PAL Wii in the USA... black and white image

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Anyway... here is the problem. I bough the Wii while I was in Spain, now i have come to the US because of work, and the wii is in black and white, because of the PAL/NTSC.

Here is what I have been able to find so far...

PAL Wiis have 3 modes, 576i (PAL), 480i (NTSC BUT with PAL color code), and 480p EDTV/HDTV
NTSC Wiis have 2 modes, 480i (NTSC) and 480p EDTV/HDTV.

So far I have tested the Wii in 3 TV in the US... and a projector... all of them with the standar cables (red, white and yellow).

An old Sony 32"CRT... the image was in B&W. (as expected!)
I then tried a projector, and after fighting with it for a brief period of time, I was able to get it in color
then I tried a LDP (rear-projector TV) and it worked perfectly fine at the first try! in color!!! (sadly, this was at a friend's house!)
Then I have just bought a Sony bravia 1080p 40" (kdl40s504) and I have tried all combinations... but the picture is in B&W!!!!! I don't get it!!! It should simply adjust, as I was expecting any modern TV (like that of my friend) should! But apparently not all of the TV are able to understand PAL/NTSC and adjust properly.

Actually, more than black and white, is like a purple and white thing...

I will try to get the composite clables for the wii (those with 3 connectors for color, that will let me enable the HDTV option... I will let you know if that works...

However... I have been reading many blogs, forums etc... to the best of my knowledge, I have not seen this problem solved... Another option is to get one of those 3rd party cables that have an RGB (sub d-15) cable like those of the computer screens... and that should let me have color on my NTSC TV with my PAL Wii...

I also read some information about any region changer... I think it would also let me change my video settings... but has anyone with a Wii console from europe, that is a PAL Wii (or Australia, I think) tried to change the video settings to NTSC and has he/she been able to get color on the TV where before it was B&W? I am not truly interested in playing NTSC or PAL games, I have enough PAL games to use on my wii... I just want to play them in full color!!!

Please, any help will be appreciated...

(also, I have made this post rather lengthy... not to bore you... but because I have not found all this information together anywhere... and I tried to help other that might come with the same problem).

Best regards to you all!! (and thanks for reading and helping!!)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/29/2009 02:23PM by Arikado.

I'm not sure if the GPUs support more than the video mode in the region where the Wii was meant to be sold.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/29/2009 03:52PM by WikiFSX.

If you get a stable black and white picture then you will get a working color picture with component cables (because component cables use the same color encoding on both PAL and NTSC Wiis)

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Phredreeke
If you get a stable black and white picture then you will get a working color picture with component cables (because component cables use the same color encoding on both PAL and NTSC Wiis)

You are right!!!

I have just gotten back from a Game Stop and tried a composite cable... it worked!!! Even before switching it to EDTV!!

The cables are like $20 for an open item... so I will return them, and buy it somewhere else where the cables are less expensive... anyway I will be gone for the rest of the month... so I have time to buy them.!!

Great!!! Finally my Spanish PAL Wii is working on a NTSC US TV!!!!

Thanks to everyone!

Best regards!

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luisalbertoga

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Phredreeke
If you get a stable black and white picture then you will get a working color picture with component cables (because component cables use the same color encoding on both PAL and NTSC Wiis)

You are right!!!

I have just gotten back from a Game Stop and tried a composite cable... it worked!!! Even before switching it to EDTV!!

The cables are like $20 for an open item... so I will return them, and buy it somewhere else where the cables are less expensive... anyway I will be gone for the rest of the month... so I have time to buy them.!!

Great!!! Finally my Spanish PAL Wii is working on a NTSC US TV!!!!

Thanks to everyone!

Best regards!

You should buy them from Meritline, I love that place, everything is so cheap, and good. That's where I got my Component cables, cost me like $5 with shipping (or was it $8 with shipping, either way, dirt cheap)

Can someone please help me....

I am having the same problem. I have a Wii bought in Europe and have moved to the US. I just want to play my Wii on a TV in the US. I am not very techy so not really sure what to do. I don't have a TV yet and don't wan to spend a lot of money on one either.

I see someone has gotten theirs to work but like I said I'm not very techy and not sure what to look for in a TV or what exactly I need to do.

Thanks!

well you can get Component cables i sugest Meritline just ask a member of staff and they will be able to help you. Otherwise try useing geco OS and change the settings to force NTSC, tht sould work.

hope that helps

I hope this thread is still open. I have something of the opposite problem but same in nature, sort of. I softmodded a NTSC USA Wii using IOS 249, I believe.. but Wiiflow for IOS 222 is the only one that works, and not installed as a channel either, has to be through HBC. I updated my 4.2U menu to 4.3 safely with Waninkoko and I've collected just over 300 games. Only some of the games I have I can only get in PAL format. So I use Wii_ISO_Region_Patcher which forces the NTSC patch onto the PAL wbfs titles and yes, they do play, but only in black & white. And from reading the above issues I'm confused.. a different TV or cable.. I thought it was a NAND issue.. I'm lost. I use a heavy 70lb Fujitsu CRT monitor and a Impact RCA/TV/VGA converter box. So... what am I doing wrong? Can I get these PAL games to work in color or do I have to just live with the blk & wht until I can find a NTSC replacement. Thanks from the Hawaiian Islands - DieLaughing



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/03/2010 03:43AM by dielaughing.

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