Let me know if you'd be interested in seeing a continuation where I try disassembling it with barely any experience to get down to the bottom of this lol
@@AkfamilyhomePlus My brain: Just say anything I guess 1 IQ me writing this and typing this: VPN i guess Me: Thinks of jumping of cliff (Also i did look it up)
@@q8mantheretrogamer999 Lazy nintendo could do it for HK but couldn't for Europe and we ended up getting lame slow games ewen though most of the TVs worked with 60Hz no problem
Cool Video! I'm interested on seeing the insides of that console. Mainly because I noticed for instance that the plastic kind of looks similar to the NTDEC famicom clones that were made in Taiwan (they don't get as yellow as the famicom) and also because your Famicom HK version doesn't have the "Made in Japan" on the plastic below. This could mean that you either have a clone console or that the console isn't made in Japan. Something that could explain why the switch didn't worked.
Or Sony Trinitron PAL NTSC multisystem TV also sold in Saudi Arabia with NTSC and PAL switch knob, TV system M (NTSC), B/G, I, D/K (PAL) and 99 channel presets
A quick online check suggests that the consoles are normally capable of outputting video in multiple formats. The official consoles use an MK5060 attached to a switch to provide video in either NTSC or something that is PAL enough to be displayed on most PAL televisions (This probably explains why there is a "Slow A" and a "Slow B" option, as it probably changes different things about the RF output to make it work on different PAL televisions accordingly). The flickering of color (and the outright color dropout at one point) in the video suggests that there unfortunately might be issues with the RF modulator circuit in this system, and the chip that does the magic might be wigging out. In regards to noise in the signal every system does it differently so it's hard to judge, but I have a (RF Only) top loader kicking around here somewhere that has a pretty crummy RF that's not too far off from what you're getting on that television with this console imo.
I have a HK SNES and I believe you need to turn it off when switching in order to see the 50/60 hertz switching. Also that (at least in HK SNES), the speed may be fixed, it's the video color (NTSC/PAL) that the switch is really for. But since you have a PVM it just doesn't care/accept all signals you give it to it :)
If use on NTSC only TVs, buy RF TO HDMI, shortest HDMI cable, (USB 5V out included on RF to HDMI), HDMI2AV, RCA cable. Set TV system to I and scan some UHF and VHF channels, set color system if possible.
Back in the 80s, before I moved away from Hong Kong to Canada, as a child, I got a Famicom. The picture on screen was distorted, the sound may have been distorted. Matter of fact, it's very much like the troubles you're having with your famicom. I couldn't figure out why. My Sega Master System played perfectly though. Thanks to this video, I figured out why. I got sold a Japanese Famicom. I remember the unit looked like that, the labels weren't in English, it was in Japanese. I don't recall reading any Chinese/English instruction manual at all. Mystery solved!
The CPU clock speed on that famicom is according to the 60hz standard which controlls the PPU. I read somwhere that the slow mode sends interrupts to the PPU to slow it down to around how much a 50hz clock speed would generate. Now the difference between the two "slow modes" is a mystery, couldn't find anything about it on the web.
I have one I brought from HK to the states. I could never figure out what channel would work. I tried them all and thought it was outside US NTSC range. Can anyone help?
Is Hong Kong FAMICOM uses PAL-I ? If yes or not, Try your Sony Trinitron TV if change TV system or Sound system on M (4.5; US/JP/ROK/TW), B/G (5.5; EU, ES, IT), I (6.0; UK, HKG), D/K (6.5; CN, DPRK, RU, KZ, MN)
Let me know if you'd be interested in seeing a continuation where I try disassembling it with barely any experience to get down to the bottom of this lol
Does HongKong even allow you to use youtube or another website that is not from china
@@Pepperroni_McRoni I'm on UA-cam right now take a wild guess
@@AkfamilyhomePlus My brain: Just say anything I guess 1 IQ me writing this and typing this: VPN i guess Me: Thinks of jumping of cliff (Also i did look it up)
do it do it do it
@@thepurplemudkip9998 Do it now just do it ok I'll give you some ice cream
I assumed the Normal/Slow switch was going to be a 50Hz/60Hz toggle but I guess more research is needed.
