Channel Selector Switch Missing

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pinbill
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Channel Selector Switch Missing

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Hello All-

I just bought a six switch wood face 2600 and cannot get it to work. It had not been used in some time, it is however in nice shape and clean especially inside.

I tried to hook it up with a manual radio shack rf switch and it did not work. After snooping around I found the channel selector switch missing. So there is no connection between the three metal contacts for that switch. I tried to put a jumper between the connections with a small metal piece but that hasn't worked.

Does anyone know how I should go about testing the rf switch, power input, and fixing the game console channel selector switch.

I am can't wait to play it and I would greatly appreciate any help.

Thanks,

Bill
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Re: Channel Selector Switch Missing

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pinbill wrote:Hello All-

I just bought a six switch wood face 2600 and cannot get it to work. It had not been used in some time, it is however in nice shape and clean especially inside.

I tried to hook it up with a manual radio shack rf switch and it did not work. After snooping around I found the channel selector switch missing. So there is no connection between the three metal contacts for that switch. I tried to put a jumper between the connections with a small metal piece but that hasn't worked.

Does anyone know how I should go about testing the rf switch, power input, and fixing the game console channel selector switch.

I am can't wait to play it and I would greatly appreciate any help.

Thanks,

Bill
Older 6 switches don't have a channel select switch. They are defaulted to channel 3. Post your question over at Atariage.com as they can probably help you a lot more then the members here.
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