No sound from my Famicom

[toploaderleo]

Im more then likely going to run the wire out of the channel 1-2 hole because I don't wanna have em come out of the controller wire either. If I cant find any subsitute for the parts Im missing ill just buy the flashback kit

[fredJ]

On our mods, we set in a connector in the back and use the existing RF connector for video out.
I think this is the cleanest maybe simples way and doesn't change the appearance much.

[toploaderleo]

Yea that's really what I want to do. As much as I dont want to change the plastic casing I dont want any more wires hanging out of it then it already has. So when you do this what do you do with the metal casing in this area? do you dremel it or drill it?
Post Merge: January 10, 2012, 10:10:32 pm
Well bit the bullet & bout the AV kit from http://atariusa.com/RetroVideo/ doesn't look like I have much of a choice anyway. Ill probably keep the famicom longer then Ill keep this television and its very unlikely that the tv after this one will be older. Since Audio Video is sticking around and is easier to convert I'll just have a modded fami. Thank you all for your help and if anyone has any ideas on what to do, the package should take a week 
Post Merge: January 10, 2012, 10:14:14 pm
Oh and about the mod you did fredJ did you remove the channel select also? did you have to change anything aside from moving it? like solder the switch to the chanel 1 section permently? or does the fact that the fami uses AV now make the switch useless and simply cutting it out has no effect.

[Da Bear]

To fit the audio rca you need to make the hole in the rf-box a bit bigger. Use a dremel or a pair of pliers to cut the metal, you don't need to remove much material. Then I use a washer big enough to fit the rca connector and cover the bigger hole so I can tighten the connector.

If you reroute the composite videosignal to the rf connector (Like I and fredJ does) you pretty much disable all switches since no videosignal is going into the rf-box itself, only to the connector.

[toploaderleo]

Ok I'll jus slice up the box then & remove the channel switch. The exsisting RF outlet, I just solder the new video wire to it where it was already connected? does anyone have a pic of the solder points? or do I have to disconnect that from the solder points due to interference 

[Da Bear]

Either disconnect the RF connector from the RF board or remove the components that directly connects to the RF board and then solder the composite wire to the RF connector.

[toploaderleo]

But it looks like the RF connector uses the entire shield for connecting. Do I just need to remove the solder points directly below it?

[Da Bear]

The shielding is ground, no need to remove that

[toploaderleo]

I'm slightly confused, because isn't the composite cable the wire 2 wires one in the center and the other surrounding that one. So don't I need to solder the center onto to the enter of the RF port and the other gets soldered to the part connected to the shield?

[Da Bear]

Composite cable is 1 wire, in the middle of the cable and that carries the video signal. The surrounding one is shielding and that goes to ground.

[toploaderleo]

Oh really? Wow, I didnt think that would all be ground. Well now I know & feel alot less pressure 
Thank you all for your help. Like I said before Ill post any further questions here if they occur.

[Xious]

The kit that you ordered has the RCA audio and video cables attached, so there is no need to worry about them. You will however need to decide where you feel is best to runt the wires if you do not wish to use the method suggested int he manual... 

[toploaderleo]

Oh no I already have ports I can attach to the back of my fami and ill just strip the wires the kit comes with to attach them to the ports.

[Xious]

Normally I sell the kits three ways: PCB-only, parts kits, and assembled kits for the people with the least technical knowledge, or who want a very fast way to do a conversion with the least work. If you aren't going to use the wires, then I can send you a kit that does not include them, as it will also speed up delivery, as for the main kits I pre-assemble everything except the RCA cables,for I offer them in many cable configurations and the kit is otherwise universal.

That way,you need only attach jumper wires from your connector pair to the appropriate pads. It would also be useful to have your FC serial number. I plan t eventually build that as a field intot he form so that I know which manual to include, although the manual for VCCI models is at present a shoddy addendum, whereas the main manual is reasonably done.

I will eventually print a better manual that also covers other systems, but probably not until I run out of the existing manuals.  I still need to do some tests and write the Atari & Coleco sections, for example. The kit should work on these, but I haven't actually been able to check due to time constraints 

[toploaderleo]

Actually I already ordered mine & I ordered it assembled just to save me time, because I ordered this Famicom about a month ago and at this point I just want to play it asoon as possible. thanks for the offer though