You are right ... I have one and it work as 50/60 hz
@@q8mantheretrogamer999Wow, so cool
@@q8mantheretrogamer999 Lazy nintendo could do it for HK but couldn't for Europe and we ended up getting lame slow games ewen though most of the TVs worked with 60Hz no problem
My guess: Either you need a HK game, or the system has to be turned off. Or yours is broken. Or any combination of these things.
It’s interesting how it has a smooth untextured base like a very early famicoms did in Japan, the square button models.
Cool Video! I'm interested on seeing the insides of that console. Mainly because I noticed for instance that the plastic kind of looks similar to the NTDEC famicom clones that were made in Taiwan (they don't get as yellow as the famicom) and also because your Famicom HK version doesn't have the "Made in Japan" on the plastic below. This could mean that you either have a clone console or that the console isn't made in Japan. Something that could explain why the switch didn't worked.
That switch is must be for NTSC / PAL game speed.
Or Sony Trinitron PAL NTSC multisystem TV also sold in Saudi Arabia with NTSC and PAL switch knob, TV system M (NTSC), B/G, I, D/K (PAL) and 99 channel presets
A quick online check suggests that the consoles are normally capable of outputting video in multiple formats. The official consoles use an MK5060 attached to a switch to provide video in either NTSC or something that is PAL enough to be displayed on most PAL televisions (This probably explains why there is a "Slow A" and a "Slow B" option, as it probably changes different things about the RF output to make it work on different PAL televisions accordingly). The flickering of color (and the outright color dropout at one point) in the video suggests that there unfortunately might be issues with the RF modulator circuit in this system, and the chip that does the magic might be wigging out.
In regards to noise in the signal every system does it differently so it's hard to judge, but I have a (RF Only) top loader kicking around here somewhere that has a pretty crummy RF that's not too far off from what you're getting on that television with this console imo.
My brain is burning now and I bff b fbfhh u bu gily fbb vgo janitor t7 is eeijvd56i
I have one unit of this got the conversion chip GA030A is that normal .
I have a HK SNES and I believe you need to turn it off when switching in order to see the 50/60 hertz switching. Also that (at least in HK SNES), the speed may be fixed, it's the video color (NTSC/PAL) that the switch is really for. But since you have a PVM it just doesn't care/accept all signals you give it to it :)
Let's hope you AK gets a dendy and micro Genius so we can get a spiderman no way home situation
If use on NTSC only TVs, buy RF TO HDMI, shortest HDMI cable, (USB 5V out included on RF to HDMI), HDMI2AV, RCA cable.
Set TV system to I and scan some UHF and VHF channels, set color system if possible.
Back in the 80s, before I moved away from Hong Kong to Canada, as a child, I got a Famicom. The picture on screen was distorted, the sound may have been distorted. Matter of fact, it's very much like the troubles you're having with your famicom. I couldn't figure out why. My Sega Master System played perfectly though. Thanks to this video, I figured out why. I got sold a Japanese Famicom. I remember the unit looked like that, the labels weren't in English, it was in Japanese. I don't recall reading any Chinese/English instruction manual at all. Mystery solved!
The CPU clock speed on that famicom is according to the 60hz standard which controlls the PPU. I read somwhere that the slow mode sends interrupts to the PPU to slow it down to around how much a 50hz clock speed would generate.
Now the difference between the two "slow modes" is a mystery, couldn't find anything about it on the web.
Did you try toggling the switch while the system was turned off, or even restting the game after the fact?
Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Or a teardown to see if it's even connected to anything to begin with.
Big missed opportunity of calling it the "Famikong"
FK! FAMI-KONG!
I have one I brought from HK to the states. I could never figure out what channel would work. I tried them all and thought it was outside US NTSC range. Can anyone help?
I’m surprised this exists. I thought Hong Kong used the NES style as I’ve seen “Asian edition” of several NES games
Is Hong Kong FAMICOM uses PAL-I ?
If yes or not, Try your Sony Trinitron TV if change TV system or Sound system on M (4.5; US/JP/ROK/TW), B/G (5.5; EU, ES, IT), I (6.0; UK, HKG), D/K (6.5; CN, DPRK, RU, KZ, MN)
I wonder if the switch only works with honk kong famicom carts
Let's do it right now (BOOM) we'll I just burn a little tiny bit of my town
Has sony ever realise the PS, PS2, PS3, PS4, OR PSP, PSV, PSONE, and PS CLASSIC IN HONGKONG
I always wanted to see type this real rare version of the Famicom on full detail.