PS2 Audio: Left/Right channels reversed... WTF?

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I'm using the basic RCA composite video (yellow) and stereo plugs (white/red) and for some reason the audio is reversed.. sounds that should come from my left are coming from my right, and that's really gay.

Is this a known issue? My speakers are set up correctly, I've tested each channel with a THX Audio test and it works fine, but on the PS2 it just really sucks. Any thoughts?
 
[quote name='WhipSmartBanky']Reverse the red and white plugs?[/quote]

That will never work. You need to open up your ps2, and reverse the connectors for the audio. Just get a fine tip soldering iron.
 
[quote name='WhipSmartBanky']Reverse the red and white plugs?[/quote]

Yeah.. I was thinking about that.. but I've got it connected correctly, so why should I have to do that? I mean... white for left, red for right... still, WTF...
 
[quote name='BigNick'][quote name='WhipSmartBanky']Reverse the red and white plugs?[/quote]

That will never work. You need to open up your ps2, and reverse the connectors for the audio. Just get a fine tip soldering iron.[/quote]

Haha. There's no way in hell I'm going to do that.
 
[quote name='PsyClerk']Is it in a particular game?[/quote]

Not really, but I notice it the most in Maximo: Ghosts to Glory (those fireball shooting dragon heads in the underworld really stand out when you see them on the left and hear them on the right) and Jak II.
 
[quote name='redgopher'][quote name='WhipSmartBanky']Reverse the red and white plugs?[/quote]

Yeah.. I was thinking about that.. but I've got it connected correctly, so why should I have to do that? I mean... white for left, red for right... still, WTF...[/quote]

Well, clearly it's not correct if you have the sound coming out of the wrong speakers. :twisted:
 
[quote name='redgopher'][quote name='BigNick'][quote name='WhipSmartBanky']Reverse the red and white plugs?[/quote]

That will never work. You need to open up your ps2, and reverse the connectors for the audio. Just get a fine tip soldering iron.[/quote]

Haha. There's no way in hell I'm going to do that.[/quote]

pu$$y.
 
[quote name='WhipSmartBanky'][quote name='redgopher'][quote name='WhipSmartBanky']Reverse the red and white plugs?[/quote]

Yeah.. I was thinking about that.. but I've got it connected correctly, so why should I have to do that? I mean... white for left, red for right... still, WTF...[/quote]

Well, clearly it's not correct if you have the sound coming out of the wrong speakers. :twisted:[/quote]

This is interesting. I just noticed that my girlfriend accidentally turned off surround sound on my receiver, so it was basically playing simple stereo sound. Now that I have SS with pro logic back on, sound is better. Odd...
 
I had a problem similar to that before I set up my sound system for games, when I was playing games through *gasp* TV sound. My TV has a setting for simulated surround sound (Incredible Stereo) - it would reverse the channels for video games. Once I turned it off and left it to basic stereo it was fine.

Never noticed it until I was playing SFA3 on Dreamcast one day.

Seems like a lot of the "features" on my TV make things worse for video games. I turned off my Noise Reduction (used for cancelling static in your reception) cos it was like turning the sharpness all the way down for games.

The only thing I keep turned on is the auto-contrast, since the Xbox broadcasts a lot lighter than the others, it keeps black and white colors the same across the systems without me re-adjusting it.
 
I was going to suggest ordering a custom cable with colors reversed so you could get the sound correct while remaining aesthetically correct, too.
 
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