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Title: My TV is Dosent have channel 95/98
Post by: NES012 on April 09, 2012, 01:50:52 am
Hello.
i bought an old tv in flea market.(for use famicom)
but....
my tv doesn't have channel 95/98....
my tv's max channel is 83....

i want know how to make my tv (it can use tv and radio) can show channel 95...
help me
:help: :help:
Title: Re: My TV is Dosent have channel 95/98
Post by: NES012 on April 09, 2012, 02:10:41 am
no,it doesn't work.
Title: Re: My TV is Dosent have channel 95/98
Post by: NES012 on April 09, 2012, 04:07:17 am
my famicom is original red'n white model.(H6956411)
i checked tv/game switch,but it dosent work.
my tv is USA/Korea NTSC TV.
:'(
Title: Re: My TV is Dosent have channel 95/98
Post by: 133MHz on April 10, 2012, 03:48:34 pm
You need an old cable converter box or a VCR that can tune into cable TV channels. The cable box or VCR will be able to receive channel 95 or 96 and it will output a signal on VHF channel 3 that your old TV will be able to pick up.
Title: Re: My TV is Dosent have channel 95/98
Post by: 2A03 on April 10, 2012, 06:34:11 pm
Quote from: 80sFREAK on April 10, 2012, 04:29:59 pm
Quote from: 133MHz on April 10, 2012, 03:48:34 pm
You need an old cable converter box or a VCR that can tune into cable TV channels. The cable box or VCR will be able to receive channel 95 or 96 and it will output a signal on VHF channel 3 that your old TV will be able to pick up.
Who will transmit on channel 95/96?

He's saying that most VCRs and cable boxes can tune to channels 95 or 96, and so you can use those with the Famicom's RF.
Title: Re: My TV is Dosent have channel 95/98
Post by: UglyJoe on April 10, 2012, 07:42:31 pm
Quote from: 80sFREAK on April 10, 2012, 07:17:49 pm
Show me classic Famicom, which transmit on 95/96 channel. I want to see it so hard ;D


Japan's VHF range for channels 1-2 falls roughly within the US cable TV range for channels 95-96.  When using a Famicom on a US television set, you tune it in on channels 95-96, not channels 1-2.
Title: Re: My TV is Dosent have channel 95/98
Post by: UglyJoe on April 10, 2012, 09:14:27 pm
The OP said that it's a "USA/Korea NTSC TV", so I'm assuming it would be setup to tune in USA VHF frequencies*.  USA and Japan VHF use different frequencies, and there is no USA VHF channel that uses the same frequency as Japan's VHF channel 1 and 2.

(* I'm not aware of Korean VHF standards, although I'm not an expert on the subject.)
Title: Re: My TV is Dosent have channel 95/98
Post by: NES012 on April 12, 2012, 07:11:56 am
can i see sample of convoter box??
and cani buy box in the korea???
:'(
Title: Re: My TV is Dosent have channel 95/98
Post by: MasterDisk on April 19, 2012, 03:18:52 am
You have 2 solutions:
1) Buy a japanese VCR player. Connect Famicom to VCR player (RF) and connect the VCR to your TV with SCART or RCA.
2) Mod your Famicom to AV output.
Title: Re: My TV is Dosent have channel 95/98
Post by: 133MHz on April 19, 2012, 11:34:13 am
Why don't you show us how to mod the RF unit to transmit on American VHF? Not this theoretical "change an inductor here and there" but an actual procedure with repeatable results. ::)
Title: Re: My TV is Dosent have channel 95/98
Post by: riffrock on April 24, 2012, 07:29:03 pm
Quote from: 133MHz on April 10, 2012, 03:48:34 pm
You need an old cable converter box or a VCR that can tune into cable TV channels. The cable box or VCR will be able to receive channel 95 or 96 and it will output a signal on VHF channel 3 that your old TV will be able to pick up.


This works.  I just hooked up my famicom to a tv that doesn't have channels 95-97.  Run the NES Rf switch from the famicom to the VCR.  Run av cables from the VCR to the Tv.  Set the channel to 96 on the VCR, set the famicom to game and channel 2 (or famicom channel 1 and VCR at channel 95), and make sure you have switched the tv to whatever input you have the av cables in.  You should be good to go.
Title: Re: My TV is Dosent have channel 95/98
Post by: NES012 on April 26, 2012, 04:07:33 pm
Because i don't know how to post picture.
I'll post my pictures my blog.
:-[