This is what the internet is really for, an almost 10 year old video that helps people even today with a similar problem they need fixed. Great guide kind sir!
For those wondering: No you do not need the RF and A/V connectors hooked up simultaneously. Use one or the other. Of the two, A/V offers superior sound and picture quality, so I highly recommend using it if possible. Only use the RF connector if your television doesn't have A/V inputs.
Cyborg Pirate Ninja Jesus okay thank you! I actually wanted to know this exact topic. I’m surprising my dad because this is the first console he ever had, so i’m doing my research so i know what to do. Once again, thank you!
Chrysta Santara mentioned their AV cable was red white and yellow, and that was confusing to them. The NES is mono, with only one audio channel (the red). The yellow is video, as mentioned in our video. Just leave your white cord hanging, it does not plug into anything since there is not a second audio channel.
You could get a Y adapter (1 male and 2 female), plug it on the NES, plug both audio cables to the end and ta-da! You got emulated stereo sound (Monostereo i think it is ?). Thats how i have it since i dont like it sounding from just one speaker.
+Retro Video Game Repair my screen is black when i hook up it up. is there anything special in the order. example put game in then turn on or vice versa?
I was wondering that the rf switch did. Thats so cool!! I really like the idea that when you are done with your game you just turn it off and then immediately to tv like hulu or netflix or something.
+SakuraandSesshomaru Nope. It's just there if you need it. I used to daisy chain all of my systems and VCR together that way, my only TV didn't have AV ports.
any game i put in when i hook it up to my tv has static lines going vertically on the screen. the rf switch doesnt make a difference and we have the audio and video lines connected.
Honestly I actually do agree with #TheSimsBrothers 3 year old post, and you know what also grinds my gear?, when people with little Nintendo knowledge call the Super Nintendo "Super SNES".
Really though, there's no reason to use the RF adapter in this day and age, unless your TV is either an older budget model that doesn't have AV input or one that's REALLY old (built in the 70s or earlier, before AV was on most TVs). The NES doesn't use a proprietary AV cable like later Nintendo systems do, so it's not like you can't find them in any store either. RF stands for "radio frequency". What it basically does is trick your TV into thinking that it's getting a signal from over the air. As such, unless you live on Mars or something, there's naturally going to be at least a little interference from radio and TV stations, which can effect output. It also mixes the audio and video through one channel, which hurts the quality of both. An AV connection is direct, so there's no interference, and the audio and video are higher quality because they're on separate channels.
@@th-cc6ei It was only six years later, and stuff doesn’t magically disappear just because a nine turns to a zero, especially when it comes to big purchases. By your logic, I suppose nobody in 2021 is still using a TV manufactured in 2015? Televisions were much more expensive when adjusted for inflation. There were plenty of people still using sets from the ‘70s in 1985, especially in Japan. The original Famicom, released in 1983, was actually RF only. As I alluded to in my original comment, AV wasn’t introduced until the ‘70s, and it didn’t really catch on until the ‘80s as VCRs and game consoles became more common. Nintendo included RF for people who didn’t have a television with AV, which was a LOT of the install base. In fact, since a lot of kids were playing on an older TV that their parents let them have when a newer one replaced it in the living room, it may have even been MOST of it. The same likely holds true for the next couple generations. This is anecdotal, but in the ‘90s, I was playing my Sega Genesis on a 13” Zenith from 1986 that didn’t have AV. Most of the kids I knew were also using TVs made in the 80s or even the ‘70s, whether or not they had AV.
RCA cables connect the AV out on the right side of the NES (red = audio, yellow = video) to the red and yellow or white and yellow AV inputs on your TV (whether it is a CRT or flat screen TV does not matter). If you are trying to connect to the coax input on your TV (again, doesn't matter if it's CRT TV or flat screen TV), you will need to use an RF switch to connect from the RF out on the back of the NES. Zapper light gun controllers will not work with any flat screen TV. They need an old-fashioned CRT TV so that light reflects off the screen. Hope that helps. Not quite sure I understand your question.
Thanks, like and subbed, i decided to try my nes, but i forgot how to hook it up, and this video helped a lot! Now i can play super mario bros like a pro
I have an top loader Nes model NESP-101 (Aus) NES-002E (Aus)ONLY It only has the "RF OUT" and "AC 9V AC ADAPTER" at the rest for connection points; my question is how do I get this model NES to connect to a newer flat screen TV? I can not wait to get gaming and have tried a fair few ways of connecting it up please help!!!!
Michael Cucilovic sadly, that is probably the worst part about the toploader is the fact that it only can use that one output (I can't think of it right now) but I'm sure there is a way. Wish I could help but I forget which system for output/input it uses.
