Can Nintendo's Big Mistake on the Sharp Twin Famicom be fixed?

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  • @ScruffyLookinRGB
    @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Famicom Disk System Belt Replacement How to Video th-cam.com/video/cEJ_-PThT7M/w-d-xo.html

  • @dawnofhades
    @dawnofhades 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    First time I ever see someone calibrate these correctly! Well done!
    Hurts my soul when ppl instruct viewers to tune the motor speed

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks. I always hate to turn thoese little adjusters 🫣

  • @rcboosted
    @rcboosted 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for the alignment procedure! I've tried a couple to varying success, I will try this one on my next FDS to be fixed up. I have the same Twin Famicom too! But it doesn't seem to detect the disk being loaded, it does nothing when disk is inserted. The drive tested good in a stand alone enclosure. Any ideas where to look?

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I'm glad you like the alignment procedure! It is very strange that it won't recognize a disk, you might want to take a look at the ribbon cable connecting the FDS to the motherboard and see if that is the problem.

    • @rcboosted
      @rcboosted 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ScruffyLookinRGB Will give that a try, thank you!

    • @rcboosted
      @rcboosted 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      After checking Connector E, K, and the connector on the drive, I found no issues. However, I did notice near connector E, there are some corrosions on the traces. Sure enough, they had no continuity! When I push/pull on the PCB, it would occasionally recognize the disk being inserted. So I soldered up some copper strands to the traces, and now it reads disks perfectly! Thank you for the suggestion! Twin Famicom saved from the Junk section.
      Also I did not need to swap my R103 and R104, they were correct. It appears that only earlier Twin Famicoms had this mistake. R103 should be 2.2Mohms and R104 should be 1.2Mohms.

  • @8bitbros
    @8bitbros 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Great video. Love my Twin Famicom. Also love that they labeled everything on the bottom of the board too. The 8k2 to 2k2 resistor swap on the audio board puts the volume up to the same level as the Famicom and NES. Not sure if you did that too but that was also a “mistake” from the factory.

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yes they are awesome aren't they. Thanks for the info I was looking to swap out that resistor but it looks like it doesn't have that issue on my board revision.

    • @8bitbros
      @8bitbros 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ScruffyLookinRGB oh awesome. I didnt know some had it fixed already.

  • @TeamPandory
    @TeamPandory 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey there, would you say the longer elastic bands work better, or worse than the shorter ones used prior?

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey mate, I'd say they work the same. The real question is if they last any longer or not.

    • @TeamPandory
      @TeamPandory 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ScruffyLookinRGB neat. Thanks 👍. I've got a belt on the way from China, but on the fence on getting one of these see through-types from the Amazon jungle (in Japan too).
      Thanks for the video btw, interesting regarding the resistor swap. Is flaw on all twins with this name?

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's not a bad idea to have both. One good thing about the clear Mobilonbands is the ease of clean up no dried up fused rubber that gets all over the place. I'm not sure if all an-500r have the same issue but I know the earlier versions do.
      I'm glad my video was helpful. Definitely check out part 2 because there is another resistor that needs swapping out I didn't get to it in time for this video.

  • @msfenwick
    @msfenwick 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome intro indeed! Subscribed!!!

  • @retroremy
    @retroremy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Funky fresh beats to start off a new Scruffy video! Nice work! Love the red Twin Famicom

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you Retro Remmy 👌Appreciate it!

  • @Bakamoichigei
    @Bakamoichigei 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Awesome intro! Damn right, man! The AN-500R TwinFami is easily one of the most aesthetically-pleasing consoles ever made! I've wanted one ever since I first saw a pic over a decade ago. 🤩👌 One day soon.... 😤 (And now I know exactly what to do to it when I get one! 👍)

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They sure are beautiful 🤩 Hope one finds its way into your collection. They are great conversational pieces ❤️

  • @RetroSho
    @RetroSho 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent video! I'll have to reference it when I get on my next build!

