Reddit reviews Atari 2600 RF TV Coaxial F Plug Female Adapter

You'll need a small RF adapter to use it on a modern TV: https://www.amazon.com/Atari-2600-Coaxial-Plug-Female-Adapter/dp/B0028MXOF6

I'm sorry for your loss, but I hope you can enjoy the 2600 and have some happy memories!

If your TV has an RF input, the simplest way to connect it is with one of these. Image quality will be poor, and your TV's ability to display the (non-standard) signal will vary. Results range from not displaying anything at all, to displaying the game video with an image quality and degree of latency which has little effect on gameplay (though it can't solve the fact that RF is a terrible way to transmit a/v).

If your TV does not have RF input, you can use an RF demodulator or an old VCR to convert RF to Composite+Audio for use by your TV.

Or you can go all out and install RGB and/or S-Video out in your 2600. Notably, this is a relatively difficult mod, in the 2600 Jr. More difficult than in the earlier, larger models. But it's also not a walk in the park in their cases. The reason for this complexity being, the 2600 generates NTSC video directly and on-the-fly. So the only way to generate anything else is to do some pretty elaborate real-time memory inspection.

Here ya go https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0028MXOF6/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484368983&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=atari+tv+adapter&dpPl=1&dpID=41Wm0oVyXyL&ref=plSrch

Yeah, TVs definitely dont have that anymore. Lol you can get a little adapter that converts it to an RF jack. They cost like 3 or 4 bucks. I've posted a link to one on Amazon. Or if you have a local retro game store you can go to they usually have them.

Atari 2600 RF TV Coaxial F Plug Female Adapter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0028MXOF6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_g4m4BbXQ2Q7ED

The RCA connection on the back of the Atari is a combination audio/video jack and it needs an RF converter. If you want to use a coax connection, you'll need something like this to convert it to coax:

https://smile.amazon.com/Coaxial-Female-Adapter-not-machine-specific/dp/B0028MXOF6/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=coax+atari&qid=1555814729&s=gateway&sr=8-1

If your TV’s coax connector is broken, you can use an old VCR to convert coax to separate RCA video and audio (yellow/red/white connectors on the back of the TV if you have them).

If you’re decent at soldering, you can modify your Atari to use standard yellow and white RCA connectors for audio and video instead of the combo RF signal that comes from the built-in port. You’l need to know which Atari 2600 model you have before you order a kit and make the modification.

https://www.instructables.com/id/ATARI-2600-Video-Composite-mod/

Otherwise, you might want to see if you can get the coax repaired on your TV and just use something like what’s linked above.

Do you NEED a switch box, or would the RF to coax adapter work? Like this: http://www.amazon.com/Atari-2600-Coaxial-Plug-Female-Adapter/dp/B0028MXOF6

The best way to troubleshoot to diagnosing each part. Like using the power adapter and tv switch with a known working atari. Also, one thing you can do to eliminate tv issues is buy one of these suckers:

http://www.amazon.com/Atari-2600-Coaxial-Plug-Female-Adapter/dp/B0028MXOF6

I would almost say it's required for the 2600 now a days just because of how much the switch boxes suck. You can get two at radio shack for a few bucks.

If you don't have access to another atari, you can use a voltmeter to check the power source. Touch the two tips to the two rings on the power cord while the plug is in the wall, the meter should show around 9v. You might be able to look up ways to diagnose the board itself with a voltmeter. Taking it apart and looking for components that look bulged or broken might help too.

Worst case, there may be some services that you can ship your atari to for a tune up, but I've never used them before. Good luck!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0028MXOF6/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_u4P-Ab7PCV57Z

Get one of these. It's a billion times easier than the game box switch.

Hi, my Atari 2600 is not modded in any way and I have done this and I use a VCR and an RF Adapter

Open up the Atari and remove the cable, now Take a composite yellow wire and plug in one end....

and take the other end of the cable and plug it into the back of the RF adapter..now screw the RF adapter into the back of the vcr

Turn on the vcr and set it to channel 3

Now take a set of composite cables and run them from the vcr out to the AV to HDMI adapter

congrats atari in hd

This should do it: http://www.amazon.com/Atari-2600-Coaxial-Plug-Female-Adapter/dp/B0028MXOF6

Power supply for about $12
http://www.buy.com/pr/product.aspx?sku=212635986&sellerid=24218560

R/F adapter $4

http://www.amazon.com/RCA-Coax-Cable-Video-Adapter/dp/B0028MXOF6

plug that into the back of the system, them use a regular coax cable to the tv. Radio Shack also carries it, 278-290 is the part number. You will have to open the case to access the R/F port.

