Colecovision (Pal) Bundle - Repair and Restore (Part I)

[@mark-andrews]

Whoever gets the completed, recently restored machine, I think they will enjoy, the effort, and especially thebenefit of your knowledge, well you've documented before, and I guess they'll get to enjoy the after. A great video, thanks. Any chance of gameplay footage from the recipients of the finished repair,; no one has to appear on camera, if that is the choice, just footage of the games being played, and enjoyed!

[@electricadventures]

I’ll see what happens might be able to do a follow up after. I have components on order for the AV mod and will do part II when they arrive. I was surprised at how good condition the system was in.

[@lactobacillusprime]

Fixing a Colecovision: Gosh opening them up without having to destroy the front bezel is something I would have loved to have known when I had to open mine up (both of them had failing power buttons at some point). Managed to fix them. :)

[@electricadventures]

Yes I cringe at the videos I have seen instructing you to remove the front label (or worse poke holes through them). You just have to be careful to ease it open (helps if you undo all the screws first too ;)).

[@daves8bitbasement]

cool another colecovision working...

[@electricadventures]

It’s in very good condition considering, AV mod will sort it. Need to test his power supply as well.

[@TheHighlander71]

My friend Peter was the only person I knew who had a Colecovision. His version of Donkey Kong was the best I'd ever seen. Donkey Kong was my benchmark for judging the quality of a console or 8bit computer. I couldn't understand why not everybody had a Colecovision. The colours, the sound, everything was great about it. Except the controllers :) I've always had a vision of me finding one at a thriftstore one day, but it never happened. That power supply is impressive. Does that create 5 and 12 volts from the 5V USB? I suppose 1amp is enough to run the Colecovion? Curious to see you do the A/V mod.

[@electricadventures]

The USB adapters are rock solid with the voltages, not many amps are needed for the 12v line as most of the system runs on + or - 5v. Parts for the AV mod are on the way (didn’t have the transistor). I’ll do a video on the next steps when everything arrives. There has been released a USB adapter for Atari XE systems, I have a couple of those on the way too.

[@Progearspec]

Isn't it all ways some thing to fix for older consoles. Months ago,i was trying to sell off my Turbografx 16+Turbo CD.The cd player itself broke down so i had to put it off selling the console for now.Lucky for me a friend i know was able to fix it by replacing the gears and with a working laser to.

[@electricadventures]

Still working on the AV Mod of this one, still has some issues so not quite ready to show.

[@Wormetti]

If you can’t get the AV mod, there’s the PICO9918 VGA but maybe that’s a bit too much for a console you won’t be keeping

[@electricadventures]

I do want to try one of those at some stage, I have a not working well Coleco board somewhere that would be good to try it with.