direct then? Are they reliable?

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Re: Are the Turbo Duo AV cables the same as the PC Engine Core Grapx ones?
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2007, 09:04:55 AM »
I bought two AV cables from TZD, and they are pretty crappy. You have to wiggle them at the DIN to get them to work right. Once you do that they are good, but I was pretty disappointed.

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Re: Are the Turbo Duo AV cables the same as the PC Engine Core Grapx ones?
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2007, 08:29:17 AM »
I bought two AV cables from TZD, and they are pretty crappy. You have to wiggle them at the DIN to get them to work right. Once you do that they are good, but I was pretty disappointed.

Maybe I'll have better luck than you with TZD. I can't seem to find a good PC Engine/Turbo Duo AV cable on ebay. All they sell are those crappy universal PCE/SMS/Genesis AVs Black Tiger mentioned.

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Re: Are the Turbo Duo AV cables the same as the PC Engine Core Grapx ones?
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2007, 09:59:06 AM »
This guy - http://home.clara.net/robwebb/shop/misc/misc.htm sells them, they're pretty darn good i've got one plugged into my core grafx and i've had no problems at all with it.

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Re: Are the Turbo Duo AV cables the same as the PC Engine Core Grapx ones?
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2007, 05:40:22 PM »
This guy - http://home.clara.net/robwebb/shop/misc/misc.htm sells them, they're pretty darn good i've got one plugged into my core grafx and i've had no problems at all with it.


Nice find! But I am a little scared of this seller because of his questionable payment method. He is reliable?  How do I know how much I'll be spending since it is in English pounds? And how many days did it take for that cable to come to your house?

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Re: Are the Turbo Duo AV cables the same as the PC Engine Core Grapx ones?
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2007, 09:30:37 PM »
you can always make your own, thats what I did  8) It costs like .60 for the the din connector and like 4.99 for the av cable. Solder it up and viola; cheapo pce av cable.

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Re: Are the Turbo Duo AV cables the same as the PC Engine Core Grapx ones?
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2007, 10:24:27 PM »
This guy - http://home.clara.net/robwebb/shop/misc/misc.htm sells them, they're pretty darn good i've got one plugged into my core grafx and i've had no problems at all with it.


Nice find! But I am a little scared of this seller because of his questionable payment method. He is reliable?  How do I know how much I'll be spending since it is in English pounds? And how many days did it take for that cable to come to your house?


Yes hes reliable and pretty fast too, i bought my core grafx from him, if you email him he normally answers any questions about payment methods etc

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Re: Are the Turbo Duo AV cables the same as the PC Engine Core Grapx ones?
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2007, 12:20:07 AM »
NCS has real NEC ones for $25. Not a great price, but worth it since the TZD ones are crappy:

http://www.ncsxshop.com/cgi-bin/shop/18690.html

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Re: Are the Turbo Duo AV cables the same as the PC Engine Core Grapx ones?
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2007, 05:57:15 AM »
Thanks a lot for the suggestions guys. I solved my problem last night. All it took was some electrical tape to fix my wire.

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Re: Are the Turbo Duo AV cables the same as the PC Engine Core Grapx ones?
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2007, 07:45:49 AM »
Nothin' beats good ol' electrical tape  8)