I have a question. So I plugged everything in, the AV cables the AC adapter, and the game, but for some reason the TV only puts out the audio and not the video. Is there anything I could try to get it to work?
Can you hook one end of the RF switch to Nintendo and not TV,but your cable box? I don't see a place on my TV for RF connection? 2nd question,if not is its just easier to by pass the RF switch and just buy the red and black/yellow cables at best buy,I'm assuming those are easy to buy.
What is an HMDIRHM ID cable in the box what are they for and do I need them to hook up the old gaming systems and I have every gave me old gaming system but just a new TV that has nothing to connect the old gaming systems to could you please help me
I have a NES 101 Top Loader. I have a HDTV with a coaxial input, just like you have. When I connect them, put a game in and turn on, I get a solid gray screen. I've tried multiple games, and I get a solid gray screen every time. What's the problem and solution?
We got the whole thing set up the way you suggested but can't find it on our TV. Do you think it would be possible that our TV won't ever accept the game? It is an older GPX with a DVD player. We couldn't find any station where the Dr Mario would show up. Thanks for listening.
So if i get this right. I could play for example a sega md on a modern tv with a (Europe) a rf connection when i plug it into the "Air Cable" connector?
I have a 3 colored AV cable to hook up to both and it's not working. Do I need just the two one? Also sometimes my power button light doesn't want to come on. Perhaps my console isn't any good. I thrifted it.
mine hooks up fine BUT i did notice lag in response when I press a or b button...on crt no lag. Must be common.... any input on this issue... possibly a fix to it
I do have a Nintendo and I have the yellow and the red hooked up and the power is plugged in but im not getting any changes from the nes and its on channel 3 for both tv and the nes I don't have the rf switch for the nes..
This can happen sometimes. Try: -taking the cables out and putting them back in -plugging the AV cords into the back of your VCR player or is it DVR idk -plugging the AV cords into the back of your DVD player -plugging the AV cords into the back of your Blue-Ray player These also help if your TV is just so advanced that your console/cables have become too outdated for your TV to recognize or be compatible with. -also try channel 4
I'm using AV cables but it wont work. I flip through all the channels and it turn it to AV but still nothing. i haven't tried using an RF switch yet but do i really have to? i have a third party retro NES and it works just fine so is it really that different than the original? maybe I'm doing something wrong but idk what. Any advice?
Just bought the NES. Got a blinking Yellow screen when connected to the TV via AV Comp. I have seen that you suggest to clean the 72 pin connecter. Where is it situated? Thanks!
Even though my RF cable is set up correctly i set my console to change to channel 4 to work but yet nothing happens. Only the tv show appears that it not the game
i cant seem to get mine working ...do ya have to plug the power connector? i did with mine and im not even sure if its the right one but im not sure do i have to?
Do you know if you need cable for it to work via RF switch. I set mine up on a TV and it worked. Then I moved and I set it up on the same TV but it didn't work. I don't yet have cable so I think it might be that. If you know please give me an answer. Thanks.
I just received my nes Nintendo and I have it on channel 3 connected with the av cables and I turn the game on and I get a black snowy screen. Not quite sure if its our tv or the system. We have a flat screen 70 inch so not sure if I should try it on our smaller television 27 inch
This can happen sometimes. Try: -taking the cables out and putting them back in -plugging the AV cords into the back of your VCR player or is it DVR idk -plugging the AV cords into the back of your DVD player -plugging the AV cords into the back of your Blue-Ray player These also help if your TV is just so advanced that your console/cables have become too outdated for your TV to recognize or be compatible with.
I have a question what should I do if I plugged my nes in and turned it on and the tv screen is blinking from white to the screen where it says nothings connected. I need help please
When the red light isn't blinking, the problem may just be dirty games. Our Nintendo Game Cleaning Kit does an awesome effective, safe, easy to use job of removing the years of oxidation buildup so the game makes good contact with the NES console again. Here is the link: www.retro-video-game-repair.com/products/81-nintendo-game-cleaning-kit/ Sometimes even without the blinking, the 72 pin connector may still need replacing, and the motherboard connector may need cleaning (which you can do with that game cleaning kit.) We sell the 72 pin connector and the game cleaning kit together at a discount because so often you do need both: www.retro-video-game-repair.com/products/78-nes-total-repair-kit/ And here is a link to our interactive NES repair analysis to help you figure out what is wrong: www.retro-video-game-repair.com/shopcontent.asp?type=NES_Repair Odds are very high that you can get your old NES working again with the methods mentioned.
