PS1/2 Help! Modded PAL PS1 on NTSC TV/Games shows no color!!

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Hello! I just recently purchased a modded PS1 mini off ebay. I found out after receiving it that it's a PAL console. It came with an RGB SCART cable. I live in Canada and don't have any TV's that have RGB/SCART ports, and i tried using a composite AV cable on my TV, and my games (all NTSC originals/backups) are displaying in black and white. I want to be able to run my originals in color.

What is the easiest fix to have them displaying in full color? I found these two items on ebay and maybe someone knows if these will solve my issue? Its an RGB SCART to composite converter.
(Cant paste ebay link sorry)

And im assuming ill need this with the converter being a 3 RCA male to 3 RCA male composite plug?

Would this make the PAL ps1 display colors on my ntsc games and TV? Not sure if using the RGB SCART cable that came with the pal ps1 then converting it to composite would work - rather than just using composite? Would really appreciate help on this as im hoping i didnt just waste my money. Thanks

 

[FR0ZN]

If you can solder, it would be just one cable to fix this issue.

 

[Ryccardo]

Its an RGB SCART to composite converter

Adapter, or converter?
A simple adapter would just pull the composite signal out of scart pin 20 (composite sync, in RGB mode - in practice usually full composite video for compatibility with non-RGB devices), which would do nothing

A true RGB to composite (or component) encoder would work, but they aren't that mainstream

 

[Deleted User]

It sounds like the console it outputting PAL60 to a TV that only supports NTSC analog signal. If you're using an HDTV you could try a SCART to HDMI converter. There's no PAL/NTSC to worry about with digital signals, just refresh rate.
The only issue is most cheap analog to HDMI converters will treat 240p as 480i and deinterlace a non interlaced signal. I believe theres a raspberry pi based device thats designed to take 240p RBG signals and convert them correctly

 

[Jhynjhiruu]

You could try a different screen - a lot of more modern screens support both PAL and NTSC, so if you're lucky you can find a CRT that supports PAL. Alternatively you could import a PAL TV...

 

[tech3475]

Was it advertised as a PAL console? If not then you could raise a dispute and try to return it if it’s too much of a pain.

 

[kutteke]

I have the same issue when trying to boot a ntsc game on a pal console. patching the image usually helps