sega fan
11-03-2008, 09:32 PM
Setting up my 2600 out of the box today after school, I noticed my 2600 came with an old early 80's radioshack adapter that takes the 2600 signal jack and converts the signal to RF or UHF. Long story short :
First, take a VCR and plug it into your TV using composite, a more recent VCR is preferable for a fresh visual output. Plug into "ANT. IN" or "RF IN". I have found out that my RF jacks on the back of my VCR are too big for the older 2600 RF jack to firmly grasp, so If you go to a hardware store, go and get another brand new up-to-date RF box and plug in the old RF box conneted to the 2600 to the new RF box connected to the VCR. If you are really passionate about getting a fresh, crisp picture out of your Atari, get a whole new RF box and a nice fat, insulated RF cable for your 2600, so now you've got 2 new RF boxes and a new cable. Sync all your channels, and you've got a nice clean picture without all the dinge and noise in the picture.
I've noticed that this is a better connection then the back of your TV ( New or Old, HD or Standard. ), because the RF is going through a new connection and then a composite connection. So now you don't have to buy/use a spare old TV to get a great Atari 2600 experience ( unless you want the classic noisy RF connection for nostalgia sake ).
First, take a VCR and plug it into your TV using composite, a more recent VCR is preferable for a fresh visual output. Plug into "ANT. IN" or "RF IN". I have found out that my RF jacks on the back of my VCR are too big for the older 2600 RF jack to firmly grasp, so If you go to a hardware store, go and get another brand new up-to-date RF box and plug in the old RF box conneted to the 2600 to the new RF box connected to the VCR. If you are really passionate about getting a fresh, crisp picture out of your Atari, get a whole new RF box and a nice fat, insulated RF cable for your 2600, so now you've got 2 new RF boxes and a new cable. Sync all your channels, and you've got a nice clean picture without all the dinge and noise in the picture.
I've noticed that this is a better connection then the back of your TV ( New or Old, HD or Standard. ), because the RF is going through a new connection and then a composite connection. So now you don't have to buy/use a spare old TV to get a great Atari 2600 experience ( unless you want the classic noisy RF connection for nostalgia sake ).