How do you hook up an original Famicom to your TV, using RF?...

[dave4shmups]

I've heard people say that, because it's Japanese, the original Famicom is really hard to hook up to a TV, using RF out.   "Really hard", meaning that it's hard to get the picture to show up and on the right channel.

So, how do you do it??

[Phosphora]

First get any nice fat shielded RCA Cable + an RCA to Coax adapter. (Do not use the Famicom RF switchbox)
Second, make sure the switch on the back of the Famicom is set to channel-1 and your TV is on channel 95.

Power on the console & Enjoy!


(If you're a shmup fan, you NEED to get a copy of Recca) 

[dave4shmups]

Excellent!  Thanks for the information; I'll have to print that out!

Off-topic, I'm quite surprised that Recca hasn't made it onto the Virtual Console-it would certainly sell really well!

[Phosphora]

Excellent!  Thanks for the information; I'll have to print that out!

Off-topic, I'm quite surprised that Recca hasn't made it onto the Virtual Console-it would certainly sell really well!

It IS on the Virtual Console, but only if you have a Japanese region 3DS.  

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/eshop/vc/tavj/index.html

[dave4shmups]

First get any nice fat shielded RCA Cable + an RCA to Coax adapter. (Do not use the Famicom RF switchbox)
Second, make sure the switch on the back of the Famicom is set to channel-1 and your TV is on channel 95.

Power on the console & Enjoy!


(If you're a shmup fan, you NEED to get a copy of Recca) 

OK, my CRT TV only goes up to channel 69.  It's not hooked up to a digital cable box, or anything else; I just use it for gaming.  So I'm not sure what to do.

[Phosphora]

First get any nice fat shielded RCA Cable + an RCA to Coax adapter. (Do not use the Famicom RF switchbox)
Second, make sure the switch on the back of the Famicom is set to channel-1 and your TV is on channel 95.

Power on the console & Enjoy!


(If you're a shmup fan, you NEED to get a copy of Recca)  

OK, my CRT TV only goes up to channel 69.  It's not hooked up to a digital cable box, or anything else; I just use it for gaming.  So I'm not sure what to do.

Check and see if you can manually add channel 95 through the TV antenna setup options. If not you'll need to pick up a VCR at a garage sale/thrift shop, and use that to tune to channel 95.

CRT TVs are really cheap these days, why not see if you can find a nice modern one with a flat screen that has component inputs on it (so you can use scart to component for your other vintage consoles). Most newer CRTs can tune to higher channels.

[security16]

Would this work with a PAL tv with ntsc compatability?

[MasterDisk]

Depends if your TV takes NTSC on the antenna (modt of the time they don't)
In the case you use a PAL VCR, it gotta handle NTSC through antenna and SCART/RCA output.

Best choice would be an american or japanese VCR.

[famiac]

I'm buying a japanese VCR. Best option for RF if you get interference on channel 95. Expensive as hell

[Phosphora]

I'm buying a japanese VCR. Best option for RF if you get interference on channel 95. Expensive as hell

Why not just use an AV Famicom or Toaster NES? Seems much more affordable in the big picture, and you don't have to deal with RF anymore.
Or...you could sell a kidney and buy a Titler!    (It's worth it, you won't miss your kidney that much) 

[ericj]

Why a Japanese VCR?

[UglyJoe]

I'm buying a japanese VCR. Best option for RF if you get interference on channel 95. Expensive as hell

How is a Japanese VCR any better at blocking interference than a US VCR?  My US VCR was probably made in Japan!

[security16]

Why not just use an AV Famicom or Toaster NES? Seems much more affordable in the big picture, and you don't have to deal with RF anymore.
Or...you could sell a kidney and buy a Titler!    (It's worth it, you won't miss your kidney that much) 

I can't play famicom games on my toaster they are PAL too !!! I don't have the cash to drop on new systems and I also have a thing about keeping the purity of the original system Though I am picking up an av modded famicom guts from a member here come payday . I know that my famicom works on one of the TV's i have but that teev got damaged by my ex  but I would really like it to work on my big screen! Also my kidneys are fucked and i wouldn't even be able to buy an famicom cart with the money i'd get for mine  

[famicomdiskkun]

i would also like to hook up my famicom to my tv using rf but i dont
know how to hook it up to my pal crt

[famiac]

To ericj, uglyjoe, and phosphora:
I already have an AV famicom that i am currently rgb modding, but i need the RF connection for my sharp X1 computer and my nintendo color tv game 6