Dreamcast BlueRetro Install Guide

Work In Progress, Device expected to release in a few months
Dreamcast BlueRetro Install Guide:

Tools Required to Install:
#2 Phillips Screw Driver

Disassembly:

Make sure there are no game disks in the disk drive, and power is disconnected from the console.

Remove the 4 screws from the base of the console, set them aside. The top shell can be lifted off the console.

Locate the controller board at the front of the system and remove the 4 screws holding it in place. Set the screws aside. Disconnect the ribbon data cable from the console and from the controller port board. Set that aside also.

The controller posts are held in by the front bezel and can be difficult to remove in some cases. Gently push the front cover forward and put the controller ports out at a slight angle so that they come out of the console. Set the controller board aside.  

Prep for Install:

Jumper Configs:

There are three user configurable Jumpers.

JP1: Sets Fan Mode 
If using a stock fan the jumper should be connected to only one of the connections, If using a Noctua or other PC style fan you should have the jumper connecting both pins. 

JP2: Sets Power Mode
INT Jumper Across the Pins shown on the board to use the power as supplied by the Dreamcast Console, typically this is how the install is done without using remote power down feature provided by addon boards
EXT Jumper Across the Pins shown on the board to use external 5v supply from add-on boards like remote power down board. 
(Alternatively this can be left connecting no pins to supply 3.3v from external boards, no planned boards support this but the option is there for the future)

JP3: Sets Clock Battery Type 
ML 
For use with ML2032 batteries installed into the socked
CR  For use with CR2032 batteries (if jumper is set to ML it will damage CR batteries)
Remove the jumper if using add-on board for clock retention

Add-On Boards:
Remote Power Down:

The remote power down board is designed for aftermarket PSUs, specifically for any that use an external 12v PSU and have a long cable that transmits the external power to the internal smaller PSU (DreamPSU, PicoDreamcast for example)

This board has 2 sets of screw terminals and requires the after market PSU cable to be cut, stripped, and installed on either side of the board. The external 12v is used to provide always on power to the BlueRetro board, it cal also provide some additional features like always on power for the clock module in the Dreamcast.

Jumper Configs: JP2: EXT 

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