[Coco] French CoCo

[Stan Blazejewski]

Well, that's definitely an RF to HDMI converter.  Does it scan for 
channels or do you have to enter the channel number and then fine tune?  
Do you know what the channel coverage is?  I ask this because in 
Australia the CoCo's used channels 0 and 1 and some later equipment 
wouldn't tune down that low.


On 2/12/2022 5:03 pm, M. David Johnson via Coco wrote:
> There's one RF input and it accepts the standard CoCo video cable. It's capable of changing channels with an external controller (a "clicker" if yu will). The channel number appears on the screen. It can als change between PAL and NTSC. I tried all three CoCos with both channel 3 and 4 NTSC - nothing worked.
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> I picked up the converter on Amazon. It’s a Bewinner unit ( https://smile.amazon.com/Bewinner-All-Standard-Projectors-Multimedia-Engineering/dp/B07VQHZNNL/ref=sr_1_3?crid=K1GSFICLOIBF&keywords=rf+to+hdmi+converter&qid=1669960876&sprefix=rf+to+hdmi+converter%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-3 ).
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> M. David Johnson
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> From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> On Behalf Of Stan Blazejewski via Coco
> Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2022 11:56 PM
> To: M. David Johnson via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Cc: Stan Blazejewski <stanblaz at optusnet.com.au>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] French CoCo
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> An 'RF' to HDMI converter seems like a very strange device but if it really is, it would need to be tuned into the RF channel that the CoCo is producing and I would expect it to be putting out random noise on the screen until it's tuned in.  (much like tuning in and old analogue TV). I suspect what you really have is a analogue to HDMI converter (quite common).  Can you describe what the input connections look like (and how many)?
>
> On 2/12/2022 6:33 am, M. David Johnson via Coco wrote:
>> On a side note, I was under the impression that the video output on the CoCo 2 is straight RF.
>>
>> I recently picked up an RF-to-HDMI converter to experiment with and,
>> of course, the lashup produces no HDMI picture ☹
>>
>> Could anybody point me towards what I'm likely to be missing here?
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> On Behalf Of Allen Huffman
>> via Coco
>> Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2022 10:33 AM
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Cc: Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] French CoCo
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>> SCART interface for video built in? Interesting. "the only differences with other versions are the Scart video connector and the Azerty keyboard. This "feature" can cause some compatibility problems with some games..."
>>
>> I guess I missed that. So we had the traditional RF CoCo, some that had composite video (educational model) and a SCART model… any others?
>>
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