FamicomBaseball Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Has anyone had this issue before: My Atari 2600 only shows a B&W image until it warms up. I'm attaching images showing what it looks like before and after it warms up. The B&W image it shows on colour mode before it warms up looks different to the B&W image you see when running in B&W mode, the B&W mode image is smoother and has no lines across it. This is a PAL Atari 2600 console running on a modern PAL TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman000 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Odd. Have you tried other TV's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjh76 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) Check the TIA, could be the solder on or more of the pins has cracked and re-connects as it warms up. Had a similar problem. The metal post on the color switch had broken off, you could reach in with a screwdriver to flip the switch, but the colors never reached full saturation. Went back to normal after I replaced the switch, but I've never been sure if it was replacing the switch that fixed it, or if it was because of the other solder joins that I re-flowed when I had it open. Edited April 22, 2018 by jjh76 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 I have the same problem with my Vader. But for all games, so its not the color switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamicomBaseball Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 Much like Thomas Jentzsch I don't think it is the colour switch as the B&W image in colour mode is different than when you switch. So even before it warms up the colour switch appears to work switching between two different kinds of B&W image. I've not tried a different TV, I only have one I've been thinking of taking it to work and trying it there with one of our office TVs. Will give that a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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