Hey Retro Video Game Repair my problem is that i am trying to hook my NES Console but whenever i connect it to the tv it does not show up at all. I made sure that the NES is switched to the appropriate channel and I dont have the red light blinkning but it doesnt show any image at all on the screen it just stays with a static screen. Could it possibly be because i am only using the RF adaptor? Do i need to use the Rf adaptor along with the AV cable or should i use a different RF adaptor. Thanks for your help and I hope that it works.
i don't have the same color cables. i have one red, one yellow, and one white cable things. and there are so many things to plug it into and i'm so confused and i don't want to mess up my TV. what do i do with the plugs i have, they are different?
Thanks for the informative clip. One thing I was hoping you would talk about is the difference between the 2 hook up methods. Does one of the cables provide better audio or video then the other? Or are the results identical?
Hi, I have a tv with HDMI. Where do I find the screen/channel for playing my old Nintento? I've hooked it up both old and new ways and finding nothing.
If you have no choice but to hook it up coaxial then make sure the switch on the back is on channel 3 and go to regular tv and manually enter “003” if you have a cable box or anything else hooked up coaxial then maybe unhook that for the purpose of trying to get your nes to work.
I have a little problem i think you can help me? I have a original nintendo nes and connect my nes to tv and went I playing the game I don't hear the music of the games how I can fix the oudio of the console
I disconnected my nes to connect it to a different tv, and I didn’t like the way it looked and played, so I moved it back, and couldn’t connect it back with the AV cables, had to connect it via the coaxel. The colors are more vivid now, and it hurts my eyes, what am I doing wrong? How do I connect it via AV cables, they aren’t working??
I just got one. But i try to play the hunt ducks and it fill like is no working i cant kill no duck i feel like is no working right do you know what i can do
Thank you very much I have visited my childhood home and my parents still had my nes before they have past away the house was abanndoned for 2 years and no one told me so I have been paying the bills for nothing since no one was using it. Well anyways I went back to my childhood house and it looked the exact same like it did back in the 80s they left everything exactly the way it was 40 years ago so I took the old television and my old nes and it was an miracle that it still worked
I have a top loading NES system that only offers an RF cable connection, but my TV doesn't have an input for that. Is there a way to turn the RF cable into a something that can be connected to the AV inputs?
i have everything hooked up, however, i cant get my tv to the right channel......i have 3.1 and 3.2, 6.1 and 6.2......if i type in 3 or 4 it doesnt work....suggestions? i see that i had to select a different input on the tv, now im getting a blank grey screen........?
when i push the power button.. the red light doesn't turn on. and i was wondering.. is it broke? or does it need to be plugged in? or hooked up to the tv....
I'm using both rf and av if I only have the AV hooked up it looks like crap but if I hook the Rf up to channel 4 with all connections it looks great it seems that the graphics stand out more if I disconnect av and only have rf hooked up the picture gets much darker is it ok to have both Rf and av hooked up at the same time or could this damage the system or my TV
So i set it Up and turned the power on the screen went black like it was gonna turn on for a split second then went back to the static again. What did i do wrong?
I have a top loader nes and a regular snes. I've tried hooking them up using the cable wires they came with. I've run the two of them together but when I turn the system on all I get is snow. When I plug in the tri color wires from the N64 to the snes, it works fine but I still cant play the top loader nes. Everything appears to be connected properly because when turned off, the tv comes back to cable. Any thoughts as to why they wont work with the cables?
Just got a Sharp brand LC-48LE551U, which has an RF connector in the back for antennae and cable, and I hooked up my top-loading NES (which only has RF, no RCA option) through the connector on the TV. I used the TV's auto-sense to find available channels (there is no manual option) with "antenna" selected as the channel source, and even though it found a channel 3.1 and 3.2, neither channel allows me to use the NES. It doesn't find a channel 4, so that option's out the window. I went through each channel the TV found and tried using the NES with the switch flipped to both channel 3 and channel 4 and nothing worked. I've heard channel 36 works but the TV won't find a channel 36. Also of note is that if I unscrew the RF cable from the TV, the channels no longer work at all. So, to summarize: without the NES plugged in I get no channels. But no matter what channel I turn to and no matter which channel I have the NES set to (3 or 4), the TV ignores the NES and nothing shows up or changes from the TV channel when I try turning on the NES, whatever show is on simply continues showing on screen. What is wrong and how do I use my NES on this TV? I know about the VCR trick by having the RF plug into that and having the VCR plug its RCA into the TV, but since this TV has an RF plug, there should be a way to get the NES to work on it. Help, please! I can't find anything on google for this problem.
