Hello guys, I found my brothers PlayStation 1 in the garage, was laying around and unused for about 5 years or so. The PS1 was shelved dust free in a bag all the time.
After I connected it to my LCD TV, the screen was only in black & white. So I thought, it must be a problem with the TV and tried 3 other TV's, one of them was and old cathode ray tube. But same result. Also tried to connect it through a HD upscale Box and connect it with an HDMI to my LCD. Same result.
I use the composite video cable for the connection. So I thought, the problem must be here, and bought 2 other of them. They were also used, and the seller said, that 1 of them is fully functional, or even 2. So can not say 100% that they are not defective, too, but same result with the other 2 composite cables.
Also opened the PS1 and cleaned it a little from dust and stuff. Without any improvement. It is a PAL console and I tried it with original PAL CD's but all of them are colorless. In the inside, there are some black cables soldered, that don't look like legit from factory. Maybe a Modchip or something is in it. Doesn't unscrew it completely so, can not confirm it 100%, but can it be that the Mod is setting the PS1 in NTSC and then it is black & white ?
Also, are there any Settings or something, when you start the PS1 without any CD ? Don't found any, only for the memory cards and the music player.
Thanks for your help !
EDIT : Picture added, also tried it with an SCART Adapter. Same result.
After I connected it to my LCD TV, the screen was only in black & white. So I thought, it must be a problem with the TV and tried 3 other TV's, one of them was and old cathode ray tube. But same result. Also tried to connect it through a HD upscale Box and connect it with an HDMI to my LCD. Same result.
I use the composite video cable for the connection. So I thought, the problem must be here, and bought 2 other of them. They were also used, and the seller said, that 1 of them is fully functional, or even 2. So can not say 100% that they are not defective, too, but same result with the other 2 composite cables.
Also opened the PS1 and cleaned it a little from dust and stuff. Without any improvement. It is a PAL console and I tried it with original PAL CD's but all of them are colorless. In the inside, there are some black cables soldered, that don't look like legit from factory. Maybe a Modchip or something is in it. Doesn't unscrew it completely so, can not confirm it 100%, but can it be that the Mod is setting the PS1 in NTSC and then it is black & white ?
Also, are there any Settings or something, when you start the PS1 without any CD ? Don't found any, only for the memory cards and the music player.
Thanks for your help !
EDIT : Picture added, also tried it with an SCART Adapter. Same result.
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