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- Page 1 Intellivision Step-by-Step inStallation Guide to Composite Video out modifiCation intelliVision i model no. 5370 pal or 2609 ntsC...
- Page 2 Disclaimer: This mod has been carefully designed and manufactured. It has proved to work. To my knowledge, it does not harm your system. Nevertheless, I cannot be held responsible for any damage of your console (and yourself), when you install it. You open and modify your Intellivision at your own risk.
- Page 3 intRo Make sure that you have your Intv1 and modification board. Cable length fits either Intv 1 and Intv 2 consoles. If the cables seem to be too long for your console and prevent the mod from fitting easily into it, cut them down to the size you need.
- Page 4 intRo This is what you need: A drill A drill bit A soldering iron Solder wire A Phillips screwdriver A knife (not shown in the picture) A small pair of pliers (not shown in the picture)
- Page 5 Step 1 Turn the console upside down and unscrew all six screws that hold the cover. Turn the Intellivision again and remove the cover...
- Page 6 Step 2 Unscrew all six screws that retain the joypad attachment:...
- Page 7 Step 3 Remove it.
- Page 8 Step 4 Locate the power supply unit and detach the white and the blue cable at the right side of the board. Be sure to memorize polarity of the white cable.
- Page 9 Step 5 Detach the joypads from the main board. Again: Make sure to me- morize polarity! You can help to ensure correct polarity is main- tained when reassembling by marking the cabel/connector and the PCB with a black felt-tip pen.
- Page 10 Step 5 Put the housing and the joypads aside. You will need to open the black shielding now. There are nine soldering points that hold the shielding in place.
- Page 11 Step 6 Gently push the knife between the main board and the shielding and lever the blade down a bit as shown in the photo. Break the soldering point with the soldering iron. Proceed until all soldering points have been desoldered. Check whether the small metal plate of the reset button is still in place.
- Page 12 Step 6 Remove the black shielding and locate the RF section.
- Page 13 Step 7 Solder the inner wire of cable “V IN” from the mod to the wire on the right side of the RF section as shown on the picture below. Sol- der the “A IN” cable from the mod to second wire from the left that leads into the RF section:...
- Page 14 Step 8 When the cables are correctly soldered to the RF section put the shielding back in place.
- Page 15 Step 9 Now comes the hardest part. Drill two holes in the housing; choose the position shown in the picture, next to the power plug. You can use the positioning device provided on the last page of this guide. Be sure to use an appropriately sized drill bit, if you are unsure which size is correct, use a smaller sized bit first.
- Page 16 Step 10 Tighten the RCA socket locking nuts. Solder wire „V OUT“ to the yellow RCA connector and „A OUT“ to the black RCA connector. Attach the wires as shown in this picture.
- Page 17 Step 11 Put the main board back into the casing, connect the hand con- trollers to it (POLARITY!) and the blue wire to the power supply PCB. Solder the red wire „+5 V“ from the mod to the white power cable like shown in the picture.
- Page 18 Step 12 Solder the black wire „GND“ from the mod to any of the soldering points that hold the black shielding of the main board.
- Page 19 Step 13 Your console and the mod should now be properly connected to each other. Put the joypad attachment back in place and tighten the screws.
- Page 20 Step 14 Close the cover again and tighten all six screws you removed in Step 1. You now have the best video output for you Intellivision I! ** ALWAYS ** make sure you have the video wire connected to the YELLOW composite jack.
- Page 21 add-on Improving picture quality even more: Warning! Your game system has to be powered on while the cover is open in order to perform the adjustments. Please ensure that all safety precautions are taken to prevent contact with any powered cables or parts of the power supply unit.
- Page 22 add-on Use the positioning device shown below to find the correct positi- on for the RCA connectors. Print the graphics at full size and check whether the scale is cor- rect using a ruler. Attach the positioning device to the housing of your console using an adhesive tape and puncture the middle of the crosses with a needle.
- Page 23 noteS This installation guide is subject to change without notice.
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