gscartsw / gscartsw_lite / gcompsw switches support thread

[dexter311]

Ok, the sale is open, everything is available at http://gretrostuff.com

Fantastic! Been after one of these for a very long time and I'm finally in the position to pull the trigger. Thanks superg!

Just a quick question... when should we be expecting delivery?

[Rupert H]

Purchased! Thanks for the heads up. I second the request for the change log too. I’m curious to see what the changes are.

Thanks for your great work.


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[Maverick]

Ok, the sale is open, everything is available at http://gretrostuff.com

DONE, orders placed for gscartsw_lite and gcompsw.

Is it possible to ship together even though the orders are separate?

[superg]

Ok, the sale is open, everything is available at http://gretrostuff.com

DONE, orders placed for gscartsw_lite and gcompsw.

Is it possible to ship together even though the orders are separate?

I use USPS medium flat rate boxes, there will be two power supplies and it won't fit.

[Maverick]

Ok, the sale is open, everything is available at http://gretrostuff.com

DONE, orders placed for gscartsw_lite and gcompsw.

Is it possible to ship together even though the orders are separate?

I use USPS medium flat rate boxes, there will be two power supplies and it won't fit.

Ah okay, no problem. Thank you for the quick reply.

[gradius]

Ordered a lite.

I’ve been using multiple crappy scart switchers on my 2 bang and olufsen crts for years. So pleased to be getting a high quality solution to my needs.

[hex12]

ordered both gcompsw and gscartsw.
Great job!

[Zebpro]

Hi there!!

I'm very interested in that wonderfull and clever piece of hardware and as you will ship this from the US and I do not want to pay 30% extra fees on import as I live in France , I have two questions :

What method do you use for international shipping, private carrier like UPS, FedEx, etc, or just plain normal with maybee tracking number

If you just use private carrier like those mentioned above, could it possible that you declare the value of the product no more than 25$ (that to make sure there will be no extre import fees as they begin for up to 30$ if I recall correctly)

Thanks in advance for your reply about that

And whatever happened, thanks a lot for your work on this nasty little thing

[mjs0686]

I will work on SoG this year, just don't know what device it would be. For now the reccomendation is to mod your ps2, it's very easy. You can daisy chain gscartsw's and get any ports count you need.

Thanks for the reply superg. When you say work on it, do you mean a new iteration of the gscarsw, a hardware addon or a firmware upgrade for the existing lite? I'm not sure if the lite is firmware upgradable, but I did see it mentioned on the page for the gcompsw.

Green is not routed to Altera thus it's impossible to do it with mere firmware upgrade.
I have a breakout cable PCB designed which converts SoG to proper RGBS (including sync removal from Green).

I will work on SoG this year, just don't know what device it would be. For now the reccomendation is to mod your ps2, it's very easy. You can daisy chain gscartsw's and get any ports count you need.

That's great that you plan on working on that in 2018.

I prefer to keep my consoles as stock as much as possible.

[superg]

Hi there!!

I'm very interested in that wonderfull and clever piece of hardware and as you will ship this from the US and I do not want to pay 30% extra fees on import as I live in France , I have two questions :

What method do you use for international shipping, private carrier like UPS, FedEx, etc, or just plain normal with maybee tracking number

If you just use private carrier like those mentioned above, could it possible that you declare the value of the product no more than 25$ (that to make sure there will be no extre import fees as they begin for up to 30$ if I recall correctly)

Thanks in advance for your reply about that

And whatever happened, thanks a lot for your work on this nasty little thing

Sorry, I don't do that, I usually declare the value as $100. In the unlikely event of lost package that's the maximum what I get from USPS.

[Zebpro]

Hi there!!

I'm very interested in that wonderfull and clever piece of hardware and as you will ship this from the US and I do not want to pay 30% extra fees on import as I live in France , I have two questions :

What method do you use for international shipping, private carrier like UPS, FedEx, etc, or just plain normal with maybee tracking number

If you just use private carrier like those mentioned above, could it possible that you declare the value of the product no more than 25$ (that to make sure there will be no extre import fees as they begin for up to 30$ if I recall correctly)

Thanks in advance for your reply about that

And whatever happened, thanks a lot for your work on this nasty little thing

Sorry, I don't do that, I usually declare the value as $100. In the unlikely event of lost package that's the maximum what I get from USPS.

OK, thanks for your reply.

Well I guess 100$ declared is good, or at least it's better than nothing!!

Is it automaticaly done or should I remind you about that when placing order?

I see now in your reply and on your site you're using USPS, I think it will be ok...

[superg]

OK, thanks for your reply.
Well I guess 100$ declared is good, or at least it's better than nothing!!
Is it automaticaly done or should I remind you about that when placing order?
I see now in your reply and on your site you're using USPS, I think it will be ok...

