Help No Video

TylerGoza · Post by **TylerGoza** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:44 pm

I'm fairly new at working with the boards of electronics. I have an old atari CX 2600, the 4 switch with the wood grain it looks just like the pics someone had posted of the Vader, and I am trying to get it working with a new TV. I have tested the various connections I can get to without removing anything other than the cover and everything seems to be getting power but I can't get any picture or sound. I have hooked an old Nintendo RF adapter into it and nothing. I used the original cable and got nothing. At one point when I was jiggling the cable the screen flickered slightly and I heard some popping coming through the TV speakers. Does anyone have any suggestions?

tom61 · Post by **tom61** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:32 pm

You need a computer/game passive RF switch, not an active switch like that comes with Nintendos. You might check if your local Radio Shack has some.

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:55 am

You don't even need one of those. If you can find (or make) a connector with a female RCA connector and a male cable connector, you're in business.

EDIT: Or, better yet, composite-mod it so you don't have to deal with RF garbage anymore.