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad to hear it man 👍🏻

  • @BanditsBest686
    @BanditsBest686 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I finally got my NES AV famicom, traded a guy straight up and got games with it...only complaint is it was missing the expansion bay cover , but was overall very clean, got box with matching serial number console/manuals.

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Good work. AV Famicom is a really clean looking model 👌 I've been modding quite a few of them as of late 🔧👌✨️

    • @BanditsBest686
      @BanditsBest686 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yeah i just need a famicom ram adapter for disk system then i can either A get a real disk system or B get the FD stick to emulate it which i might do@@ScruffyLookinRGB

    • @pherja
      @pherja 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ScruffyLookinRGBHDMI mod? I suppose I could just browse your channel for the answer 😅…

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have never done an hdmi mod on a famicom i dont know they exhist or not ​@pherja

    • @pherja
      @pherja 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ScruffyLookinRGB sorry, I was just guessing when I read the word “mod”. Now I see the RGB in your name is a deep characteristic. 😃

  • @kavya1638
    @kavya1638 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Off topic, but your mention of the blaring audio is something I'm actually experiencing with a Model 1 non-TMSS Sega Genesis. What do you suppose could be the issue? I tried re-capping it (outright, completely) the problem still persists. Tried various PSUs, no change. It's happening with the right audio channel only. That is, the headphone port and the coaxial port which apparently uses right channel audio vs composite which uses left channel audio). Any idea why it's doing this?

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sorry I have no experience with the genesis unfortunately 😢

  • @luiscaballero2102
    @luiscaballero2102 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello I tried to repair an AN 500B model changing capacitors. The sound its still with distorsion. Do I have do this too?

    • @luiscaballero2102
      @luiscaballero2102 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean change R103 and R104

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It may not be necessary on revisions after 1986.

  • @PeperonyChease
    @PeperonyChease 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a working FDS which I repaired (just belt replacement) and three Sharp Twin Famicoms in the 'to do' pile.

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      3 in a pile?! Oh nice! ❤❤❤

  • @k.k9206
    @k.k9206 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome! Loved the vid. Ya got my sub!

  • @Controllerhead
    @Controllerhead 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really cool you reused the original parts. Amazing vid!

  • @Devalis
    @Devalis 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wonder if anyone has found a fabric belt for the drive. I've heard they last MUCH longer than the rubber ones.

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fabric belt that would be interesting to see😮

  • @nensondubois
    @nensondubois 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wouldn't consider the louder expansion audio to be a flaw, it is a matter of choice.

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm pretty sure they didn't mean for it to be quite so imbalanced

  • @loganjorgensen
    @loganjorgensen 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Rubber is an interesting material, for the most part in the past it was all they had but proved to not have a good lifespan in bands or toys made from it. Kind of an overlooked tech advancement sector but we've come a long way in flexible material options. Pretty standard thing with getting any FDS drive, they all need band replacements but I don't blame sellers for not fixing that though.
    That is a big oversight for a company as big as Sharp but at least it doesn't damage anything, just sounds awful heh. Been looking at Twin Famicoms lately so good to know about that fault I'd not heard of before.🙂

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      True, I'm sure they were not thinking about 10 years down the line or 40 years down the line for that matter. Gotta hand it to nintendo they made some good quality consoles 👍🏻✨️✨️✨️

  • @rubenmejia4881
    @rubenmejia4881 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this video. I've currently been eyeballing a twin sharp in this exact color for a while now. I want one but was curious about maintenance and mods.

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad it was helpful! Not to bad for an awesome console. IMO.

  • @pherja
    @pherja 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome video. I had no idea about the audio problem!! I will definitely be fixing mine now. Thank you!
    I used to replace bands and had some sort of hack, but that was years ago and sadly, I’ve forgotten it… 😢. I’m hoping your band video has the same hack. 😂
    I had the exact brand of bands you have, strangely though, on a few listings on Yahoo Auc years back, a lot of refurbishers were making a very clear point that they used original type rubber bands, as the new type mobilon bands lose their strength quickly. I have no idea if it’s true, but Japanese are usually pretty nerdy about that type of stuff. I still use the mobilon though…

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you. I discovered this after many stubborn, unfixable fds drives. Yes, I have also realized that mobilon bands have a shelf life in my case about 6 years. I've also heard that rubber bands may last longer. I do like how mobilon bands don't fuse to the spindles like the old rubber band did. Makes clean up unnecessary. It would be cool to find a longer lasting solution than rubberbands or Mobilonbands 🤔

  • @Xray_Mike
    @Xray_Mike 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video! Thanks for making it.

