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first and second image is my current tv that works enough with my sinclair, using RGB via scart, but only with vertical sync, no horizontal sync, i feel like the tv decoding horizontal sync itself causes the pixels to blur sideways,

the third image is a tv that seems to not be able to decode horizontal sync itself on rgb, and the fourth is that same tv but using composite mode, as there is no video signal going down pin 20, only vsync, it gives me a ghostly image, but its able to decode horizontal sync?? idk its really weird stuff.

asking for advice on if connecting pin 20 on scart to the Csync pin on the sinclair will remove the sideways blurring, or if thats another issue entirely, i have a diagram on the wiring which i wanna know if its accurate or not too included,

thanks

when i first got my sinclair a month ago, recording wasnt working and i didnt know why, until i opened it up and realised the little tab thats supposed to push the switch.. wasnt there, so i tied a bit of stick to the spring via a brass wire, and a ziptie to the switch, works.. just wanted to show this off.. its funny.

my sinclair is getting me into learning a lot of electronics engineering and stuff its very helpful. a stick being the only thing stopping me from saving my data is really funny to me, you couldnt do that on modern hardware. (i also just printed out a 208 page manual on it so i could have physical documentation)

first clip is a 2003 i believe remaster tape of kinos 45 album, it sounds crisp and loud in my rear speakers, just as loud as the front ones.

second clip is my own recorded album from
youtube, it sounds washed out and quiet on the rear speakers.

how is it that you can get surround sound out of cassette when its strictly stereo?? and how does my system even recognise it??

ive found aswell that when listening to the 2003 tape with headphones some of the audio comes in as low as my throat and some as high as my forehead, not pitch, but the placement of it, its REALLY good. just a bummer the higher tones of sound are giggly throughout it,

just wondering how this is possible on cassette? and possibly what i could do to my own recordings to achieve it?

cassette deck - pioneer ct-200 (recorded from headphone aux on sound card to rca splitter to deck)

surround sound - sanyo no.JCX-TS780 (straight rca from deck)

headphones - sony xm4
walkman - sony WM-EX356