Better Recption for RF Consoles Best RF Switcher ?

[8bitbasslines]

Hey

I would like to know what is the best solution

I have 3 rf consoles Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Colecovision

and 5 S Video consoles NES Dreamcast PS2 Gamecube and Sega Genesis

 

I currently get a lot of static chaning RF Boxes to one another

IE: 5200 RF to TV Coleco into extention

 

Is there a multi RF Swticher that would expand the RF in's of my TV?

 

I HAVE 3 S video ins on my Tv but I would like to make one in be a multi with a switcher hooked up to it

 

Any suggestions for the best ones with the best picture ? RF Switcher included

Also please do not tell me to get a better TV

I am kind of attached to my Toshiba blackstripe

its perfect for classic gaming

 

 

Thanks

[Bruce Tomlin]

Hey

I would like to know what is the best solution

I have 3 rf consoles Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Colecovision

and 5 S Video consoles NES Dreamcast PS2 Gamecube and Sega Genesis

 

Use one of these on the 2600 (and the 5200 if it's 2-port):

 

Use one of these on the CV:

 

Switch them to the TV's antenna input with a cable A/B switch, or two if you have a 4-port 5200 (I can't find any switches with 3 or more ports, maybe they exist):

 

If the 5200 is 4-port, rig it inline on the RF.

 

Run the NES and Genesis (Genesis only supports composite and RGB) through a switch box to the TV's composite input.

 

For the rest, get the appropriate S-video cable and run them through a switch box to the TV's S-video input.

Edited November 26, 2009 by Bruce Tomlin

[ovalbugmann]

Forget RF boxes or any unnecessary connection boxes.

 

What you need is the RCA -to- Coaxial adaptor and a very nicely shielded high quality RCA cable. I use a Sony double shielded RCA cable for my 7800 and it produces a crystal clear picture. Look at the H6ers cable it has a coiled metal protective shield in it and it works as good as any new-tech RCA cable. Be thinking how you can most directly connect any system to the TV to minimize RF absorption.

[Seob]

I use copper shielded cable and hi-end all metal connectors, and it's the best possible picture you can get with rf. Once my wives parents where having a really bad tv signal. Changed the cable and connectors with the cable and connector above, and it was like watching digital tv. Super crisp picture.

[Bruce Tomlin]

I'm slowly getting rid of any F-connector coax cables I have that don't have those inch-long professional crimp connectors on the end. I find them all the time for a dollar each, and they're the most reliable you can get. The only minor problem is that most of them are handmade by the cable guy when setting up someone's TV set, so they'll be whatever length was needed at the time.

[Seob]

Lucky i have a the tool for those crimp connectors

[8bitbasslines]

Hey

I would like to know what is the best solution

I have 3 rf consoles Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Colecovision

and 5 S Video consoles NES Dreamcast PS2 Gamecube and Sega Genesis

 

Use one of these on the 2600 (and the 5200 if it's 2-port):

 

Use one of these on the CV:

 

Switch them to the TV's antenna input with a cable A/B switch, or two if you have a 4-port 5200 (I can't find any switches with 3 or more ports, maybe they exist):

 

If the 5200 is 4-port, rig it inline on the RF.

 

Run the NES and Genesis (Genesis only supports composite and RGB) through a switch box to the TV's composite input.

 

For the rest, get the appropriate S-video cable and run them through a switch box to the TV's S-video input.

 

 

OK

so I am in the process of taking your advice

but I have questions

I have a 4 port 5200 and it has that annoying rf thingy

I have a Colecovision

I have a 2600

and a Genesis

I would like to be able to switch between all that

On the switcher you show there is only A B

so your advice is to hook up the 5200 to A then daisy chain the 2600 to the weird 5200 rf box thingy

Then hook the Colecovision into B

 

Is that correct ?

 

The Genesis I am not sure how that works that special cable they sell

where does that hook in?

 

I need one s video 4 port switcher

to hook up my

NES

Dreamcast

PS2

Gsmecube

 

so where is the Genesis going?

 

Thanks for the help

[CGQuarterly]

What you need to do is mod those consoles to output s-video.

 

Chris

[8bitbasslines]

What you need to do is mod those consoles to output s-video.

 

Chris

 

I dunno

I do not mind them being RF

I do not want to go and mess with them I am sure it is an easy mod that I am capable of doing but

something about keeping the consoles as the are is just the collector instinct

[Atari2008]

 

 

Switch them to the TV's antenna input with a cable A/B switch, or two if you have a 4-port 5200 (I can't find any switches with 3 or more ports, maybe they exist):

 

 

 

This might be a dumb question but I'm inexperienced with these things how do I connect the A/B switch to the jack on the back of the TV? I'm assuming I'd have to get some sort of cable or connector? The systems I know I can plug in using the direct connection adapters. Also, is the A/B switch safe to use with an LCD TV? I have 2 systems and currently I'm usually switching the RF cable back and forth from the direct connection adapter when I want to alternate between systems.

[nathanallan]

That A/B switch has coaxial connectors, so just a piece of coaxial wire would work to hook it to the TV set. They used to call this a VCR wire. You'd need an adapter to attach the Atari to it, though.

 

As for LCD tv, yes, it's perfectly safe as long as everything else seems to work okay. Expect to have to tweak your tv so that it sees the Atari and puts a nice picture on the screen.

[8bitbasslines]

That A/B switch has coaxial connectors, so just a piece of coaxial wire would work to hook it to the TV set. They used to call this a VCR wire. You'd need an adapter to attach the Atari to it, though.

 

As for LCD tv, yes, it's perfectly safe as long as everything else seems to work okay. Expect to have to tweak your tv so that it sees the Atari and puts a nice picture on the screen.

Just an adapter for the 2600 though right? The 5200 already has the right wire

[Atari2008]

That A/B switch has coaxial connectors, so just a piece of coaxial wire would work to hook it to the TV set. They used to call this a VCR wire. You'd need an adapter to attach the Atari to it, though.

 

As for LCD tv, yes, it's perfectly safe as long as everything else seems to work okay. Expect to have to tweak your tv so that it sees the Atari and puts a nice picture on the screen.

 

Cool! Thanks.

[nathanallan]

That A/B switch has coaxial connectors, so just a piece of coaxial wire would work to hook it to the TV set. They used to call this a VCR wire. You'd need an adapter to attach the Atari to it, though.

 

As for LCD tv, yes, it's perfectly safe as long as everything else seems to work okay. Expect to have to tweak your tv so that it sees the Atari and puts a nice picture on the screen.

Just an adapter for the 2600 though right? The 5200 already has the right wire

Right, that site from above has the needed adapter, but at their shipping rates may as well go to Radio Smack and get it, costs about the same.