It's a simple repair job. He'res a video that explains how easy it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_CoVw-P0xc

This is it on Amazon. I got mine at Skycraft in Orlando.

Pretty much what TeachingRetro said. Get a normal single av cable (the one I'm using was a stereo audio with red and white that I split apart to just be one cable) and plug one end into the console and the other end into an adapter like this. You can't use an auto switching rf adapter like what was on the NES.

I used this in the past, but it worked for shit so I returned it...note it's for the RCA cables only. RF like Atari may still work if you have a TV tuner and scan for analog channels.

https://www.amazon.com/GANA-Composite-Converter-Adapter-Supporting/dp/B01L8GG6PW/ref=sr_1_9?crid=2NKTNHO0082FQ&keywords=rgb+to+hdmi&qid=1556411662&s=gateway&sprefix=rgb+to+%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-9

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I got something like this for my Atari since I did not have the switcher anymore and it works fine.

https://www.amazon.com/Coaxial-Female-Adapter-not-machine-specific/dp/B0028MXOF6/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2M1B6BUYH9KD0&keywords=rf+adapter+atari+2600&qid=1556411901&s=gateway&sprefix=rf+ada%2Caps%2C169&sr=8-3

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Even if you have the proper connections, it will look bad. I picked up an old tube TV from a craigslist as for this reason. At this point I emulate as I dont have space for my tube TV and collection. Look for a clone system like the retron 5 if you can still find it.

I use one of these https://www.amazon.com/Coaxial-Female-Adapter-not-machine-specific/dp/B0028MXOF6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1506569074&sr=8-3&keywords=Coax+connector+old+console To hook my c64 to my 60” Sony. Just remember to tune in channel 3 or 4 on your TV.

Here's what I was using. May not be the exact same one. Takes the place of the block switch. I remember from when I was a kid there was an adapter that went on the clamps to go to coax. But, my atari had one of those c clamps guys missing which lead me to try one of these.

i don't have the box that came with the pong console, so i wanted something that i can plug it into than that goes straight to the coaxial: http://www.amazon.com/Atari-2600-Coaxial-Plug-Female-Adapter/dp/B0028MXOF6

Here’s the one I got

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0028MXOF6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_brh3BbXDP1QRP

You need to get yourself one of these

I just got an RF Cable and got this

Or this thing, depending on your setup.

My connector was a rf switch box. Instead I used a adapter that converts rf to coax. That could be my issue too.


https://www.amazon.com/Coaxial-Female-Adapter-not-machine-specific/dp/B0028MXOF6

ok, so it has the RF out of the stari, correct? you have 2 options, you can find an old school TV/Computer switch http://www.bestronusa.com/images_products/TV-311.jpg

OR, you can do what i did. I don't use Coaxial in for anything on my gaming TV, aside from my NES toploader. I got a RF to coaxial adapter, and get a really clean looking signal out of my Atari 2600. http://vintagegamingandmore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_3748-1024x766.jpg

this seems like a good bet, though i'm sure you can find one pretty cheap at a radio shack if you still have one locally.

https://www.amazon.com/Atari-2600-Coaxial-Plug-Female-Adapter/dp/B0028MXOF6

https://www.amazon.com/Coaxial-Female-Adapter-not-machine-specific/dp/B0028MXOF6/ref=asc_df_B0028MXOF6/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312068849209&hvpos=1o4&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14230188814681617814&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030206&hvtargid=pla-525295857810&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=67623312452&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312068849209&hvpos=1o4&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14230188814681617814&hvqmt=&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030206&hvtargid=pla-525295857810 RF to coax is generally the best way to do this. The picture won't be great but with the system as old as it is, it probably doesn't matter all that much.