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by bedfellow
Sat 25 Aug 2018 11:24
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: How to set screen resolution
Replies: 9
Views: 10471

Re: How to set screen resolution

It seems from my use of this thing that the screen resolution is higher than the available pixel count of the actual physical screen - it's scaling down from 640x480 (or whatever) to 320x240 - so there's a lot of filtering going on and fonts tend to disappear or become smudged. I'm looking to see i...
by bedfellow
Fri 24 Aug 2018 14:50
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: Retrostone problems
Replies: 87
Views: 991022

Re: Retrostone problems

I agree with an earlier post, that at least in my case, boot-up problems have been eliminated entirely by selecting "shutdown system" in the emulation station "Quit" menu prior to switching the Retrostone off using the power switch (wait until the flashing cursor disappears). Be...
by bedfellow
Fri 24 Aug 2018 14:49
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: Retrostone problems
Replies: 87
Views: 991022

Re: Retrostone problems

Admin wrote: Fri 24 Aug 2018 12:42 What is your backer number Bedfellow? I'm building a list of boot issue backers to send replacement.
Hi, I've messaged you.
by bedfellow
Thu 23 Aug 2018 23:13
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: Retrostone problems
Replies: 87
Views: 991022

Re: Retrostone problems

I agree with an earlier post, that at least in my case, boot-up problems have been eliminated entirely by selecting "shutdown system" in the emulation station "Quit" menu prior to switching the Retrostone off using the power switch. Before this I just switched off using the powe...
by bedfellow
Thu 23 Aug 2018 20:02
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: Retrostone problems
Replies: 87
Views: 991022

Re: Retrostone problems

Flashed and inserted a brand new Sandisk SD Card with RetrOrangePi_4.2_SLIM_Armbian_5.59_Retrostone_Debian_jessie_default_3.4.113 Switched on RetroStone Booted into 'Slim' screen then black screen for a while, presumably this is when it is expanding the partition, then it rebooted itself Reboot hun...
by bedfellow
Thu 23 Aug 2018 16:58
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: Retrostone problems
Replies: 87
Views: 991022

Re: Retrostone problems

No it does not sound correct indeed. You mean the battery was fully charged, you played for 1 hour, then the LCD started to flips ? Or the low battery LED turn on first? Or the charge cable was connected ever since it was fully charged? Is it particularly hot where you live? like 40°C + ? The Retro...
by bedfellow
Thu 23 Aug 2018 13:31
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: Retrostone problems
Replies: 87
Views: 991022

Re: Retrostone problems

From this video, I think we can probably conclude that the issues I have with my RetroStone are due to a hardware fault: https://youtu.be/Eup2kCk66vQ About your video I think this is not the LCD that is defective, it's likely because the battery is low (as LED2 is ON I seem to see in your video) Ev...
by bedfellow
Wed 22 Aug 2018 22:04
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: Retrostone problems
Replies: 87
Views: 991022

Re: Retrostone problems

From this video, I think we can probably conclude that the issues I have with my RetroStone are due to a hardware fault: https://youtu.be/Eup2kCk66vQ
by bedfellow
Wed 22 Aug 2018 20:38
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: Retrostone problems
Replies: 87
Views: 991022

Re: Retrostone problems

I addition to my post above, this is what I get on my TV screen with the RetroStone plugged into HDMI. The display starts off OK then progressively gets the horizontal lines.

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by bedfellow
Wed 22 Aug 2018 20:17
Forum: Tutorials and support
Topic: Retrostone problems
Replies: 87
Views: 991022

Re: Retrostone problems

I have deleted the partitions on the SD Card using GParted and created a new partition. Flashed the RetrOrangePi image to the SD Card using Etcher, inserted it into the RetroStone, It cycled through 'slim' screen and then into Emulation Station. I waited 10 minutes before shutting system down, via Q...