Installing a Quick 'N' Dirty Sega Master System II Composite Mod - SMSII SMS2 AV OUT

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Thanks for tuning in to watch me spruce up this Master System 2. Not a lot wrong with it, but the easy composite video mod was a fun little project. At the beginning I say 370uf instead of 470uf. Points if you spot that! *I really need your help, so if you can chuck some change in the virtual hat to help support the channel at **www.patreon.com/markfixesstuff** I would be super appreciative!* If not then please enjoy the video anyway - every view, like and share counts! 😊

[@RetroRecollections]

Always love seeing a Master System returned to it's former glory 👍

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Shiny and functional. Good enough for me :)

[@goldskullmgtow6935]

FYI, I just finally did this to the US NTSC version and it worked! Thank you Mark for the tutorial.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Glad it helped!

[@cptcaveman26]

How can anyone not like this vid if I had known it was this easy I would have done this ages ago thanks chief 👍

[@DouglasTitchmarsh]

I liked the hot air gun to melt the glue in better. Great tip.👍

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Cheers Duggie. See... I'm not just a pretty face!

[@dj_paultuk7052]

@@MarkFixesStuff That really was a top tip. Ive never thought of that. This wins "Tip of the day".

[@SparksNZeros]

if you haven't already, i'd absolutely put two screws either side of the cartridge port and all the ones near the ports at the back as every time you put a cart in and out it'll flex the board and crack solder joints without that support.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

I missed that. Thanks for the warning - I’ll do it ASAP.

[@frankowalker4662]

I got 2 80's Pong games recently, Only one of them would tune in properly, so I modded both of them to composite. They work a treat.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Nice job Franko! RF is hard to tune on modern tellies.

[@karlreading3201]

Ahhhh. The Master system 2. My first console. Loved that thing at the time, money was tight so I was one of only a couple of my friends with the MS2, all the rich kids had a mega drive. Great to see it on your channel.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

I was still stuck with a C64 then!

[@FlyboyHelosim]

The Master System 2 was the first and only console I've ever owned.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Oh wow! Did it put you off or something?

[@FlyboyHelosim]

@@MarkFixesStuff I think it must have done. Plus game controllers have never felt natural for me, far too much stress on the thumbs.

[@CortinasAndClassics]

The MS2 was my first ever games console back in the 90's. I sold my Spectrum 128k James Bond light gun special edition for it. I was very stupid. Love the innuendo mark, very funny 🤣

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Ohhh.. the James Bond pack with the passport etc...

[@CortinasAndClassics]

@@MarkFixesStuff Thats the one. Nice mod by the way.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

@@CortinasAndClassics ah, thanks 🙏 nice to do something simple and effective

[@Colin_Ames]

Enjoyed the video, as always.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for putting up with my nonsense!

[@backtogeek]

Amazing, I have just put an order in at PCBway, so much more tidy than the manual way I have been doing it.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Nice job! They have a load of nice little retro builds one there. I’ve a few I’ll be doing in upcoming videos

[@chongtak]

If I remember well, in France we did not have an RF output but an output that looked like pins in a star shape that went to the péritel (scart) socket input in the TV

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Yes, we did not have that in the UK. It can make some earlier French versions of machines more desirable now!

[@ConsolesUnleashed]

5:33 I recognise that image. :) Glad they are getting used.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Ah. Was that your diagram? I printed it out ages ago and couldn’t find the link again. I’d like to post a credit if you can give me the link please!

[@ConsolesUnleashed]

@@MarkFixesStuff No need for credit. That's what they are there for. Still working on more but plan to make printer friendly images for almost everything needed for console modding.

[@syretia551]

Very well done video. I enjoyed watching it even though I have little interest in the console itself lol Just an FYI for anyone who would be interested in this type of mod and intends to use it on a flat screen TV: most flat screen TVs have much higher latency through their composite inputs than through something like HDMI, so you'd probably want something like a retrotink to convert the signal to HDMI without adding a ton of latency.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

I really do want a Retrotink. Never seem to find them in stock though. Mind you, at my age latency isn't so much a problem as just being really old and slow 😅😂😂

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Thank you for your really kind comments and taking the time to reply too!

[@MrLurchsThings]

Not sure how I managed to miss this video. I’m a massive SMS fan. Love the console. I started with a composite mod like this, but hen went full RGB SCART (and then picked up a French SMS2 that has factory RGB SCART 😂)

[@MarkFixesStuff]

I have another SMS2 here, which I'm saving for the RGB mod!

[@retrodude6215]

I have a mega drive that uses the same cable lmao

[@denisevans213]

Loved the video as always Mark! - Sadly, I have to admit, I think I'm getting old, as I'm glad you decided to video the vacuuming up of the bits - appealed to my OCD... :D

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Nice to break up the hardcore action sometimes....

[@dj_paultuk7052]

I remember doing this to a Commodore Vic20 when i was about 12. I was very much into electronics at that age and i think my dad freaked out when he found i had the computer apart and was soldering wires. But the picture was so much better and i plumbed the audio into my HiFi system so it sounded awesome. Well little 12yr old me thought it sounded awesome.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Louder is always awesome. I did the same with my Acorn Electron sound!

[@cosmicfish1000]

What size wires did you use? Thanks

[@SteDubya]

Nicely done. I promise my video mod was cruder. I didn't want to cut the case so I wired an RGB socket in and have it hanging out the back of the console. This way I can use my megadrive scart cable with it. Works very well and totally reversable.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

I breadboarded an RGB mod up once and have no idea where it went.

