General Famicom Questions

[2A03]

I wonder what it says on the Famicom Power adapter & AV Famicom adapter. Here at home I have a Swedish NES-adapter and an Canadian one.

Swedish:
AC ADAPTER NES-PAL-002
INPUT: AC 220-230V/50Hz
OUTPUT: AC 9.8V/1.3A

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Made in Japan

Canadaian:
Nintendo
AC ADAPTER
MODEL NO. : NES-002
INPUT AC120V 60Hz 17W
OUTPUT AC9V 1.3A
POWER SUPPLY FOR USE WITH VIDEO GAME NES-001
ONLY

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Made in Japan   LR83366

Don't use any of those, unless you want to fry your new AV Famicom.

[133MHz]

Yup. Those things output AC and the Famis use DC. If you're good with electronics you can fit a bridge rectifier and a filter capacitor inside one of those and then you can use it for powering an AV Famicom.

[Profeta Yoshitake]

Hi, Kreese!
I enjoyed your website very much!
It's so cool to get to know overseas versions
of NES stuff!!!

The stores section at your site would help
our friend Cospefogo, who is in Sweden
right now! 
I hope that he visit that stores and bring
some Svensk cart for me!!! 

[Kreese]

I just wanted to thank everyone for helping a Famicom-newbie out! Today I recived my AV Famicom + the 15 games that was included. I've played a bit with it and could finally try my Akumajou Densetsu (Castlevania 3)! Cool game and I really like the extended channels. It takes the music to a new dimension!

The next thing for me to get is a FDS! Cause now I'm really going deep in the Famicom-collecting-swamp.

[MarioMan1983]

After looking through this site, I am completely hooked to the Famicom!
I plan on getting one off of E-bay, or at a local Flea market this Sunday.
I have a few questions though.

(1) what about voltage? I broke my old NES when I tried to use an AC adapter that came with my wireless router. The NES one had broke.
Should I be able to use the AC adapter I get with the system?

(2) I noticed that the Famicom has alot of accesories that were released on the NES too, like  R.O.B. does the Famicom have a PowerPad and PowerGlove counterpart also?

(3) how much should I pay for just the Famicom system? the red/white one.

Also, is there anybody here that can order off of yahoo japan for me?
Or is there anybody here selling a Famicom?

Thanks for the help,
---MarioMan1983---

[vealchop]

2) Yes.

3) without box round button $30 - $40, without box square button $50 - $70
     CIB round button $90 - $120, CIB square button $150 - $200

[133MHz]

1) Where do you live? (to know your mains voltage)

[MarioMan1983]

The US of A.
so shelling out 30$ isnt too bad a deal?

[133MHz]

So you get 120V.

Japan uses 100V so your Famicom AC adapter would be 100V in, 10V out. 20V more in shouldn't make any difference (the windings are wired 10:1 so with 120V in you get 12V out, a mere 2 volts more) but here are reports of Famicom overheating because of overvoltage, so I say play safe and buy a generic Video Game AC adapter for your Fami. It must be 9VDC with a negative tip. Actually many old electronics use such an adapter so if you frequent flea markets you can get a compatible one really cheap. Look in cordless phones, phone answering machines and such. And yeah, never use the NES AC adapter with your Fami, it outputs AC and will fry it.

[kite200]

actually I would say be safe and use the original famicom ac adapter and a stepdown converter since the generic stuff is all off brand

[vealchop]

$30 for a working system is definitely a fair price.

[MarioMan1983]

I'm sorry...
I'm still kind-of confused.
Can you explain the whole AC adapter thing simply?
I don't get it completely...

[UglyJoe]

This might help:
http://www.famicomworld.com/Workshop/Famicom_AC_Adaptor.htm

From my experience, here's what I can tell you:
Don't try to use the NES's AC Adapter (goodbye famicom #1 ).
Don't try to use a third-party or universal adapter, even if the specs match up perfectly (goodbye famicom #2 ).
Do get an official Famicom AC Adapter.
Do buy a step-down converter (just to be safe).

[MarioMan1983]

alright, so simply put I need a step down converter.
How much do those cost?

[manuel]

You should be able to get one for maybe around 15$ or maybe cheaper. Those aren't very expensive.