Bw screen version 7 issue.

[callmestonewall8]

So I got my Bw seen with the blue version 7 board. I hooked it up to 5v from my powerboat board and nothing happened. PUT the jumper wire to the regulator, still nothing. Tried to find a 12v wall wart and all I could find was the 9v for my soldering iron. WHEN I hooked it up to that I got a very slight flicker (completely off to dark grey back to off)
Is my screen just toast out of the box or do I need to hook It up to an av output for it to work?

[Zero]

It requires a video signal to work.

[callmestonewall8]

It requires a video signal to work.

Yep, that did it! Thank you!


Side note, does everyone else's screen look like total butt. I know its 240x320 res but even so, the picture isn't very crisp. Can this be fixed in video settings or is this just the nature of composite video?

[Zero]

That's just how composite is at that resolution. You can improve it a bit by increasing text sizes for the command line and RetroPie fonts. There's a guide on the forum somewhere.

[Jpayne30]

I'd also like to know about increasing the text. Everything is completely manageable except for reading game titles in the rom lists

[Rolen47]

I haven't done this yet myself, but this was in my bookmarks:
http://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=159