This past week I had an incredible urge to play the original Katamari Damacy videogame on my old Playstation 2. So, the device itself is simplicity itself: one end plugs directly into the PS2, the other end has an output for an HDMI cable.
You can run the cable to an available TV port. No power adapter, no messy cords, just one HDMI cable. Plug and play as you go. I was plugging it into a USB power outlet cube on my first try. So you can plug it right in, and the whole arrangement looks as follows.
The hookup, with USB power connected. Controllers and PS2 power plugs left out so the connections are clear. The converter is designed to function only in the YP B P R component mode, hookup apparently defaults to composite video, so you need to switch it. But how do you change the video mode without seeing it? Via knowledge of the unseen menus. As described on this Overclock help pagefrom the point where you turn on the PS2, perform the following steps on the PS2 controller:. The picture quality is pretty good, considering it is an 18 year old video game console.
One caveat: it may not work properly with all televisions. I have a Samsung, and it is working like a charm for me; other people online have reported various issues.
Funny you mention this — I was in the mood recently to play Katamari Damacy again and discovered that my PS3 is not backwards compatible. Worked like an absolute freaking charm.
Thank you so much. Been hookup for hours for the fix and this was the only good one I came across. Sorry this question is a bit late, but does hookup converter also carry audio across the HDMI cable? It only works in that mode. Please only notice one thing — it is worth mentioning that above instruction to change video output mode shall be done without any CD inserted. But fortunately, I realized that before giving up. I luckily still have old TV and the composite video cable to connect. This sounds awesome. The ps2 connects to all the tellys in the house except the one I want it to so this is great.
Thanks for posting this. All I have is the power cord. I have a newer sony tv, probably aand I need some help on this one. With in tamil matchmaking adapter all you need is the power cord and an HDMI cable.
The adapter plugs into the PS2 directly so there is no need for the original cables. Is much better if you use a homebrew called GSM or Xploder. You can hookup a memory card with freemcboot on ebay that will allow you to run it ps2 a unmodified console it is pretty cheap. This will allow you to force every game to run at P or i. Or bi curious hook apps can also do the same with open PS2 loader.
When I play a ps2 game it works fine but when I play a ps1 game my tv looses the signal after the PlayStation logo appears. Any idea how to fix that? You could try and change the settings in click at this page system settings to YPbPr before using the hdmi converter instead of doing it blindly. I did it using the red white yellow cable then switched to hdmi. Worked for me. Also set display setting to smooth.
Hi Dave, this probably going to be a daft question. I would hate to have to do this everytime I switch the machine on. I have a different converter and it has a bit of delay. This makes it useless trying to play a game when you push ps2 button and the character moves a millisecond later. Help i did all of this but it didnt work what should i do? I have this one, you dont need power cable when using it in slim models.
Will it still work if I plug the usb cord into my tv port, instead of into the ps2 itself as shown in the photo to power it? I need both usb ports on my ps2 for the guitar and drums for the RockBand game. These source are just an analog to digital converter it just takes the component signal and pass through HDMI.
That is the SAME component signal that you could have with component cables but without the quality loss of the analog to digital conversion. Hey, thank you very much for the explanation! Everytime I launch a game it leads me back to my TV menu… can you help? I have everything set up correctly an i have audio in the main dashboard area were you see your game data and disk to start the game, when i start up the game there is no game audio.
Please help.
Just bought one of these converter but not having any look getting it to work. I know the ps2 is working ok as Iv had it working on a tv with scart connection. Iv tried it on 2 different make tv without success. Anyone any ideas for my. Would appreciate. Could this be because my tv just doesnt support it??
But my tv supprts ps2 n64 and works just fine… could i be messing something up or os my tv just ps2 complicated. I also get sound through the converter but no video.
Should i replace the actual port itself? Is that even possible? Works great tho!!! It dose work just figure out what setting needs to be changed took two hours for me to get it tho.
Thank you so much!!! Just connected our old play station2 to the TV. You ps2 my youngest son very very happy. This is probably almost 4 years late, but for people who are looking for the answer to this question input the yellow in the green. This did work but you can change the settings Before you connect the hdmi connector but this was really helpful cheers. The PS2 is backward compatible with PS1 games.
It worked a treat, thought I had wasted my money but found this when searching on the off chance before returning the converter. Mind blown! Well happy can play ps2 on Samsung tv now. Hi i have a small ps2 and i want to connect it to my HDTV. Is it better to buy a component cable or a scart to hdmi converter? When first installed it it would start to load and then switch to the no signal or the config screen. Any info would be great. Should you change the video component every time you turn it on? I had to change the setting by borring some elses tv, would it be that the setting reset when the power go off?
I would ps2 appreciate if someone can answer this question for me. Thank you hookup much for posting this info. Thanks to your advice we can now play our retro games to our hearts content. Hi have hdmi ps2 converter It was great first time. Even worked with ps1 game.
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