My famicom is working, but I have problems having a "clean image"

[Dominic]

Hi guys !

I just got the right AC Adapter.

Now, on the back of my famicom and super famicom, there's a switch for channel 1 or 2. When I use my SNES or NES, it's always channel 3. Now, I use a regular NES RF out thing wich works with a NES and Super NES. When I plug it in my famicom and starts it, i can get to hear the music and see the game work but the screen is full of crap and the sound is polluted by a lot of distortion, making the game unplayable and only when I put it on channel 5 or something.

I am confused. How do you guys make your game work on a regular TV ?

[UglyJoe]

In the US, you should try the channels in the high 90s (96 works for me).  There's a reason for this, but it's best explained by somebody else

[Dominic]

Thanks buddy ! I works ! that's AWSOME !!!

[Lum]

Your TV is that old to need RF from a Super NES? Cool.

[guineapig64]

That seems to be a common issue when it comes to the Famicom.  I've never had that issue since the Famicom I have now was modified to an audio/video connection instead of the original RF Switch connection.  I've heard that it's best to use an American RF Switch on a Famicom when playing the Famicom in the U.S since the Japanese RF Switches don't work on American televisions.  I found that out when I was having issues with my first Famicom (mainly power issues), I'm on my second Famicom now.

[Xious]

The reason for this is that the NTSC-J frequency for their 'Channel 1' closely overlaps with NTSC channel 95/96 (UHF); the signal isn't perfect, that is, it isn't perfectly synchronized an digital (many newer) tuners won't accept it, bt in analogue NTSC, it's close enough to perform a signal sync and thus delivers a picture, albeit sometimes with artefacts (e.g. 'snow').

You can look up the USA and Japan NTSC channel vs. frequency tables if you wish to know more.

Enjoy your SFC! 

[RetroReg]

Sorry for gate crashing this post but...

Is this the same case for a JAP Famicom on a UK PAL TV ? 
By using a RF TV lead rather that a scart or an AV lead (yellow/red/white) ?

Its just that i'm getting a distorted video an audio in the UK...

Any advice will be appreciated...

[P]

Getting the RF on a Famicom to work with a PAL TV is more troublesome than AV as even modern TV sets doesn't support NTSC through RF (let alone Japanese NTSC). You could use an external tuner that supports NTSC but they are very expensive.

Your problem is probably that something is faulty in your Famicom as was said before. I don't think it's that your TV doesn't support NTSC/60Hz as your symptoms are different from my experiences but I could be wrong.

Try taking a picture on the screen and post it in the thread you made before and hopfully people will be able to help you.

[RetroReg]

IT WORKS!

MY MOTHER HAS A 50/60HZ TV!

BUT I HAVENT!  SHE WONT SWAP AND I CANT AFFORD TO BUY A NEW TV!

THANKS FOR THE ADVICE FELLOW FAMICOM GAMERS!

I'M GOING TO SELL IT ON EBAY - 140623054337 IN A FEW HOURS

THANKS AGAIN