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Making a 32x cable

paul26000 - Oct 4, 2003

		paul26000		Oct 4, 2003
			Ok so iv kina asked already but hey, no harm asking again.... With all you brainy people here surely some 1 can tell me how to make the 2 A/V in and out cables for the sega 32x..??? Or even tell me , there are 9 holes in each A/V , what each hole is eg..hole 2 video and so on.......................... Cause i bought this 32x on ebay and no cables, i get half the screen to work with the 32x but with out the cables it doesnt work properly.... So cheers in advance :cheers

		Curtis		Oct 4, 2003
			Making the cable would be absolutely no problem at all - GameSX... has the pinout of the sockets. You'd just make a straight 1 to 1 cable with two male ends to make the hook up cable. However, as I may have mentioned before, finding the 9-pin male plug for the 32x (and the MD2, if that is what you are connecting it to) is damn near impossible. They just aren't made commercially. You could of course trace the pins back to the motherboard and solder a new socket that you can find the plugs for, but that means taking a drill to your systems...

		Mask of Destiny		Oct 4, 2003
			You really don't need the connector though, you can just use solid core wire and push it into the holes. You don't need to connect the pin for composite video and you only need to connect the stereo audio outputs if you're using an A/V cable. The RF adapter doesn't support stereo. Normally, you don't want to connect the +5V pins; however, you can rig it so both the Genesis and the 32X run off the same brick this way. You just connect the +5V pins and hook up a power adapter to the Genesis. The voltage regulator gets kind of hot, but I haven't had any problems. Your mileage may vary.

		paul26000		Oct 5, 2003
			You say i dont need the connectors, but when i try playing any games through the 32x just pluged into the genesis with only the power lead in not all of the graphics show up on screen, eg............. doom, the menu shows but not the actual game. I thought that each the genesis ,sega CD and the 32x all have a seperat processor? and so that connection the gable sends the 32x graphics into the genesis then onto tv................... or mabey im totaly wrong, lol

		Mask of Destiny		Oct 5, 2003
			I mean you don't need the custom connectors to make your own cable. You can just use a bunch of pieces of solid core wire to connec the two.

		Alexvrb		Oct 6, 2003
			He's going from a MD1 to a 32X... so I have a question about that. Do you need to pass Genesis audio to the 32X through the cable? If so, he's going to either be satisfied with passing mono audio or use the headphone jack on the front. Also remember to connect ground on the 32X port where the pretty diagram says.

		siamese		Oct 17, 2003
			I´ve tried to connect a genesis 1 console to a 32x using that same strategy you all propose, however I have the same problem Paul26000 had there is no way i can play any game with the screen flickering that way. Finally i got a genesis 2 console which has the same type of connection the 32x has used the solid core wire and played DOOM all night long. :lol: Is there any secret you wise guys know to connect that genesis 1 and 32x together?

		Alexvrb		Oct 18, 2003
			Yes, get a real convertor cable. They sell them at http://www.sega-parts.com/products/32x-prices.htm... Look on the bottom of the page they have a number listed for international orders.

		siamese		Oct 22, 2003
			WISE ADVICE THAT IS! very strange to find it in a place where almost anybody looks for cheap do-it-yourself solutions form all-mighty brainy guys. sorry to ask pal ! :huh