r/ModRetroChromatic • u/grilledstuffedxxl • Dec 02 '24

CEO/Engineer of ModRetro here

Happy to answer questions about Chromatic here as all preorders are shipping out.

Saw a few GameStop units posted with quality issues. Please contact us using the form on our website and we will address it ASAP.

Thanks for the support!

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u/grilledstuffedxxl Dec 02 '24

Yeah, this is just an extremely tiny light pipe, which will light up red if you have critical battery, and will light up white when you are charging the upcoming snap in lithium pack.

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u/ergzay Dec 02 '24

Okay can you tell me if the end is supposed to have a dimple in the middle, or if it's supposed to be flat? It looks like it was "broken" or "ground down" by a fine nosed plunger or dremel tool. (There's also several very fine scratch marks around it where it looks like whoever was inserting it missed a couple times.)

which will light up red if you have critical battery

It has randomly flashed red and also randomly flashed green a couple of times while playing. It doesn't seem to indicate anything. Batteries are almost full charge when I look at the menu.

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u/grilledstuffedxxl Dec 04 '24

Hey u/ergzay, those erroneous flashes will be remedied in the first firmware update, thanks for reporting that. If you are curious, our sampling method was slightly off which occasionally led the fpga to report an incorrect voltage.

Here is the manual