Start from scratch. Run your TV's channel scan without the Nintendo RF switch connected and just connect your antenna or cable TV system to your TV. When your TV is done programming all the channels it can find, connect your antenna or CATV system to the RF cable post on the Nintendo RF Switch labeled "Antenna In" and then connect the coaxial extension cable attached to the RF Switch to your TV's or VCR's (if you have one) Antenna In cable post. If you have a VCR, connect a coaxial cable from the RF post on the VCR's rear labeled "Out to TV" to your TV after connecting the RF Switch to your VCR. There's no need to connect your VCR to your TV with AV cables if you've connected the RF Switch to your VCR. Be sure that your TV is tuned to channel 3 NOT CHANNEL 3.1 OR 3.2 when you turn your NES on. The Nintendo RF Switch is an RF modulator which is an obsolete device. RF modulators output on analog channels, usually 3 or 4 as the NES does, but wouldn't understand what a digital subchannel like channel 3.1 is. So to review, connect antenna to RF switch, connect RF switch to TV. If you have a VCR, connect RF switch with connected antenna to VCR's "Antenna In" cable post. Then connect a coaxial cable or your VCR's packaged RF cable from VCR's "Out to TV" cable post to your TV. The VCR won't have to be on when your NES is on as both the Nintendo RF Switch and the VCR's built in RF modulator are passive and can relay signals to your TV without power. Hope this helps!
Because there is no channel 3 that turns up on the TV. All it gives me is 3.1 and 3.2, so yeah, of course that's what I tried when it was my only option.
This is what the internet is really for, an almost 10 year old video that helps people even today with a similar problem they need fixed. Great guide kind sir!
Indeed! My tv is 12 years old, so this was great (my NES didn't work though, no surprise there 😅. Just the classic blinking screen of death)
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For those wondering: No you do not need the RF and A/V connectors hooked up simultaneously. Use one or the other.
Of the two, A/V offers superior sound and picture quality, so I highly recommend using it if possible. Only use the RF connector if your television doesn't have A/V inputs.
I was just going to ask about that. I do not want to buy an RF connector, and I have a spare AV cable lying around.
I tried the av connectors option but I get a grey screen. How do I fix this?
You probably plugged the port for the video in the component/green blue or red slot. It goes in the yellow slot
Cyborg Pirate Ninja Jesus okay thank you! I actually wanted to know this exact topic. I’m surprising my dad because this is the first console he ever had, so i’m doing my research so i know what to do. Once again, thank you!
I try the av didn't work so pissed right now I just bought a system online for 160 so when u turn this system on is the red light post to flash red?
Chrysta Santara mentioned their AV cable was red white and yellow, and that was confusing to them. The NES is mono, with only one audio channel (the red). The yellow is video, as mentioned in our video. Just leave your white cord hanging, it does not plug into anything since there is not a second audio channel.
You could get a Y adapter (1 male and 2 female), plug it on the NES, plug both audio cables to the end and ta-da!
You got emulated stereo sound (Monostereo i think it is ?). Thats how i have it since i dont like it sounding from just one speaker.
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Yea best way to do it if you want even sound ^^
+Retro Video Game Repair my screen is black when i hook up it up. is there anything special in the order. example put game in then turn on or vice versa?
+Retro Video Game Repair Most TV's split any audio going into the left port to a pseudostereo, so dont put it in the red.
thank you for the help!
I love my Nintendo Nintendo Entertainment System System
@@Felix-tv8jy Which part is broken?
@@Felix-tv8jy You're three years late
Is there a part two? What needs to happen after you turn the system on? How do you navigate the channel thing?
LOL, it was a reference to an old NES commercial, where the tagline was, "your parents help you hook it up"
Man I'm glad i still have this thing.
I was wondering that the rf switch did. Thats so cool!! I really like the idea that when you are done with your game you just turn it off and then immediately to tv like hulu or netflix or something.
bro this one of the reasons that TH-cam should have been made around the early 80s
Yes people would watch on landline connected to a vcr
@@creativebirds_ I completely forgot about this video
The thing I don't like about these videos is that no one ever shows it actually working at the end.
Interesting. I didn't realize the Non-US NES systems (PAL) were built that way. Thanks for posting!
What?
So, I don't really need to plug another cable into the RF switch at all to get it to work as long as I have it plugged from the TV to the system?
+SakuraandSesshomaru Nope. It's just there if you need it. I used to daisy chain all of my systems and VCR together that way, my only TV didn't have AV ports.
Thank you. This is a perfectly explained tutorial that described everything that I needed to know.
so...you need both the AV and the RF switch hooked up? im confused. i thought you could get by with just the RF
It's been a while. So excited.
any game i put in when i hook it up to my tv has static lines going vertically on the screen. the rf switch doesnt make a difference and we have the audio and video lines connected.
Do u still put the HD tv on channel 3 or a certain analog channel?
does it have to be just the two audio video wires or could it be the modern 3 video audio wires?
