I use the switchboxes in a few places simply because I already have a bunch of them, from accumulating video games for the last fifteen years. If you use the existing swithbox, you need two different matching transformers to wire it in line with a cable TV signal, and plug it into a modern TV. Those old switchboxes leak RF like a sieve. The picture is generally better with this option, since you won't have as much interference. The only problem then is that you'll have to manually plug and unplug the Atari/cable TV to switch, or buy an external cable switchbox. Radio Shack sells the adapter for a few bucks. So I can get a converter so that my RCA plug will plug right into my cable thingy that the cable line is plugged into? Then I can ditch the switchbox? You can look on any search engine for more info and you will find tons. If your television doesn't have a standard 75ohm jack on the back, you're kind of out of luck, without using some kind of converter box or doing a modification to the Atari itself. You can score one on Ebay or maybe Radio Shack also(call first) for just a few bucks.Īlso possible(from the same outlets) is to get a game/TV switch that outputs the same 75ohm connection. There's a little inline adaptor that turns the RCA-looking plug into standard 75ohm cable tv plug(same as the wire that your cable TV enters your house with). The one plug contains video and audio both, not the separated as the audio and video jacks are on your current generation TV. Ītari output is what looks like a single RCA plug. I have a very modern tv and I read that you can buy some thing from radioshack that hooks to the switchbox that hooks to the tv. I have a switchbox and all of the hookups but I have no idea how to hook it up. I am now the proud owner of an atari 2600jr.
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