Game Boy Color RetroGlow RGB LED Flex Board
Game Boy Color RetroGlow RGB LED Flex Board
SKU : GBC6200
Light up your Game Boy Color with a Flexible RGB LED Cable. Pair with clear buttons to make your GBC shine!
Not recommended for BoxyPixel shells. It has recently come to our attention that the tolerances may be too different compared to OEM shells for these kits to have the clearance required.
FEATURES:
- Breakout pads for maximum compatibility with existing IPS kits.
- Individual button color customization
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18-25mA power draw with default settings, maximum measured draw 50mA at full brightness with white color
- Hue, Brightness, and saturation adjustment
- Power LED color control
- Solder-in-place install. 15-30 minute install, beginner to moderate difficulty
- Use the Select + D-Pad buttons to customize your LED colors
- Obligatory ‘Gamer’ RGB fade mode with adjustable speed/saturation
- Fairy light mode with adjustable speed/hue/saturation
- 32 different hues to pick from, 32 levels of saturation
- Choose between black or white solder mask to match your build
INCLUDED:
- 1x GBC LED flex board
PAIRS WELL WITH:
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Game Boy Color Prestige IPS Ready Shell
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Game Boy Color Clear Prestige Buttons | RetroSix
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Game Boy Color Clear Silicone Membranes / Button Pads
- Game Boy Color IPS LCD V3 - Unbranded
DOCUMENTATION:
NOTES:
- Power LED cannot indicate low battery level. If you wish to use your original LED to have this function, you may carefully trim off the top of the Retroglow where the LED sits.
- Designed in house by our friend Mitch!
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I had issues with the FunnyPlaying Game Boy Color 2.0 Q5 IPS Laminated Backlight Kit and RetroGlow RGB flex cable from Handheld Legends.
Long story short if you connect the start and select wires to change the x,y axis and rgb color on the logo of the IPS kit you will NOT be able to change the rgb of the buttons on the console. I had to dial in the settings/color of the IPS screen first and then desolder the start and select wires from the rgb flex cable so they would work properly and I could change the colors of the buttons. For some reason both items aren’t compatible and now I can’t change the settings of my IPS screen. Although the kit looks nice, because of the fact I no longer have control over my Q5 2.0 IPS screens options I can’t give this flex board 5 stars.
for a few reasons. I installed this kit clean on my perfectly working GBC. Now the D-Pad will barely work. I’ve done everything you can think of to try to remedy this, but something about the kit (thickness? placement of the LEDs?) just doesn’t sit right and won’t read. Also, the way to operate it and charge colors is way too convoluted.
I'm sorry to hear of the issue! Please message us at support@handheldlegend.com so we may get this resolved for you.
I used this board with a funny playing q5 v2 ips screen. I couldn’t get it to work properly when the wire were correctly wired (select to select Pad and start to start pad) after trouble shooting the issue, turns out the new ips screen have an issue with these boards and there is a fix. Take the select wire and move it to the d pad down spot on the led board. And keep the start on the start pad. That’s it. Works fabulous!
I had previously gone through the pain of hand soldering resistors to LEDs and wiring them off the GBC's internal power supply. It made for a great effect, but a pain to actually complete. So I saw this and decided to give it a try. I have intermediate soldering skills, and honestly the longest part of installing this was lining the board up. I'd encourage anyone trying this to make sure you're using a good solder, some flux, and a lower heat setting. Beyond that, it was trivial to install, and it actually makes installing a Q5 screen easier thanks to the handy button pads along the top. While you can get away with white membranes (what you see in my pic, with brightness set to '2'), you'll best be served by also picking up some translucent membranes so you can use a lower brightness setting. The menu can be a little tricky to figure out, but I really appreciate the ability to fully customize the buttons, and I can't really think of any way to better do this menu system. I did notice a little pressure on the LCD that results in a slightly dimmer on the left of the screen where the ribbon runs up for the power LED, but I suspect I can reroute some of the wires for the Q5 screen to resolve it. Overall, I'm impressed with this, and look forward to using it again in future builds.
Literally this product is everything I thought it would be and more. It's taught me how to mod. I've practiced and perfected this mod.
It could use 1 single thing. A way to have white included. Lol. That's such a small critique but if I'm being honest that's the one color I wish it had. Otherwise perfect.
Thank you for the review! We are glad to hear you are happy with the product. To get white, you can turn the saturation on the LED's all the way down and that will give you LED's close to white.
First - this is really slick - nice craftsmanship here. The LEDs are dimmable and when they are turned all the way up they are very bright. They seem to pull about .1 amps at max. The breakouts for the screen OSD was a nice touch as well. There are two downsides to this. First, there is a constant high pitched squeal through the speakers/headphones. It's gets louder with the brightness. That's really the main issue. The other thing is not that big of a deal, but the LED that replaces the original power LED is so bright that it bleeds into the screen. So if you have a dark screen in your game it looks bad on the left side. That can easily be rectified by turning that LED down/off individually. Anyway, if there is some trick to getting rid of this (actually pretty irritating) sound I'm all ears.
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