I can't respect someone who says nintendo NES system
TheSimsBrothers yeah there’s no entertainment in this comment and this video
TheSimsBrothers
Whaaat? It's Short for "Nintendo Nintendo entertainment System System"
TheSimsBrothers that's simply because your an idiot. It is a very common problem.
+Steve he aint an idiot NES stands for Nintendo entertainment system
Honestly I actually do agree with #TheSimsBrothers 3 year old post, and you know what also grinds my gear?, when people with little Nintendo knowledge call the Super Nintendo "Super SNES".
Really though, there's no reason to use the RF adapter in this day and age, unless your TV is either an older budget model that doesn't have AV input or one that's REALLY old (built in the 70s or earlier, before AV was on most TVs). The NES doesn't use a proprietary AV cable like later Nintendo systems do, so it's not like you can't find them in any store either.
RF stands for "radio frequency". What it basically does is trick your TV into thinking that it's getting a signal from over the air. As such, unless you live on Mars or something, there's naturally going to be at least a little interference from radio and TV stations, which can effect output. It also mixes the audio and video through one channel, which hurts the quality of both. An AV connection is direct, so there's no interference, and the audio and video are higher quality because they're on separate channels.
Tell this to an Atari 2600.
So a 1985 Nintendo was designed for tvs 10 years old lol totally not true
@@th-cc6ei It was only six years later, and stuff doesn’t magically disappear just because a nine turns to a zero, especially when it comes to big purchases. By your logic, I suppose nobody in 2021 is still using a TV manufactured in 2015?
Televisions were much more expensive when adjusted for inflation. There were plenty of people still using sets from the ‘70s in 1985, especially in Japan. The original Famicom, released in 1983, was actually RF only. As I alluded to in my original comment, AV wasn’t introduced until the ‘70s, and it didn’t really catch on until the ‘80s as VCRs and game consoles became more common. Nintendo included RF for people who didn’t have a television with AV, which was a LOT of the install base. In fact, since a lot of kids were playing on an older TV that their parents let them have when a newer one replaced it in the living room, it may have even been MOST of it. The same likely holds true for the next couple generations. This is anecdotal, but in the ‘90s, I was playing my Sega Genesis on a 13” Zenith from 1986 that didn’t have AV. Most of the kids I knew were also using TVs made in the 80s or even the ‘70s, whether or not they had AV.
Is it really necessary to have the RF connector when you still have the av cord?
Would RCA cables work if you have a CRT TV (for duck hunting) with only one input, which is being used for a cable box?
RCA cables connect the AV out on the right side of the NES (red = audio, yellow = video) to the red and yellow or white and yellow AV inputs on your TV (whether it is a CRT or flat screen TV does not matter).
If you are trying to connect to the coax input on your TV (again, doesn't matter if it's CRT TV or flat screen TV), you will need to use an RF switch to connect from the RF out on the back of the NES.
Zapper light gun controllers will not work with any flat screen TV. They need an old-fashioned CRT TV so that light reflects off the screen.
Hope that helps. Not quite sure I understand your question.
our dad’s had to figure this stuff out on their own haha ugh to be back in 1989 again 🥺
Why is it so blurry? It's hard to tell what's holding or plugging into.
Thanks, like and subbed, i decided to try my nes, but i forgot how to hook it up, and this video helped a lot! Now i can play super mario bros like a pro
It only takes two (mono audio and a video), but you could use a 3 wire and only use two of them.
I have an top loader Nes model NESP-101 (Aus)
NES-002E (Aus)ONLY
It only has the "RF OUT" and "AC 9V AC ADAPTER" at the rest for connection points; my question is how do I get this model NES to connect to a newer flat screen TV?
I can not wait to get gaming and have tried a fair few ways of connecting it up please help!!!!
Michael Cucilovic sadly, that is probably the worst part about the toploader is the fact that it only can use that one output (I can't think of it right now) but I'm sure there is a way. Wish I could help but I forget which system for output/input it uses.
I have a question. So I plugged everything in, the AV cables the AC adapter, and the game, but for some reason the TV only puts out the audio and not the video. Is there anything I could try to get it to work?
Can you hook one end of the RF switch to Nintendo and not TV,but your cable box? I don't see a place on my TV for RF connection? 2nd question,if not is its just easier to by pass the RF switch and just buy the red and black/yellow cables at best buy,I'm assuming those are easy to buy.
What is an HMDIRHM ID cable in the box what are they for and do I need them to hook up the old gaming systems and I have every gave me old gaming system but just a new TV that has nothing to connect the old gaming systems to could you please help me
hey what do you do if you already have the tv connected to cable and you set it up with a rf switch
I have a NES 101 Top Loader. I have a HDTV with a coaxial input, just like you have. When I connect them, put a game in and turn on, I get a solid gray screen. I've tried multiple games, and I get a solid gray screen every time. What's the problem and solution?
