Dark Picture on my Gamecube

[FallenKaiser]

I plugged my Gamecube into my sister's new tv with an RF cord attatched to a RF modulator. the RGB cord wouldnt work because there's only a yellow and white hookup at the back of the gamecube. I also can't hook up an rgb to the gamecube in my room. The tv only has a white and a yellow. The tv is mated to a vcr, which might not matter

So I turn on the gamecube and go to L1 (input channel) and the picture is dark. Whenever I'm in dark areas in games I can barely see anything. There is no option in the Gamecube control screen that can fix the picture

This also happened when I plugged the gamecube into a hotel tv a few years ago with RF. It also happened when I plugged my PS2 into a couple hotels' tv this year with an RF cord. They didn't have hookups for an rgb cord

So I went to the store to look for an RGB mono cord because I was told at EB games that both the tv's are mono. I also got suggested I could put both the sound parts of the rgb into a Y adapter, but that probably won't work. I guess it seems RF and RGB are going the way of the dinosaur. Too bad the tv's don't have digital out. I only got my tv/vcr 5 years ago

 

[Howard]

Don't call it RGB. Are you talking about composite video (yellow plug)? It usually comes with two other cables, for left/right sound.

 

[MX2]

Lets call it RCA plugs

 

[FallenKaiser]

There's a yellow, a red, and a white. It really should be called RYW

 

[Howard]

OK, listen up. The yellow-plugged cable is called a composite video cable. The red-plugged cable is the right [sound] channel. The white-plugged cable is the left channel.

 

[PHiuR]

RCA.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: PHiuR
RCA.

That's the plug type, but not a very useful description as most A/V cables use RCA plugs.

 

[FallenKaiser]

Why does it look so dark and how do I fix it?

Is RGB and RF really getting out of date?

 

[nsafreak]

Originally posted by: FallenKaiser
Why does it look so dark and how do I fix it?

Is RGB and RF really getting out of date?

No they're not getting out of date and for the last time it is not RGB you have composite inputs using RCA connections. You could have a bad RF modulator or the picture on the TV could need adjusting. I'd go with adjusting the picture on the TV first.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

RGB is component video and you don't get better than component video --which you DON'T have. Component will have one red cable for red, one blue one for blue, one green one for green, and red/white for left and right audio channels. Two is not five and component (or RGB for you hillbilly folks) is five.

 

[The Stigenator]

your RF converter is going to the VCR.. that's your problem.. connect teh RF converter to teh tv straight.. the VCR is doing funky sh*t.

 

[FallenKaiser]

So is there anything I can do? I don't think the tv needs adjusting. I shopped around for a mono cord for the gamecube and couldnt find anything

It's really weird my sister's new tv only has a yellow and white on it and no red

 

[Hossenfeffer]

did you try it by just connecting yellow and white? I'm guessing that the gamecube doesn't care what you have plugged in, it just sends the signal. You'll get only one channel (left or right), but it's something.

If the picture is indeed dark, adjust the tv picture settings (picture, brightness, etc.)

 

[FallenKaiser]

As I said only MY tv has a vcr. When I say mated, it means they're kinda fused together

When I plug in with RF in my room, i get really poor picture quality. I'm not sure about the darkness thing, though

When I plug in the white part of the cable in my room, I get sound, but when I plug in the yellow, there's no picture

And I don't think it's dark on RF because of the picture settings. When I plugged in my PS2 through RF to tvs in two different hotels, I got a dark picture and really poor sound quality. Either way, my sister doesn't want me messing around with her tv settings

 

[FallenKaiser]

Well, I turned up the brightness and turned down the contrast on her tv, but it looks bright now whenever i'm in the bright areas of the game

I think something's wrong with the connection, because the tv was at DEFAULT settings before i tweaked it. I can put it back to default if i want