[Coco] French CoCo

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/2/22 09:48, Patrick Ulland via Coco wrote:
> 'Can receive stable and reliable signals' might be concerning. But 
> manual selection is usually the fix?
> 
> Luck to you.
> 
> -ricku
> 
> CoNect
> 
> 
> On 12/2/2022 8:35 AM, M. David Johnson via Coco wrote:
>> It says it can receive 251 channels, 47-870 MHz. Manually, I can 
>> change the channel as low as channel 1. I see that it does have 
>> automatic channel scanning. I've only tried manual channel selection. 
>> I'll try the scanning later this morning. Thanks.
>>
>> -- 
>> M. David Johnson
>> mdj at bds-soft.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> On Behalf Of Stan 
>> Blazejewski via Coco
>> Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 12:28 AM
>> To: M. David Johnson via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Cc: Stan Blazejewski <stanblaz at optusnet.com.au>
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] French CoCo
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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 ).
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> M. David Johnson
>>> mdj at bds-soft.com
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> 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
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>>

I have a similar device from many years ago with the same weird RF
connector.  It was never able to see the COCO.  Of course, it also
never received any over-the-air signals where I live or off the
cable.  I suspect it is for a standard different from what we have
in the US, probably whatever they use in China.

bill