We got the whole thing set up the way you suggested but can't find it on our TV. Do you think it would be possible that our TV won't ever accept the game? It is an older GPX with a DVD player. We couldn't find any station where the Dr Mario would show up. Thanks for listening.
Hey I just got a super like this but I need help is the system post to flash red when u turn it on?
Question if u use hdmi converter can the coaxial switch work or do I need the yellow and red cords?
So if i get this right. I could play for example a sega md on a modern tv with a (Europe) a rf connection when i plug it into the "Air Cable" connector?
I have a 3 colored AV cable to hook up to both and it's not working. Do I need just the two one? Also sometimes my power button light doesn't want to come on. Perhaps my console isn't any good. I thrifted it.
What channel should it be? Put the cables in, power adapter in and tried all inputs, but all says no signal?
Did you change the signal to AV? (You obviously need to do that.)
mine hooks up fine BUT i did notice lag in response when I press a or b button...on crt no lag. Must be common.... any input on this issue... possibly a fix to it
When im using the RF cable what channel does my tv need to be on?. What input?
I don’t have the red and black cables but I have the cable box can it still work without
I have the NES Classic but I just found my original NES but all I have is the system no power cord or controllers lol. Wondering if it still works.
I do have a Nintendo and I have the yellow and the red hooked up and the power is plugged in but im not getting any changes from the nes and its on channel 3 for both tv and the nes I don't have the rf switch for the nes..
This can happen sometimes. Try:
-taking the cables out and putting them back in
-plugging the AV cords into the back of your VCR player or is it DVR idk
-plugging the AV cords into the back of your DVD player
-plugging the AV cords into the back of your Blue-Ray player
These also help if your TV is just so advanced that your console/cables have become too outdated for your TV to recognize or be compatible with.
-also try channel 4
I'm using AV cables but it wont work. I flip through all the channels and it turn it to AV but still nothing. i haven't tried using an RF switch yet but do i really have to? i have a third party retro NES and it works just fine so is it really that different than the original? maybe I'm doing something wrong but idk what. Any advice?
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Just bought the NES. Got a blinking Yellow screen when connected to the TV via AV Comp. I have seen that you suggest to clean the 72 pin connecter. Where is it situated? Thanks!
Even though my RF cable is set up correctly i set my console to change to channel 4 to work but yet nothing happens. Only the tv show appears that it not the game
Same
i cant seem to get mine working ...do ya have to plug the power connector? i did with mine and im not even sure if its the right one but im not sure do i have to?
I have an NES with composite RCAs and my TV only has HDMI. What do I need to make that work? Thanks so much
Do you know if you need cable for it to work via RF switch. I set mine up on a TV and it worked. Then I moved and I set it up on the same TV but it didn't work. I don't yet have cable so I think it might be that. If you know please give me an answer. Thanks.
I just received my nes Nintendo and I have it on channel 3 connected with the av cables and I turn the game on and I get a black snowy screen. Not quite sure if its our tv or the system. We have a flat screen 70 inch so not sure if I should try it on our smaller television 27 inch
This can happen sometimes. Try:
-taking the cables out and putting them back in
-plugging the AV cords into the back of your VCR player or is it DVR idk
-plugging the AV cords into the back of your DVD player
-plugging the AV cords into the back of your Blue-Ray player
These also help if your TV is just so advanced that your console/cables have become too outdated for your TV to recognize or be compatible with.
also try channel 4
I have a question what should I do if I plugged my nes in and turned it on and the tv screen is blinking from white to the screen where it says nothings connected. I need help please
can you help me? im trying to use my new nes, and it does the gray screen when i turn it on, the red light isnt blinking... what do i do?
When the red light isn't blinking, the problem may just be dirty games. Our Nintendo Game Cleaning Kit does an awesome effective, safe, easy to use job of removing the years of oxidation buildup so the game makes good contact with the NES console again. Here is the link: www.retro-video-game-repair.com/products/81-nintendo-game-cleaning-kit/ Sometimes even without the blinking, the 72 pin connector may still need replacing, and the motherboard connector may need cleaning (which you can do with that game cleaning kit.) We sell the 72 pin connector and the game cleaning kit together at a discount because so often you do need both: www.retro-video-game-repair.com/products/78-nes-total-repair-kit/ And here is a link to our interactive NES repair analysis to help you figure out what is wrong: www.retro-video-game-repair.com/shopcontent.asp?type=NES_Repair Odds are very high that you can get your old NES working again with the methods mentioned.
