Atari Sound

[Mikeys9607]

My Atari 6-Switch Woody is being an asshole.

When I plug the RF into my TV, The picture appears, but all you can hear is a fuzzy sound.

Also, If you are telling me where to get something, I'm in Ireland and we DON'T Have RadioShack or BestBuy.

[+Random Terrain]

That's OK, it won't be long before we won't have Radio Shack or Best Buy in the USA or any store (except for Walmart).

 

Probably anything you need can be purchased online. Here's one example:

 

http://www.atariage.com/store/index.php?ma...;products_id=42

[Rik]

Where i live,and possibly elsewhere, " Radio Shack" got a name change to "The Source",same store,different name.Dont know if thats the case elsewhere,but thats the case here.I hope it sticks around.True,alot of stores,chains/franchises are going belly up.

Edited April 10, 2009 by Rik

[Ian Primus]

My Atari 6-Switch Woody is being an asshole.

When I plug the RF into my TV, The picture appears, but all you can hear is a fuzzy sound.

Also, If you are telling me where to get something, I'm in Ireland and we DON'T Have RadioShack or BestBuy.

 

Open the console by removing the philips head screws from the bottom, and lift off the top. In the center, slighly below and to the right of the cartridge slot is a hole in the aluminum housing. Look into it - there should be a variable inductor in there - it looks like a red plastic tube, and inside is a ferrite slug. Using a PLASTIC adjustment tool, gently move this back and forth until the sound comes in better. The hole in the lower left of the aluminum housing is the color adjustment pot. If the colors are off, adjust this with a small flat blade screwdriver.

 

This inductor adjusts the sound tuning. You must be very careful not to break it - a metal tool (like an allen key) will break the ferrite slug. Any decent electronics shop should have a set of plastic TV adjustment tools, which will include the tool you need to adjust this. Alternatively, you can whittle down something like the tab on a pen cap to fit - it shouldn't need to be turned very much to fix the sound problem.

 

-Ian