  • @taylorlaw
    @taylorlaw 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow! I would like to buy one if I can find it in retro game shops when I visit Japan again on May.

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you can find one for a decent price, you should! 👌✨️✨️✨️

  • @_Username__
    @_Username__ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the video
    This will help a dedicated collectors (who doesn't know Japanese) to maintain their twin famicom.
    It would be better though If you only clarify the intent of the vid in the title instead of the currently vague

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the suggestion much appreciated 👍🏻

  • @randybutternubs4647
    @randybutternubs4647 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The design of this console reminds me alot of the JVC X-Eye (AKA The Wondermega in Japan).
    It was a Sega Genesis and Sega CD fused together in a similar fashion. I've been wanting to get one simply for how cool it looks.
    It's also the only US model to have ever gotten a startup bios that uses the piano song usually seen in in Japanese and European CD systems.

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Very oool I've seen a wonder mega a few times here in Japan. Might be a fun one to Refurb 😮

    • @randybutternubs4647
      @randybutternubs4647 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ScruffyLookinRGB I really want to buy an X-Eye, but here's my dilemma: I already have a genesis. So it feels like a waste of money and an impulse buy to get an X-Eye when I could get a regular CD system for much cheaper. But I also have a sentimental attachment to the US model 1 since that's the version my dad had before it broke down. Thing is, there's a reason the model 1s are so rare in the first place. It's because of their design's incessant use of so many cheap capacitors which were notorious for leaking all over the boards and destroying the console. Giving this model an exceptionally short life span compared to the later models. But I've heard the capacitor fluid CAN be removed by someone with experience with this stuff. As well as replacing the capacitors with better and newer ones. But that job is pretty complex. I saw someone on Reddit who had completely refurbished their US model 1 and even replaced the red and green LED lights. It. Was. Beautiful!!! But again, that's quite a daunting task. And the X-Eye also looks pretty dope too. So that's why I'm torn on what to do. I'm thinking I should get an X-Eye anyway since I feel like it would last longer. I've never even soldered before so there's no way I could repair a model 1.

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It sounds like a lot of work but seems like it would be worth it to have a clean working system 😃

    • @randybutternubs4647
      @randybutternubs4647 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ScruffyLookinRGB Yeah, you're right. I guess I'll go for the X-Eye then.

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hope you find a good deal

  • @Mekaneckpain
    @Mekaneckpain 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have the exact same one... except my drive motor is shot, and a simple belt replacement will not fix it. :(

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oh nice! I've never dealt with replacing the drive motor but I do know fds drives are easily swapped with the twin famicom at least for the one in this video . You could pick up a junk fds replace the belt. And once it's up and running swap it out with the twins drive.

    • @Mekaneckpain
      @Mekaneckpain 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, I may have to do that someday.

  • @Isaiahthompp
    @Isaiahthompp 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great Video about something I didn’t even know i was interested in! 😂

  • @tigheklory
    @tigheklory 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is R103 brown, red, green, gold (1.2M Ohms 5%) and R104 red, red, green, gold (2.2M Ohms 5%?) Because in the video they look to be the same colors.

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are slightly different best thing to test the resistance with a multimeter to be sure. 👍🏻✨️

  • @BanditsBest686
    @BanditsBest686 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    oh sick you teach how to align the heads as well, always wondered about that

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes it's not too difficult definitely check out the video in the card when I announce it in the video.

  • @soundspark
    @soundspark 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Those Mobilon bands are made of TPU.

  • @le1er133
    @le1er133 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don’t mind the blaring sound

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's hard to tell unless you compare it. But every one has their own taste.

