Xplorer FX on NTSC PSX SCPH1001?

[Pattywick]

I was lucky enough to snag a rare Xplorer FX cartridge for the PSX off of eBay a few weeks ago. It finally came in the mail.

I plugged it into the back of my PSX SCPH1001 and I got a blank screen (my PSX is hooked up to GameBridge on my laptop, not a real TV).

Is there a way to get this to switch to NTSC? Someone (LiquidManZero from GSHI, to be specific) told me once that it starts out in PAL, but pressing buttons like L2+R2 switches to NTSC. It didn't work for me. Is this true? What is the button combination?

Or better yet, are there programs out there that allow GameBridge to run in PAL mode?

Will hooking it up to a DVD player with an A/V out convert the signal from PAL to NTSC?

In the Xplorer FX instruction manual, it does say you can switch from PAL to NTSC, but you need to do it via a menu. That means that I would need a guide on how to navigate to this particular menu and option blindly.

[jalaneme]

i used to have one of these devices and it's great for newcomers who want to hack their own ps1 games, sadly my device is long gone and i have a newer psone model (no serial port at the back) i am afraid i can't help you with the ntsc problem as i never had a ntsc console to try out this feature. congrats getting one of these though, they are extremely rare.

[Szalay]

nice psx1 old days ...

i guess doesn't matter PAL or NTSC if use GameBridge
you have tried plug on "real TV", and check xplorer work proper?
i have PAL&NTSC "ROM" means = it called englishV3.fcd or USA.NTSC.V3.FCD etc

you could flash with USA.NTSC.V3.FCD to get NTSC system on Xplorer
but that another story....

[Pattywick]

you could flash with USA.NTSC.V3.FCD to get NTSC system on Xplorer
but that another story....

I am interested in doing this.

Where would I get this file? And how would I transfer this to my Xplorer FX using a Windows XP PC? My PC only has USB ports, so I am using a 6 ft. USB to DB25 parallel printer adapter cable.

[Szalay]

you got my respond codetwink THUS