How to get composite mod?

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Wall_Axe
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How to get composite mod?

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The zxhd is about £92 and I have no experience and no soldering tools.
Does anyone do composite modding through the post?
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Hello,

Looking up the ZXHD, if I understand right, the only soldering work that's required is to solder a male pin header onto the Rasberry Pi Zero?
I have some basic soldering skills, and Raspberry Pi zeros are fairly inexpensive, so I would be happy to attempt this for you.

I have successfully done the composite mod on my own Speccy 48k, but I'm not experienced enough that I'd trust my skills to do it successfully again on someone else's Spectrum...

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For a composite video modification, Ian at Mutant Caterpillar will do it for you. But as this is a commercial service, you will have to pay the going rate.

His site is here.

Other repair/modification/upgrade services may be available from other companies.

Alternatively, you need a friendly person who will do it for you. Where in the universe are you?

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Or the other option is ZX VGAJoy interface very good 😊
http://zx-vga-joy.com/
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This is not the best way but... https://markfixesstuff.co.uk/sinclair-s ... rum-scart/

I'd rather put an electrolytic capacitor instead of a cable but it will be hard to keep the contacts touching.

Can't you find someone in your area with a soldering iron? It's really easy, not much experience needed.
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1024MAK wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:31 pm For a composite video modification, Ian at Mutant Caterpillar will do it for you. But as this is a commercial service, you will have to pay the going rate.

His site is here.
Another vote here for Mutant Caterpillar. I sent my 48k and +2 to be modded and Ian did a cracking job.
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Thanks for the offers, I found someone who said they would do composite mod and recapping for £30 retro passion
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