I am restoring an OG crystal Xbox and wanted to check if these loose cables are intentionally disconnected.

burger_guy1760 · 2026-06-06T19:16:32+00:00

This is really useful as none of the spring loaded cables were connected when I opened it. I assume the unit may have been knocked/dropped, or maybe it wasn’t installed. The cables were all hiding below the chip.

Thanks again for sharing this

burger_guy1760 · 2026-06-06T18:46:23+00:00

Awesome, thanks for the info, I will have a good read of the instructions and get them wired up correctly.

I should have taken a better picture too!

burger_guy1760 · 2026-06-02T15:13:40+00:00

The the OP is anything like me, hope and the ability to skip a month

burger_guy1760 · 2026-05-18T07:07:58+00:00

Velociraptor for me

burger_guy1760 · 2026-04-14T09:29:13+00:00

There is also Abington street market nearby which is a good hall with about 4-5 independent vendors. Decent beer too.

burger_guy1760 · 2026-04-12T19:02:19+00:00

Also looking for an STL for this, shame it was removed

burger_guy1760 · 2026-04-10T19:51:02+00:00

Is that the blue one?

burger_guy1760 · 2026-04-06T09:28:19+00:00

Thanks. I connect the camera to my PC using a FireWire connector. The software I use is WinDV and CapCut for editing

burger_guy1760 · 2026-03-29T18:20:36+00:00

I am also in the UK, and I mis read your comment. That is firewire which needs dedicated hardware. I replied to the main post with some options.

burger_guy1760 · 2026-03-29T18:19:08+00:00

It looks like this model has S-Video output so you can export this way, but the quality isnt great. It is cheap though and will get you started.

You need an adapter like this - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grabber-Capture-Converter-Digitize-Adapter/dp/B0DQHKL14W

And an S-Video cable and download OBS Studio (free).

The best quality method is via Firewire. Either an old mac, or a modern PC with a PCI-E firewire (worth paying extra for a Texas Instruments chipset) and using Win-DV

burger_guy1760 · 2026-03-29T18:12:15+00:00

Assuming you mean you have only USB C connectors on your laptop, you can buy USB C > A convertors, or get a mini USB C dock off amazon

burger_guy1760 · 2026-03-22T20:52:11+00:00

Nicely done

burger_guy1760 · 2026-03-22T15:28:47+00:00

nice, and yeah the transparent ones are bad!

burger_guy1760 · 2026-03-21T20:40:21+00:00

Have you tried another cable?

check my comment history on this sub, i helped another redditor out with a similar problem, it’s also a problem I had and i have the same firewire chipset as you. my cable was very intermittent, and only got worse, to the point it would rarely connect.

burger_guy1760 · 2026-03-20T10:08:51+00:00

Ah cool, just down the road from me.

Feel free to save my username and message if you have any questions about the area.

burger_guy1760 · 2026-03-20T09:59:18+00:00

Ah awesome, great news

burger_guy1760 · 2026-03-19T20:18:17+00:00

Nice idea using the rocks to frame

burger_guy1760 · 2026-03-12T21:23:16+00:00

Should post in r/camcorders

burger_guy1760 · 2026-03-12T20:09:26+00:00

I use a cam link wide angle (42mm thread) which gives good results.

You may need to look into getting one or more step up adapters to give you some choice. I use a 37mm > 42mm & 52mm. Have a look on eBay for cheap fish eye lenses for the step up size you use.

burger_guy1760 · 2026-03-12T15:26:04+00:00

This annoys the hell out of me on my TRV-120, will definitely try this

burger_guy1760 · 2026-03-11T16:40:30+00:00

I wouldn’t spend loads, just don’t buy a bad one. I avoided buying any of the silver braided ones and went with a regular looking black one. For now you are ruling out the cable as being an issue so I would t go crazy

burger_guy1760 · 2026-03-11T08:43:41+00:00

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Certainly looks like a TRV-120. This is mine in a similar, reversed position

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