Region Switch

[RitualOfTheTrout]

I was just reading info on some saturn country switch guides and I am kinda confused.. They say that for US jumpers 10 and 7 are closed and for Jap jumpers 11 and 6 are closed. But no where mentions the jumpers for Pal..

Secondly, if i were to make a switch that allowed you to toggle between the three, what kind of switch should I use?

Im just toying with the idea of trying this mod, so just trying to get more info.

 

[antime]

Originally posted by RitualOfTheTrout@Fri, 2005-03-11 @ 06:40 AM

I was just reading info on some saturn country switch guides and I am kinda confused.. They say that for US jumpers 10 and 7 are closed and for Jap jumpers 11 and 6 are closed. But no where mentions the jumpers for Pal..

PAL is a video standard, not a geographical area. You want the Europe setting.

 

[RitualOfTheTrout]

sorry thats what I meant..

what kind of switch would be used to switch between the 3 regions? I know a standard dpdt switch would work for switching between two, but im not sure about 3.

 

[lordofduct]

Ok, well... either you can HUNT down a DP3P switch... but thats rather difficult to get a hold of for a reasonable price.

Instead I used a SPDT center off switch and a hex inverter. this way it takes the off position as being a connection. www.mmmonkey.co.uk describes it quite well... but don't follow their 50/60 hz switch, its rather tricky.

 

[dj898]

huh?

I got my DP3P switch from local Jaycar?

didn't know it was hard to get?

we are talking about the one with three position so you can toggle between top-middle-low, right? I've wired mine for US-JP-EU although it's usually at JP position.

 

[lordofduct]

well it may be easy for you in australia... here I can't find them except on the internet and price wise its not reasonable. I can get a hex inverter, PCB and a SPDT center off switch all for about 4.50 right across the street. Where id have to pay like 7 bucks plus shipping to get a DP3T switch.

 

[dj898]

Oh I see...

 

[RitualOfTheTrout]

but don't follow their 50/60 hz switch, its rather tricky.

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Yeah I see what you mean.. I wonder why they think its better to try the leg on the chip.. the way I see it if you mess up and ruin that leg you just trashed the saturn.

I also was looking for DP3T switches, and I cant find them either. Even online they are kinda hard to find.

 

[lordofduct]

here ya go, heres a place with em'

http://guitarelectronics.zoovy.com/categor...iniswitchusage/

 

[lordofduct]

I am pissed as all hell.

I modded up another saturn with all the works. Region, 50/60, battery, and bootleg. Everything works great except one stinken thing. When I flip the region switch to JAP it just won't even turn on. The thing shorts out or something. I hit power and no light, no NOTHING! I have been searching it for bad solder points, bad anything. Nope seems all good. What the fricken hell? It works in US and Euro regions though???

 

[lordofduct]

FINALLY got that biatch to work... I missed a trace i had to cut.

 

[wolfchild]

Got it to work, too.

But I cut the legs of the chips from the saturn mainboard and soldered the wires for the switches directly on the legs of the chips - instead of cut the jumpers and solder the wires on the mainboard. This was easier for me because I didn`t have to trace the "lines" on the mainboard and I did`nt have to find the right solder points. I also used a hex inverter with two switches...

 

[RitualOfTheTrout]

What traces do you need to cut??

I thought the only trace you needed to cut was for the 50/60hz switch.

 

[wolfchild]

For the Region Mod you have to cut some jumper connections. I didn`t know exactly which ones, but I cut all jumpers from the "System Manager and Peripheral Controler Chip"!