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Title: Golden Tee Sync /Display Help
Post by: nipsmg on January 07, 2013, 08:24:25 am
Here's the situation:

I have a Golden Tee Complete boardset (green), along with a Jrok RGB -> TV board (ver 4.1, with component) and a Jrok SYNC Cleaner.  (Apparently the Golden Tee boards have some funky sync timings)

Symptoms:
TV in my arcade cabinet:  (Unable to get into any menus)
   - Svideo connection
   - vertically rolling picture (would be stable if not rolling). 
   - Picture is off to the right.

Other 27" JVC TV:  (can get into menus, no controls for picture position)
    - svideo connection
    - Stable picture. 
    - Picture is off to the right.

Ideally, I'd love to NOT change out the TV in the cabinet if i can help it in any way, but I will if need be.

My issue is the image being off to the right.  It's actually cut off on the right hand side.

I thought I read somewhere that putting a resistor (0.85uf?!) in line with the sync will "pull" the picture off to the left, however I've lost that link and I can't find it, and I don't want to do anything that could potentially damage the board / RGB encoder.

Any ideas how to re-adjust the position of the picture and/or fix the vertical rolling on the TV in the cabinet? 

I appreciate any help you guys can give me.




Title: Re: Golden Tee Sync /Display Help
Post by: TOK on January 07, 2013, 02:37:44 pm
I had an issue using a converter from Golden Tee's default medium resolution to VGA. Total shot-in-the-dark, but have you tried switching the Golden Tee's dips over to standard res outputs and see if it will sync that way?

My problem was wacky colors and a very soft/unfocused image. When I put the board in standard res, the issue cleared up.
I'm not familiar with the JROK setup, I was using one off eBay that is commonly referred to as the Yaton adapter (he's the seller but not manufacturer).
Title: Re: Golden Tee Sync /Display Help
Post by: nipsmg on January 07, 2013, 04:57:15 pm
JROk's adapter requires STD resolution to begin with, so I've got nothing to try there.

Title: Re: Golden Tee Sync /Display Help
Post by: lilshawn on January 08, 2013, 10:49:46 am
golden tee outputs something OTHER than standard resolutions.

resolution: 640x350
h-frequency: 25.7KHz
v-frequency: 60.6hz
pixel clock: 21.5khz

it's the 25.7khz that's the kicker.

the cga/ega frequencies the converter can handle are

14.5 - 16.5khz -which is cga
23.5 - 25.5khz -which is ega
30.5 - 32.5khz -which is vga

as you can see, the frequency falls just outside into the space between ega and vga 
Title: Re: Golden Tee Sync /Display Help
Post by: nipsmg on January 08, 2013, 12:00:39 pm
which I'm assuming is why the picture is off horizontally a bit.  Still searching for a solution.
Title: Re: Golden Tee Sync /Display Help
Post by: TOK on January 08, 2013, 02:30:23 pm
He's quoting the medium resolution outputs, but you said you're running the board in standard resolution. <?>
If that horizontal frequency is what you think is causing your issue, you don't have your GT board running in CGA.

Title: Re: Golden Tee Sync /Display Help
Post by: nipsmg on January 09, 2013, 09:39:44 am
The board is running in CGA.

There is a DIP-Switch on the board that switches between std and med res. 

I missed that lilShawn was listing the med-res sync timings.  However, I'm wondering if there's a similar issue with Std. resolution output as well, maybe it outputs 16.7 or something?