Vic-20/TV hookup requirements

[Larry Anderson]

So you have the VIC-20 ---- RF Modulator Box --- RCA Cable...

You can get an RCA to Coax Adapter at Radio Shack and that will do the
trick. Also if you have any trrift stores nearby you could look for a
Nintendo style Switchbox, they have a Coax in/ a lead out and about 6 to
10 feet of RCA wire to hook into your RF box. And the cool part about
those is it is automatic, when there is a signal from the vic-20 it
automatically switches to it. (=))

Mark wrote:
>
> I used to have a Vic-20 about 15 years ago ,so I recently picked one
> up at a yard sale the other day to play with.
>
> I have the cable that goes from the VIC to the RCA input on the RF
> modulator and it also has a RCA (both ends) cable that connects to the
> output of the RF modulator. Since my TV only has coax input, what do I
> need to get to connect the VIC to my TV? Is there something specific I
> should look for at Radio Shack?
>
> Thanks for any help!

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[Mark]

[Raymond Day]

The Vic-20 does not have a RF inside it to send to a TV. I have a box that I
guess came with the Vic-20 when new that has Video to RF. So if your TV has
a Video input you could use that but still need a DIN plug for the Vic-20.

-Raymond Day

[Daniel Morrow]

Larry Anderson wrote:

> So you have the VIC-20 ---- RF Modulator Box --- RCA Cable...
>
> You can get an RCA to Coax Adapter at Radio Shack and that will do the
> trick. Also if you have any trrift stores nearby you could look for a
> Nintendo style Switchbox, they have a Coax in/ a lead out and about 6 to
> 10 feet of RCA wire to hook into your RF box. And the cool part about
> those is it is automatic, when there is a signal from the vic-20 it
> automatically switches to it. (=))
>

Minor point and possible minor correction - I have read here that the nintendo
switch boxes don't work with standard rf signals such as that found with the vic-20
because the nintendo switch boxes switch when the voltage is at a certain level.
Please correct me if I'm wrong as I like to learn but apparently a nintendo
automatic switch box won't work with a vic-20. Good luck and later!

[Daniel Kovacs]

Yeah;

Radio shack sells loads of that kind of stuff,
but I have found that the picture quality you get
is not near as good as with the boxes that came
with the atari/commodore.. Why not go for one of
those bipolar->coax adaptors?

or better yet, splice together the luma/chroma cables
from the monitor lead and use composite.

Dan