Author Topic: what was the point of the red wire? (Read 1041 times)

Defendor · April 09, 2019, 05:28:43 PM

like for the gamecube, wii, and ps1 and 2 yaknow how the yellow wire was the video and the white was the audio? what was the red wire's function? whether or not i had it plugged in didn't seem to make any difference to the screen. i could just google this but im lazy right now u guys can answer me this question cant u

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Aide33 · April 09, 2019, 05:30:02 PM

i thought the white and red was for the 2 stereo audio channels

like one is the left and one is the right speaker

Defendor · April 09, 2019, 05:33:44 PM

idk man but regular old TV's always have those three slots for the colored wires but the red wire never changed anything

Writer The Wolf · April 09, 2019, 05:39:20 PM

Yellow: Composite Video
White: Left/Mono Channel Audio
Red: Right Channel Audio

Trogtor · April 09, 2019, 05:43:03 PM

red and white wires are for left and right speakers

Aide33 · April 09, 2019, 05:44:56 PM

Quote from: Defendor on April 09, 2019, 05:33:44 PM

idk man but regular old TV's always have those three slots for the colored wires but the red wire never changed anything

yeah cuz u can only use one for mono if you want, which some tvs probably did cus they dont have stereo

i remember plugging both in two of my speakers so this has to be the case

Defendor · April 09, 2019, 05:53:01 PM

oh ok. so does mono mean like a singular speaker

Drydess · April 09, 2019, 05:55:25 PM

don't. cut. the red wire.

Aide33 · April 09, 2019, 05:58:34 PM

Quote from: Defendor on April 09, 2019, 05:53:01 PM

oh ok. so does mono mean like a singular speaker

yes it means both channels are combined into one

Master Matthew� · April 11, 2019, 06:07:45 AM

Everyone else has already answered the red and white wire problem. So I figured id answer a question you didn't ask for! 😎😎😎

The yellow wire is composite video. This is easily the worst option for these consoles, I'm sorry to say you lost out.

Svideo and Component are easily the better, readily available, options and make the video look better.

Although the best setups for each respective one is:
Ps2 (fat) - Component | nearly completely backwards compatible with all PS1 Games. Not emulation.
GameCube (Must have Digital Out port) - Carby V2 | reasonably priced HDMI adapter compared to it's competitors and the component cable.
Wii U - Default | The Wii U is backwards compatible with the Wii and has a native HDMI output. As far as I'm aware this is not emulation and is running on real hardware. However, much liker later Wii revisions, you can't play GameCube games natively.

Insert Name Here� · April 12, 2019, 08:21:46 AM

Quote from: Defendor on April 09, 2019, 05:53:01 PM

oh ok. so does mono mean like a singular speaker

mono audio = both speakers play the exact same thing
stereo audio = the left and right speakers play different things

GreenBH� · April 12, 2019, 08:26:56 AM

Quote from: Master Matthew� on April 11, 2019, 06:07:45 AM

Everyone else has already answered the red and white wire problem. So I figured id answer a question you didn't ask for! 😎😎😎
The yellow wire is composite video. This is easily the worst option for these consoles, I'm sorry to say you lost out.

Svideo and Component are easily the better, readily available, options and make the video look better.

Although the best setups for each respective one is:
Ps2 (fat) - Component | nearly completely backwards compatible with all PS1 Games. Not emulation.
GameCube (Must have Digital Out port) - Carby V2 | reasonably priced HDMI adapter compared to it's competitors and the component cable.
Wii U - Default | The Wii U is backwards compatible with the Wii and has a native HDMI output. As far as I'm aware this is not emulation and is running on real hardware. However, much liker later Wii revisions, you can't play GameCube games natively.

nerd

Defendor · April 12, 2019, 05:11:23 PM

Quote from: Master Matthew� on April 11, 2019, 06:07:45 AM

Everyone else has already answered the red and white wire problem. So I figured id answer a question you didn't ask for! 😎😎😎
The yellow wire is composite video. This is easily the worst option for these consoles, I'm sorry to say you lost out.

Svideo and Component are easily the better, readily available, options and make the video look better.

Although the best setups for each respective one is:
Ps2 (fat) - Component | nearly completely backwards compatible with all PS1 Games. Not emulation.
GameCube (Must have Digital Out port) - Carby V2 | reasonably priced HDMI adapter compared to it's competitors and the component cable.
Wii U - Default | The Wii U is backwards compatible with the Wii and has a native HDMI output. As far as I'm aware this is not emulation and is running on real hardware. However, much liker later Wii revisions, you can't play GameCube games natively.

stuff man i never even heard of these. thx for the info bro. does that ps2 component work for ps2 slim too?

Writer The Wolf · April 13, 2019, 02:55:16 AM

Quote from: Defendor on April 12, 2019, 05:11:23 PM

stuff man i never even heard of these. thx for the info bro. does that ps2 component work for ps2 slim too?

Should use the same cable.