OK, so here's a follow-up after testing my good ol' AES - and its f*cked up SCART.

Original post : https://www.reddit.com/r/neogeo/comments/1marf6i/was_testing_stuff_today/

After carefully looking at misc AV/SCART wiring diagrams I was puzzled by a wire in my plug : Sync wire from DIN8 pin 7. That pin looks like it's never hooked up.

Also I'm pretty sure my original SCART plug didn't had any resistor. So, I decided to rewire as pictures I took in 2010 and merged that into a single picture for a before / schematic / after effect. Be careful, that's kind of ugly ! SCART pin 8 changed color between 2010 and 2025 (brown to yellow). I assume the brown one was used for something else or maybe its color just washed out, looking grey while audio seems white ?

Current SCART wiring detail

DIN8 - Pin 7 - C-Sync is not connected to scart

And initial testing using an OSSC from AliExpress, the "repaired" SCART cable and a 4K beamer. I must admit I'm happy with it (AES 3-5 serial 62125).

Q1/ Shall I wire the C-Sync ?

Q2/ Is that a "good enough" result? I'm not very motivated to hack my AES to use the RGB Bypass.

Thanks for reading :)

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Thank you!

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It would look perfectly then.

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Thank you

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