cleary71 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Any help would be greatly appreciated. My Intellivision flickers with every game I have loaded. I took it apart looking for anything that might be loose and didn't find anything. I am not a hardware expert so I didn't monkey too much with the insides. I tried cleaning the cartridge slot with QD Contact Cleaner but that did nothing. Also used compressed air to give an overall cleaning. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Test on a different television. Do the games otherwise play correctly? What I see so far doesn't look like graphics corruption. Looks like a display problem. Possibly an rf modulator issue or something before the rf modulator. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleary71 Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Games play perfect. I will try it on another TV. Is replacing the rf modulator an easy fix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 From the title, I assumed the Intellivision was on the top 25% of some list... Hehehe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) Replacement rf modulators are cheap. I don't think they are difficult to replace if you don't mind soldering. Not sure if it's your problem. What kind of cable are you using to the tv? Edited January 1, 2018 by mr_me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleary71 Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 I am using a coaxial cable. I tried replacing that with the same results. I haven't yet replaced the male to female adapter since I only have one. I might try the rf modulator, though I have never soldered anything before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gernot Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 definately it's a problem from the TV side, i have the same problem on my mothers flatscreen, while my old tube at home works fine (except that everything is blurred much more). on the analogue tube i would know where to screw to fix this problem, but on a flatscreen i have no idea, the signal is digital processed. often VCRs does showed the same issue especially on still images. i guess, no i'm pretty sure it's not the rf modulator, you can correct this on a tube tv with adjusting the "pillow distortion", (i'm not sure if that is properly translated), resp. the sharpness, i would have to try. if i rember right if i adjust the sharpness to high this happens, but i really would have to try (or the "size", either one it is) and further i have no idea where to adjust this on a modern tv. however i know that i can provoke this. and it starts to interest me, since i'm not the only one having this problem a solution would be welcome. the problem is known and a specialised tv repairsman should know how to fix it, thus we certainly find something about this issue in the web. otherwise i have to say i was surprised how sharp the intellivision is on the flatscreen tv, a bit distortion from the rf module as usual, but no blurring and right shifting as it's known from a tube. the display is almost as clear as emulated on a computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gernot Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 VSYNC i'm one step closer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Try your console with other TVs (especially digital TVs). If the problem occurs there as well, then it is definitely the console. The RF modulator likely would need replacement in that case. If the problem only occurs with the one TV, then it is likely just the TV. If you have access to other Intellivisions, try them with the same TV and see if all of them show the same problem with this TV. If the problem only occurs with this one TV only when it connected to your specific Intellivision, it might be that the RF modulator is right on the edge of going bad and replacing it might fix the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterZero Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 If your TV has a fine tuning option for the analogue RF signal, try adjusting that to see if you can make the tearing go away. Sometimes auto tuning on modern TVs can not quite get the tuning right. Otherwise as mentioned above, try with another TV. - J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldvideogamer Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Any help would be greatly appreciated. My Intellivision flickers with every game I have loaded. I took it apart looking for anything that might be loose and didn't find anything. I am not a hardware expert so I didn't monkey too much with the insides. I tried cleaning the cartridge slot with QD Contact Cleaner but that did nothing. Also used compressed air to give an overall cleaning. Thanks! Did you ever get this fixed? I have one working unit and another spare for parts that I will be putting up on ebay soon. Just finishing up with my Amiga stuff then INTV is next up, lots of games, books and overlays also. If you want to be kept up to date juliocasio@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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