[@Nukle0n]

Great investment would be to get a RetroTink2x Pro, really beats out the crappy analog inputs on modern TVs if they even still have them, and it supports S-Video which has been gone from TVs for many years which is a great upgrade over Composite.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

I've been trying to buy one for ages but they're never in stock. Would be the perfect compliment to my OSSC.

[@JoystickDivision]

I've done videos where I repair an SMS II and perform the 50/60Hz mod. I plan on doing an RGB mod in the future.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

I did an RGB mod on breadboard before now. Worked great with the right cable. I'll check out your video!

[@JoystickDivision]

If you've already seen it, you'll know I'm not a professional, haha. I appreciate you checking it out though. :)

[@leojrgensen2819]

That monster joystick, does that work on the c64 to, or is it different wirering ?

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Works on C64 no problems.

[@MaximumRD]

Good to see because honestly, I always loved the look and size of the Sega Master System II but felt it was such a big mistake not including composite out by default. I still do not have one, I only have the original North American Sega Master System.

[@goldskullmgtow6935]

Can this be done the same way on the US SMSII ?

[@MarkFixesStuff]

It can be done but I think you'll need the US specific mod board? I don't have a US SMS2 here. Anyway, it's available as is the RGB mod option

[@goldskullmgtow6935]

@@MarkFixesStuff I just got these boards and im going to attempt it on a US system. Just curious, why did you use a 470uf 10v low impedance capacitor opposed to just a general purpose 470uf 10v cap ? Im learning for please forgive my noobness lol.

[@FernandoelChachi]

Wouldn't it be better to use the SVideo option and a Scart cable adapter?

[@MarkFixesStuff]

I have those but the Svideo on my TV is really noisy for some reason. I should look into it. Maybe it's caused by the adapter itself.

[@FernandoelChachi]

​@@MarkFixesStuff Yep, maybe it's the adapter. I have gold plated ones.... It can also be your TV. You know that a TV can show a perfect HDMI output or by Scart, but for example the S-Video can give problems as they can have their own problems separately; cold solder joints, leaking caps, dirt, oxidation, rust or whatever.

[@davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533]

Awesome mod matey, definitely worth the effort 👍

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Thanks Davey Baby!

[@djjameswyld]

Great video... did anyone order any boards? in the uk have any spare to sell?

[@Asriazh]

The only Master System i had was the adapter for the Genesis/Mega Drive. I got it during the 90's from a local supermarket where they probably didn't even know what it was, supercheap for a few bucks. Too bad it aws the model for the first line of Mega Drives and i had a Megadrive version 2. So i had to do a few "modifications" aka "cutting off stuff" to make the adapter fit. Good times :D

[@MarkFixesStuff]

I’d really like one of those adapters, just to look inside it.

[@thegreatjonzini]

I recommend a 60hz mod. I used a "da retro" switch less board.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

I have a switchless Da Retro mod for the Megadrive here.

[@danielson9579]

Ahh the bane of many a child who opened there Christmas present and saw one of these instead of a mega drive 😒

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Man. So many comments like this. I’ve brought everyone down hahahah

[@danielson9579]

@@MarkFixesStuff lol 😁

[@incognito9387]

Oh Boy Voultar will hate it. ...Hot Glue!! 😂

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Pretty sure Voultar doesn’t watch my channel so I think I’m ok

[@smunaut]

Am I the only one triggered when he listed wires in the wrong order ? (said "one for vcc" as he's putting the black wire down, then "and one for ground" when putting the red wire down). Nice to see some Sega stuff otherwise :)

[@MarkFixesStuff]

It was a test and you are the only one who has passed. Congratulations.

[@retrogameon]

I'd you want to get even dirtier, a resistor soldered to a cap will suffice.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

It’s true but my sponsor won’t cough up for that hahaha 😂

[@insanedruid3143]

Have to say, I am not a fan of all those ugly holes drilled in the case. Just desolder the FM modulator, 3d print a little holder (like this: www.thingiverse.com/thing:4361067 ) , clip it to the pcb, mount a Mini Din to the Holder. Fits perfectly in the old hole for FM. Add some wires and you have RGB out. Attenuate the signal sega like in the cable, or whip some Caps+Resistors in the MS2 itself and you would have a 100% reversable, non destuctive sleek RGB-modded Ms2. For the cost of a Mini Din Plug.

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Yes. I don't much like modding cases really, but this was the quick and dirty version. I have plans to follow your advice in another video on another machine in the future.

[@loganjorgensen]

Not that I doubt you but that's weird about your TV and S-Video, wonder what on Earth that is about. Imagine in such regions this model sold as well as the Mega Drive model 2, in NA we call it the Tonka model heh. Don't have this model but the RF was definitely a hindrance to getting one even though I think it looks quite nice, the original sure is wide in hindsight heh. Funny how so many model-2s had RF only for cheapness but then you have the conflict of the newest model of the console getting AV obsolete faster than the original. :\ I like the two-step hot glue, better than sloppy strands everywhere. Yeah it's mono through two ports but it's a stereo world now so that's just easier. Tidy. ;)

[@MarkFixesStuff]

Ah, thanks! My Samsung set doesn’t have a specific Svideo input. It has component and RGB SCART. I know svideo is supported in the SCART socket, but I’ve tried a couple of Svideo to SCART adapters and it’s always looked bad. Might be the adapters I suppose.