Question regarding Atari 2600 and modern televisions

[frootloop]

Hi there SRG,

My 2600 has the RF board with RCA connector inside its guts. An RCA lead runs from this and terminates in an RF barrell connector which I plugged directly into the TV. As far as I know, this is how it should be hooked up?

Cheers!
Shafi

[SRG]

Ahh I would bet that has gone bad, try and find one of the RCA to Coaxial adapters or another RF switch, and I bet that solves the issue!

Personally I recently got a Coleco and had it modded, on my 50 inch I think it looks better with the old school RCA to coaxial adapter than with the RCA-Red/White/Yellow connections, but again my opinion and as they say your mileage may vary

Good Luck!

[frootloop]

hi SRG,

I'm plugging the RF male barrell connector directly into the RF female barrell connector on the TV. I don't think thats the issue. Not a silly question though, often the simplest things are overlooked

I think I'm getting somewhere with a composite mode. I'll post some pics here once I've got it working. Now if only my Megadrive woes were as easy to resolve!