  • @reggielee31
    @reggielee31 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    hi how about AN-505?

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As far as I know the an-505 is balanced OK

  • @Evercade_Effect
    @Evercade_Effect 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love the intro it was a lot of fun. I can tell that this is a labor of love. I really enjoy your moding vids. 👍😀🔥💯

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you enjoy it! YOU DA MAN!👍🏻🙏🙏🙏🤩

  • @ItsTeezoUBZ
    @ItsTeezoUBZ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man my twin doesn’t play the disk the belts are good and i will start loading but never play. I need a new disk system for mine i think

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's probably just needs adjusting. Definitely check out the video pinned in the comments. The method for replacing belts has never failed me.

  • @rotallyPumpered
    @rotallyPumpered 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Always loved the look of the Twin Famicom, but I've always heard how unreliable they were. This has me confident that I'd be able to maintain it if I ever ended up owning one.

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      the belt is a bit of a pain but its such a beautiful console its hard to say no. Glad this could help you make a decision.

  • @returnofthepokemaster
    @returnofthepokemaster 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome new mods intro music! Another great mod video showing the twin famicoms of some love.

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you like it! 👍🏻 🙌🙏

  • @torshec8634
    @torshec8634 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    SCRUFF'D and BUFF'D!

  • @_Username__
    @_Username__ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loud music

  • @gregjarvis1232
    @gregjarvis1232 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I heard no difference in the sound

  • @maxrichards5925
    @maxrichards5925 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just learned where you got “scruffy looking” from! It’s from the beginning of Star Wars the empire strikes back! Just got a VHS tape of that movie today from the 80’s and it’s a cool movie

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm glad to now "officially" have you on board. Many consider ESB the greatest of the Star Wars Saga ✨️ I'm pleased you enjoyed it 👍🏿 😀 😄

    • @maxrichards5925
      @maxrichards5925 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ScruffyLookinRGB Thanks! I also got the third one so I might watch that soon, but for now I might play on my twin Famicom for a bit 👍

  • @sqlexp
    @sqlexp 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Too bad that you can't use a game doctor on it with that built-in disk system.

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Was there a game doctor for the famicom?

    • @sqlexp
      @sqlexp 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ScruffyLookinRGB Yes, there were many in Hong Kong and Taiwan during the early 1990s. Some shops provided services to increase the RAM in game doctors of certain models which came with less RAM than their maximum capacities so that you could play games requiring more disks, and they also provided services to modify the disk systems to become writable. With special software on a disk, we could copy any disk data. There were even expansion cartridges for some game doctor models to allow real-time saving of game progress to RAM and to disks. We used to buy games on disks rather than on cartridges, and we could reuse the disks we had when we bought new games. They were dirt cheap.

    • @sqlexp
      @sqlexp 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ScruffyLookinRGB Some software allows you to hack games by changing certain values on the disks. Though, we had to look up the addresses and values on gaming magazines.

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very cool history lesson hank you😮❤

  • @notpsicoh2107
    @notpsicoh2107 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    bro u need a pop filter

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Noted

    • @yadabub
      @yadabub 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nobody "needs" a pop filter.

  • @GroupNebula563
    @GroupNebula563 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    how long is this pissing intro and also why does it sound ai generated

    • @ScruffyLookinRGB
      @ScruffyLookinRGB  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Was it really that long? The song is definitely not ai generated 😮🎶

  • @_Username__
    @_Username__ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Too long unnecessary intro

    • @user-yk1cw8im4h
      @user-yk1cw8im4h 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      same absolutely HATE intros like that, wastes everyone’s time. Though I get that stretching a 3 minutes content really long leads to greater passive income in the future.

    • @keith_5584
      @keith_5584 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Are you referring to the summery intro (background information) or the channel montage intro? (opening credit type)

    • @retrostar-qe6hl
      @retrostar-qe6hl 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You can just skip.

    • @KiwifruitDev
      @KiwifruitDev 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Video starts at 2:18

    • @lucky.plushy
      @lucky.plushy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      something something low attention span