http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L3N9sMOV8o
Sorry for the AF, I'm running windows 8 and my webcam software barely works 
65 May 14, 2012 11:35 pm
Re: Using a mono 3.5mm jack for power (10 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
66 May 14, 2012 10:47 pm
Re: How many people do this while using LSDJ (66 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Jotie wrote:
00 are empty chains
7F empty chain with a K-CMDNot one song is made by my own rules 100%, however.
This. Blank chains are more common (at least in the beginning) so I use 00 because that's the easiest.
67 May 13, 2012 8:34 pm
Re: Using a mono 3.5mm jack for power (10 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
As I thought, it's the lower one in the picture. I'm going to pick up the parts at radioshack during the week and I'll report back when it's all finished. Thanks for the help, everyone.
68 May 13, 2012 3:39 am
Re: Using a mono 3.5mm jack for power (10 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
12ianma wrote:
Uh, I think you'd have to use mono for sure. Make the ground the tip because otherwise you'll short it (I think?) either way yes this would be a simple mod. do you own a multi meter?
Using stereo would be a waste anyway and I don't own a multimeter. I've found the two points to solder to, but I'm not sure of the polarity since I was using an ac adapter I got with an old headset.
69 May 13, 2012 3:09 am
Re: Using a mono 3.5mm jack for power (10 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
chunter wrote:
Possible, yes. Why not use the same points from the old jack for installing the new one?
Good idea.... don't know. 1/4 jacks are easier to pull out, on purpose or accidentally.
There are 6 and I don't know what's what :x
1/4 or 1/8", still better than the regular dc plug. I'd like to try to conserve space though and not use anything unnecessarily large.
70 May 12, 2012 6:38 pm
Topic: Using a mono 3.5mm jack for power (10 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
This was originally an idea to put the jack where the dc in is, but that didn't fit when I tried it. In my experience, using an AC adapter has always been incredibly finicky. Does anyone know if it would be possible and which points to solder to if I wanted to make a "propower" mod?
71 Apr 14, 2012 5:49 pm
Re: HELP!! backlight fail!! (19 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Did you take out the polarization film for the picture or did you never put it in?
72 Apr 6, 2012 6:07 am
Re: EL backlight kit from Kitsch-Bent.com (50 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
I don't know if this is helpful, but I figured I'd post it anyway 
I ordered the backlight and got it today. Before I say anything else, I'd just like to say that it is beautiful. Much easier on the eyes than the v3 and I like the blue more (if it's changed at all, maybe I'm just crazy) when it's inverted. Here's a picture:
(The contrast looks much better in person.)
As much as I love it, however, I can't help but wonder if the hum is louder than it should be. I was expecting something similar to the high frquency sound of a CRT television, but it's much louder. I soldered it to the points instructed in the tutorial and my easy clk mod is soldered to the same points. I've uploaded three examples to my soundcloud with lsdj, megaman 3, and the noise from the speaker hole with my webcam.
http://soundcloud.com/thnikk/sets/sound-tests
Luckily, there is no sound in lsdj after the nintendo screen. Megaman 3 (as well as every other game that I've tried) produces the same hum that you can hear on the nintendo screen, if not louder (Metroid 2 got a little bit louder). I recorded the speaker noise because I think that's the most important since I use my dmg primarily for lsdj and the music from any games I play on it make the noise pretty unnoticeable, but that's only with headphones. The sound from the speaker is always there, regardless of volume or the cart, and is very loud. If I went into a library with it, everyone would give me a dirty look... okay, maybe not that loud, but I'd say it's about as loud as 1/2-3/4 volume sounds.
The reason I'm most curious is to know if the sound from the speaker hole is from the speaker itself. I'm tempted to stick some tape in there (or completely remove the speaker) to dampen the noise a bit so people won't look at me funny if I take it outside. I don't really care if the speaker itself is dampened because it's already pretty quiet to begin with, and I use it for the same reasons kineticturtle uses it.
By the way, I am totally loving the easy clk mod. I had a half speed crystal very ghetto-ly soldered to a switch with the original one before, and it's nice to not crash my games anymore. 