Technical and Repair Assistance

[keiffer01]

It seems most of us have that Controller 2 problem. It's likely just 'cause the controller is old. The only solution would probably be disabling the mic function or getting a brand new controller. As for the gray screen...I get that too sometimes. Treat it like a toaster and clean the pins or press reset a lot.

Yeah I tried that and nothing appears. Just gray...

[kite200]

I had that controller problem and then I just bought a new pair of controllers from kris and it was fixed.

[keiffer01]

Could it be possible that the controller is the source of the problem of the gray screen?

[kite200]

no.

[satoshi_matrix]

I don't think so....

[SuperMarioBrosSuperShow]

I'm having a problem with my famicom.  It was playing the disk system and it was working fine, but when I switched to a cartridge game, I lost the sound, and when I put the disk system adapter back in to see if it was just a problem with the cartridge based games, I still got no sound.  I'm running the system using AV cables and I messed around with them a bit but nothing was happening.  What do you think this problem could be.  The picture is fine, but the sound disappeared

[JC]

Sounds to me like a weak connection on one of the ends of the cable. Maybe you accidently hit the mute button.

[SuperMarioBrosSuperShow]

Sounds to me like a weak connection on one of the ends of the cable. Maybe you accidently hit the mute button.

nope, didnt hit the mute button because when I switch it back over to the regular TV setting, I can hear the audio.  The Famicom came with the AV cables, which I bought from an ebay seller from Thailand.  I've had it for a few days now and it was working fine up until now.

[JC]

A modded RF Famicom? If so, there may be something wrong with the mod itself.

[SuperMarioBrosSuperShow]

A modded RF Famicom? If so, there may be something wrong with the mod itself.

Sorry if I sound like a retard but what exactly does that mean?

[JC]

Having the original RF Famicom made AV through modifications, instead of having the second Famicom release, which had AV (like the NES top-loader).

[SuperMarioBrosSuperShow]

So you're saying its the machine itself rather than the cords?  I wasn't aware that the original famicom wasn't made with AV modifications

[SuperMarioBrosSuperShow]

Under further investigation, you are right, I found a picture of a new famicom and it doesn't have the 3 cord slots, just the one for the RF switch.  Is there anything I can do to fix the audio with the modded famicom?

EDIT:  After messing around with the cables some, I have found out that if I bend them and prop them up using an inanimate object to hold them into position, I can hear the sound.  My guess is that the AV cables the seller gave me were crap and that I should probably buy some new ones

[kite200]

that could be it. if its not, then your av mod on the famicom is not working properly. it might be fixable but its probably best to buy a new one instead of desoldering stuff

[Diego]

I have a disk system, the belt is supossed to be ok, but when I try to use it power never goes on

I don't have any batteries to test it, but I plugged it with a generic adapter at 7.5, 9, 12... tried the two ways of polarity but it seems to be dead

I opened it and visually everything seems to be ok

what more can I check and how?

thank you

sorry for my english, I'm a famicom lover from Spain ^^