Oh, glad to see it is not only me! Thought the cable was damaged or something. Yeah, forcing to PAL 60 will display NTSC games with colours, but still red screen in
Nintendont's menu.
In case anyone's wondering, there's a reason why this happens. There's four primary video lines on the Wii's AV port: (
http://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=av:wii_multi_av_pinout)
- Pin 3: Composite Video
- Pin 7: Y/R/Luma
- Pin 9: Pb/G/Chroma
- Pin 11: Pr/B
Pin 3 always shows composite video, unless you're using progressive scan, in which case it's disabled. (This line might also be disabled if a component cable is plugged in, not sure.)
If a component video cable is connected, pins 7, 9, and 11 always show Y, Pb, and Pr, respectively.
If a different cable is connected, then the actual signal on pins 7, 9, and 11 depends on the video mode. PAL modes set these pins to RGB; NTSC modes set these pins to S-Video. Hence, when an NTSC mode is set, you'll end up with a Luma (monochrome) signal on the R line of the SCART cable, resulting in a red image. (The Chroma signal isn't strong enough to be interpreted as a Green signal.)