[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Tech Question Forwarded from the Coco3.comForums

[Charlie]

These will give you the best RF picture to your TV.
http://www.atariage.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=31&products_id=42

Charlie

"Keith Krehbiel" <redsilo at pldi.net> wrote in message 
news:42750B81.5010103 at pldi.net...
>I made a lot of interference go away by soldering a RCA connector onto
> one end of a coaxial TV/VCR cable and connecting directly to the F-type
> connector on the back of the TV.  It seemed as though a lot of the
> interference emanated from the cable itself.
> kk
> Glen VanDenBiggelaar wrote:
>> I also, would like to add that some times it was not just the cable, but 
>> the
>> "switch box" on the back of the TV. Ecpecially if you were changing the
>> cable from let say the CoCo, and an Intellevision unit. The inside of 
>> most
>> switch boxes were really cheaply made, and had very thin contacts. We 
>> ended
>> up getting a new one every couple months. For sume reason the "Prongs" 
>> would
>> fall off, and we would have to wrap the bare wires arount the screws at 
>> the
>> back of the tv.
>> -Glen
>>
>>>I recall when I had my Coco2 all those years ago, that any time I had
>>>noise or interference with the video it was to do with a dodgy RF cable
>>>or connection - oft-times I found the connection between the RF cable
>>>and the TV wasn't all it should be, and a giggle, blu-tack or wrapping
>>>of the cable around something to produce a connection at a certain angle
>>>(obtained by sheer voodoo) would fix it.. not sure if this'll help at
>>>all, but it was always the cable/TV connection for me!
>>>
>>>- David
>>>
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