Nintendo Repair Shop Inc. Oh ok, thank you very much :) i tought i bought a completely broken nes :p
Hey Retro Video Game Repair my problem is that i am trying to hook my NES Console but whenever i connect it to the tv it does not show up at all. I made sure that the NES is switched to the appropriate channel and I dont have the red light blinkning but it doesnt show any image at all on the screen it just stays with a static screen. Could it possibly be because i am only using the RF adaptor? Do i need to use the Rf adaptor along with the AV cable or should i use a different RF adaptor. Thanks for your help and I hope that it works.
if your tv is old you need the rf if it is new like hd try using av lead and go to av/rgb on tv.
Harps Starkz Thanks man! I finally got it to work. Now unless you've got really good advice on how to beat Mike Tyson then idk
Harps Starkz Thanks man! I finally got it to work. Now unless you've got really good advice on how to beat Mike Tyson then idk
i don't have the same color cables. i have one red, one yellow, and one white cable things. and there are so many things to plug it into and i'm so confused and i don't want to mess up my TV. what do i do with the plugs i have, they are different?
Thanks for the informative clip. One thing I was hoping you would talk about is the difference between the 2 hook up methods. Does one of the cables provide better audio or video then the other? Or are the results identical?
Welp, I’m six years late, but yes! The red, yellow, and white cords bring slightly more improved video and audio, but it’s not a big difference.
Can you use the double component cables? The red, yellow and white to red, yellow and white.
Quick answer for a quick question: Can I use only my RF Switch and go or must I have to use also the AV cables?
You can plug in the rf tune the tv make sure nes is switched on. If not you will need the other cables.
does it have to be a regular Nintendo I only have a refurbished one
Those audio cables in this vid does it work for SNES & N64 too? Is it the same for them?
Hi, I have a tv with HDMI. Where do I find the screen/channel for playing my old Nintento? I've hooked it up both old and new ways and finding nothing.
Attila709 one of the plugs should have a yellow box around it. Plug yellow here. Because nes is mono sound, plug the red in the white plug connecter
Attila709 Channel 3
My Samsung smart TV won't find a channel on analogue TV for my nes, please help🙏🏻
Do you have top loader NES or front load NES?
If a front loader go and buy an AV cable and hook it up that way. Once hooked up your tv will recognize the hooked up Av port.
If you have no choice but to hook it up coaxial then make sure the switch on the back is on channel 3 and go to regular tv and manually enter “003” if you have a cable box or anything else hooked up coaxial then maybe unhook that for the purpose of trying to get your nes to work.
@@qriminal1648 thankyou for your help x
Hey,I might be doing something wrong but I did exactly what you said and it’s nothing so if you could help me out that’d be great thx
How do you put your tv on 3 or 4? I don't think digital TVs even go to those channels anymore do they?
Hi will rf out for new top loader work on same t.v. you are hooking it up to. Thanks.
do i have to have that little box peice because i have all other cords for it to work
What if we are trying to hook the NES via HDMI? Os ther no option to hook a Nintendo up to HDMI? I dont even have AV inputs on my tv just HDMI ports
My nes is blinking non stop and the TV is blinking different colors plz help
+Taz Motor The problem is the game is dirty
No
your pin connectors are possibly dirty or bent, I recommend looking up how to fix it
I have a little problem i think you can help me? I have a original nintendo nes and connect my nes to tv and went I playing the game I don't hear the music of the games how I can fix the oudio of the console
How do you do it with with a top loader nes
You look for instructions on how to connect a Famicom to modern televisions
When you turn on your NES, does the red light blink, or is it supposed to just stay red?
Suppose to stay red
Oh, then something's definitely wrong with mine.
***** Dissable the 10 NES chip.
Rikarocks2001 I'm sorry?
Look up the 10 NES chip and you'll understand.
I disconnected my nes to connect it to a different tv, and I didn’t like the way it looked and played, so I moved it back, and couldn’t connect it back with the AV cables, had to connect it via the coaxel. The colors are more vivid now, and it hurts my eyes, what am I doing wrong? How do I connect it via AV cables, they aren’t working??
get retrotink 2x mini
I just got a nintendo off ebay and My power button is flashing on and off ....any idea what the problem is and can u help??
Yep, that is pretty much what we do. Check out this page: www.nintendorepairshop.com/shopcontent.asp?type=how-to-fix-my-nintendo-nes-system
I have the original Nintendo and it doesn't have 2 ports on the back. It only has 1 port. So how will that work?
I have a Vizo LED TV. and I hook it up but it turns on but won't show a picture and I am using RCA cords
I just got one. But i try to play the hunt ducks and it fill like is no working i cant kill no duck i feel like is no working right do you know what i can do
light guns don't work on newer tvs you need the old tvs
wow this video could have been less than 2 minute long with way less needless chatter!!