Yes, I do this by default.

[antoe]

Hello, superg!

Shipping to Russia is not possible?

[Zebpro]

OK, thanks for your reply.
Well I guess 100$ declared is good, or at least it's better than nothing!!
Is it automaticaly done or should I remind you about that when placing order?
I see now in your reply and on your site you're using USPS, I think it will be ok...

Yes, I do this by default.

Thanks again for your fast reply!

Order placed!

[superg]

Hello, superg!

Shipping to Russia is not possible?

No.

[hex12]

Hi SuperG,
You ship to the address reported in Paypal right?

[superg]

Hi SuperG,
You ship to the address reported in Paypal right?

Yes I ship to paypal address. if you have several addresses, paypal provides a way to choose where to ship before you pay.

[shoobopper]

Been looking to buy for over a year, and finally did! Are you still not doing combined shipping? I saw the post months ago but didn't know if that was still your policy.

Excited!

[merton25]

Ordered GSCART Lite. Thanks looking forward to receiving it!!

[chromium]

Just ordered gcompsw. Almost forgot

[Maverick]

Been looking to buy for over a year, and finally did! Are you still not doing combined shipping? I saw the post months ago but didn't know if that was still your policy.

Excited!

I asked last week, it's still his policy.




For those that want more details, below is his original post on the matter.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=50851&p=1282892#p1282892

I somewhat reduced shipping prices. Everything is cheaper now (including Canada).
Also there is no combined shipping now, you have to make separate orders if you need more than one unit.
It will simplify everything for me and in particular for international shipping it's cheaper to ship two separate 2lb boxes than one 4lb box.

[superg]

Been looking to buy for over a year, and finally did! Are you still not doing combined shipping? I saw the post months ago but didn't know if that was still your policy.

Excited!

I asked last week, it's still his policy.




For those that want more details, below is his original post on the matter.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=50851&p=1282892#p1282892

I somewhat reduced shipping prices. Everything is cheaper now (including Canada).
Also there is no combined shipping now, you have to make separate orders if you need more than one unit.
It will simplify everything for me and in particular for international shipping it's cheaper to ship two separate 2lb boxes than one 4lb box.

Thanks! I was too lazy to type or search for it

[Maverick]

No problem.

[DirkSwizzler]

Any idea if the gcompsw can switch using just the RF signal RCA cable used with early Atari’s? I’m assuming the sync isn’t quite what’s expected or that the switch output might modify an rf signal in unfavorable ways.

Trying to figure out if there’s any automatic switching I can do for the really old consoles.

[*-*]

Superg, I was wondering how often do new batches of the scart swtiches become available? I'd like to get one, but I don't think I'll have enough to buy one before the current batch is sold out

[superg]

Any idea if the gcompsw can switch using just the RF signal RCA cable used with early Atari’s? I’m assuming the sync isn’t quite what’s expected or that the switch output might modify an rf signal in unfavorable ways.

Trying to figure out if there’s any automatic switching I can do for the really old consoles.

RF will not work, it's using modulation to pass the signal, it would be better to mod Atari.

Superg, I was wondering how often do new batches of the scart swtiches become available? I'd like to get one, but I don't think I'll have enough to buy one before the current batch is sold out

Usually I have something every 2-3 months.

[hex12]

SuperG, I ordered my switches (both gcompsw and gscartsw). I was curious to know if shipments begin only after all objects are sold or if you start to ship before.
To be clear, if you start to ship only when entire batch ends or if, for example, yesterday orders will be shipped boh, this friday (just to make an example).

[gordon-creAtive]

Any idea if the gcompsw can switch using just the RF signal RCA cable used with early Atari’s? I’m assuming the sync isn’t quite what’s expected or that the switch output might modify an rf signal in unfavorable ways.

Trying to figure out if there’s any automatic switching I can do for the really old consoles.

SCART has no designated PIN for RF either, so your TV even wouldn't be able to use the signal if gscartsw supported it. I propose you try out an RF demodulator that produces composite. However I haven't tried this by myself so I don't know about quality or compatibility.

[Turom]

Ordered mine! Looking forward to try it, thank you!

[DirkSwizzler]

Any idea if the gcompsw can switch using just the RF signal RCA cable used with early Atari’s? I’m assuming the sync isn’t quite what’s expected or that the switch output might modify an rf signal in unfavorable ways.

Trying to figure out if there’s any automatic switching I can do for the really old consoles.

SCART has no designated PIN for RF either, so your TV even wouldn't be able to use the signal if gscartsw supported it. I propose you try out an RF demodulator that produces composite. However I haven't tried this by myself so I don't know about quality or compatibility.

Exactly the plan. I was trying to hook up multiple consoles to 1 RF demodulator