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Bad Sega Saturn Video Output

E-Man - May 28, 2023

		E-Man	May 28, 2023
		I own a Japanese Sega Saturn model 1 and it was working just fine until recently I noticed the video on the screen is looking rather dark. The intro screen looks like the contrast is too low and looks very saturated plus the Sega logo blue color is not bright at all too. I have already connected the system to a current, modern, TV and it too does the same there as well. Most say it would be the S-Video cable but others also reclaim that switching cables doesn't do anything. I'm also starting to notice every time I power on the Saturn it takes me not 1 but 5 times to power it on and get it running. What's the deal? Power supply? System board issue?

		Landstalkerx	May 29, 2023
		In my experience, that usually means the capacitors are failing and need to be replaced.

		Matilija	May 30, 2023
		I will second that, likely some bad capacitors on the board that need replaced, a full recap would probably only be a few dollars in capacitors, and if some are going bad, others probably aren't far behind.

		luis	Jun 1, 2023
		I actually replaced all my capacitors except the EMI filters and the problem with the Video output loosing brightness and color and eventually getting no signal still happens. I think that you should also replace the EMI filters especially if anyone has a PAL VA9 like me. I will confirm later on if it fixed the issue

		Matilija	Jun 1, 2023
		luis said: Interesting, I wouldn't think the EMI filters would go bad, but it couldn't hurt to replace them.

		E-Man	Jun 11, 2023
		Anyone know who repairs consoles?

		Landstalkerx	Jun 11, 2023
		Where are you located?

		E-Man	Jun 18, 2023
		USA, Texas

		Landstalkerx	Jun 21, 2023
		Based on what you've described, I should be able to fix it. I'm in Washington State. If you're interested, send me a private message.