TheAtariBoss Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) I have an Atari 2600 Darth Vader 4-switch model that's giving me a fuzzy picture. I'm using a gold Radioshack RCA F to coaxial M... Yes I have tried replacing the cable because it seemed quite obvious when I moved the wire the static patterns changed... However I clearly tried using a shielded RCA cable and no improvement; which was weird because the cable I used never gave me a crystal clear picture on my Atari XEGS... Then I tried the 2600 cable on the XE as well to see if it really was the problem... It gave a perfect picture on the console as well... Another thing would be when I plug in a controller into the 2600 and move it around, the static patterns change as well... Any diagnosis? Edited March 26, 2014 by TheAtariBoss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 tried different carts ? or wiggle cart see if picture improves maybe the channel selector switch ? contacts inside them can get dirty, they can be opened up without soldering from board to clean contacts could also be voltage regulator or a big capacitor. better to check these with a multimeter instead of just replacing them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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