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Do you have a link to the HDMI converter you were using? I still have a 128k +2 which would love to try and test out again sometime.

Zardoz84 8y ago
Same! I try a composite video to VGA (works like a charm with a Play Station 2), but can't sync with the Spectrum +2 video
- balabaster 8y ago
  Are both devices from the UK? The reason I asked is because I moved from the UK to Canada before HDMI became a thing and we had to deal with PAL and NTSC signals - my DVD player wouldn't work in Canada until I got a PAL to NTSC converter to connect it to the TV. Is your Play Station 2 PAL (UK) or NTSC (American)? The Spectrum +2 is (I would assume) PAL. I'm reaching, but if your PS2 is American and thus already NTSC and works, then your converter may be expecting an NTSC input. If you convert the PAL to NTSC before feeding it into the HDMI converter, it should in theory work.
  - Zardoz84 8y ago
    Everything PAL. I live on Spain, and got both on Spain. Think that analogue signals have a lot of tolerance. The Spectrum PAL signal was very far from followiing 100% the PAL standard.
    - balabaster 8y ago
      Back then, a lot of the TVs had frequency and vertical and horizontal hold dials. There was a fair amount of leeway in tuning the device to display the picture consistently. I would assume nothing needed to be exact because you could fine tune on the fly. I remember when you tuned our 3 TV stations in the UK by dialing the frequency dial to the correct radio frequency. It's been a long time that I don't recall the radio frequencies by perhaps I recall ITV being 68 MHz(?)
      - benj111 8y ago
        "perhaps I recall ITV being 68 MHz" that would vary from transmitter to transmitter, or else they would clash.
        balabaster 8y ago
        Maybe, but our TV's had analogue frequency dials instead of buttons, so we had to tune them manually.
MagerValp 8y ago
I don’t know what the parent uses, but for RGB you want an OSSC, and for Composite or S-Video you want a RetroTINK 2x.

Zardoz84 8y ago

Same! I try a composite video to VGA (works like a charm with a Play Station 2), but can't sync with the Spectrum +2 video

balabaster 8y ago
Are both devices from the UK? The reason I asked is because I moved from the UK to Canada before HDMI became a thing and we had to deal with PAL and NTSC signals - my DVD player wouldn't work in Canada until I got a PAL to NTSC converter to connect it to the TV. Is your Play Station 2 PAL (UK) or NTSC (American)? The Spectrum +2 is (I would assume) PAL. I'm reaching, but if your PS2 is American and thus already NTSC and works, then your converter may be expecting an NTSC input. If you convert the PAL to NTSC before feeding it into the HDMI converter, it should in theory work.
- Zardoz84 8y ago
  Everything PAL. I live on Spain, and got both on Spain. Think that analogue signals have a lot of tolerance. The Spectrum PAL signal was very far from followiing 100% the PAL standard.
  - balabaster 8y ago
    Back then, a lot of the TVs had frequency and vertical and horizontal hold dials. There was a fair amount of leeway in tuning the device to display the picture consistently. I would assume nothing needed to be exact because you could fine tune on the fly. I remember when you tuned our 3 TV stations in the UK by dialing the frequency dial to the correct radio frequency. It's been a long time that I don't recall the radio frequencies by perhaps I recall ITV being 68 MHz(?)
    - benj111 8y ago
      "perhaps I recall ITV being 68 MHz" that would vary from transmitter to transmitter, or else they would clash.
      - balabaster 8y ago
        Maybe, but our TV's had analogue frequency dials instead of buttons, so we had to tune them manually.

MagerValp 8y ago

I don’t know what the parent uses, but for RGB you want an OSSC, and for Composite or S-Video you want a RetroTINK 2x.