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

[ericj]

Famiac, not sure exactly what you're asking, but I think you're saying that you want to add RF (which the AV FC doesn't come with) to the AV Famicom that you're RGB modding. If so, I think you should be able to look at the RF circuit schematics and either build the circuit yourself or steal the RF board from an NES and connect it using the schematic. Is there something in particular you're asking/confused about?

[UglyJoe]

I think what he is saying is that he doesn't need the VCR for his Famicom, but will need it for his X1 and Color TV Game.

[ericj]

Ha, guess I should have read the earlier posts...

[famiac]

Haha. I don't know why i would want RF on an AV fami.

Anyway. The only tv in my house that goes to 95-96 is not in my room. Even when i plug a famicom into it, i barely get an image on 95.

[zaneiken]

If you live in a PAL country, AV modding the Famicom is a must.  It's near impossible to tune it in via RF.

[security16]

If you live in a PAL country, AV modding the Famicom is a must.  It's near impossible to tune it in via RF.

This is not true I did at one stage have a famicom working but alas I moved house, changed tv's and forgot how on earth I did it I'm just wondering if the introduction of digital tv has an effect on being able to tune the famicom in

[sconley666]

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) 

Do these RCA to coax really work well? I guess I don't understand how they can work without the box. Unless the box is some sort of elaborate pass through that only really converts the RCA style jack to coax anyway.  I don't disbelieve this works because I've heard of others doing it but it seems crazy.

[ebinsugewa]

Do these RCA to coax really work well? I guess I don't understand how they can work without the box. Unless the box is some sort of elaborate pass through that only really converts the RCA style jack to coax anyway.  I don't disbelieve this works because I've heard of others doing it but it seems crazy.

They're fine, it's what I use for my Famicom and Atari 7800. The old style switchboxes had components for switching between game<->antenna and sometimes also had 300 ohm/75 ohm connections depending, so these made the box larger. We just need to convert the connector, so the bulk is unnecessary.

[2A03]

Haha. I don't know why i would want RF on an AV fami.

If one really wanted RF on the AV Fami, one of those N64 RF modulators would work perfectly fine.