Thank you very much I have visited my childhood home and my parents still had my nes before they have past away the house was abanndoned for 2 years and no one told me so I have been paying the bills for nothing since no one was using it. Well anyways I went back to my childhood house and it looked the exact same like it did back in the 80s they left everything exactly the way it was 40 years ago so I took the old television and my old nes and it was an miracle that it still worked
I have a top loading NES system that only offers an RF cable connection, but my TV doesn't have an input for that. Is there a way to turn the RF cable into a something that can be connected to the AV inputs?
i have everything hooked up, however, i cant get my tv to the right channel......i have 3.1 and 3.2, 6.1 and 6.2......if i type in 3 or 4 it doesnt work....suggestions?
i see that i had to select a different input on the tv, now im getting a blank grey screen........?
Check if you have a PAL of NTSC release
I connected everything, and the television screen blinking black to other colour... Any advice?
SAME! What do we do?!
reset the console and blow on the cart.
take out the cartridge and put it back in
when i push the power button.. the red light doesn't turn on. and i was wondering.. is it broke? or does it need to be plugged in? or hooked up to the tv....
I'm using both rf and av if I only have the AV hooked up it looks like crap but if I hook the Rf up to channel 4 with all connections it looks great it seems that the graphics stand out more if I disconnect av and only have rf hooked up the picture gets much darker is it ok to have both Rf and av hooked up at the same time or could this damage the system or my TV
Does a red white and yellow AV cable work if I didn't plug in the white?
Did anyone else nerd out when they spotted Goldeneye007 in this video?
can you hook up the nes to your tv without the black and the red cable?
sorry if mmy english is not very good, im spain
please, answer
So i set it Up and turned the power on the screen went black like it was gonna turn on for a split second then went back to the static again. What did i do wrong?
I have a top loader nes and a regular snes. I've tried hooking them up using the cable wires they came with. I've run the two of them together but when I turn the system on all I get is snow. When I plug in the tri color wires from the N64 to the snes, it works fine but I still cant play the top loader nes. Everything appears to be connected properly because when turned off, the tv comes back to cable. Any thoughts as to why they wont work with the cables?
does the SNES RF cable also works with the NES?
it used to work on old tvs but if you tune your tv and it works you are loving it. If not you will need the audio and video cable to work it.
I have a model no. NES-101. Can you make a reveiw on that please.
Just got a Sharp brand LC-48LE551U, which has an RF connector in the back for antennae and cable, and I hooked up my top-loading NES (which only has RF, no RCA option) through the connector on the TV. I used the TV's auto-sense to find available channels (there is no manual option) with "antenna" selected as the channel source, and even though it found a channel 3.1 and 3.2, neither channel allows me to use the NES. It doesn't find a channel 4, so that option's out the window. I went through each channel the TV found and tried using the NES with the switch flipped to both channel 3 and channel 4 and nothing worked. I've heard channel 36 works but the TV won't find a channel 36. Also of note is that if I unscrew the RF cable from the TV, the channels no longer work at all.
So, to summarize: without the NES plugged in I get no channels. But no matter what channel I turn to and no matter which channel I have the NES set to (3 or 4), the TV ignores the NES and nothing shows up or changes from the TV channel when I try turning on the NES, whatever show is on simply continues showing on screen. What is wrong and how do I use my NES on this TV? I know about the VCR trick by having the RF plug into that and having the VCR plug its RCA into the TV, but since this TV has an RF plug, there should be a way to get the NES to work on it. Help, please! I can't find anything on google for this problem.
Start from scratch. Run your TV's channel scan without the Nintendo RF switch connected and just connect your antenna or cable TV system to your TV. When your TV is done programming all the channels it can find, connect your antenna or CATV system to the RF cable post on the Nintendo RF Switch labeled "Antenna In" and then connect the coaxial extension cable attached to the RF Switch to your TV's or VCR's (if you have one) Antenna In cable post. If you have a VCR, connect a coaxial cable from the RF post on the VCR's rear labeled "Out to TV" to your TV after connecting the RF Switch to your VCR. There's no need to connect your VCR to your TV with AV cables if you've connected the RF Switch to your VCR. Be sure that your TV is tuned to channel 3 NOT CHANNEL 3.1 OR 3.2 when you turn your NES on. The Nintendo RF Switch is an RF modulator which is an obsolete device. RF modulators output on analog channels, usually 3 or 4 as the NES does, but wouldn't understand what a digital subchannel like channel 3.1 is. So to review, connect antenna to RF switch, connect RF switch to TV. If you have a VCR, connect RF switch with connected antenna to VCR's "Antenna In" cable post. Then connect a coaxial cable or your VCR's packaged RF cable from VCR's "Out to TV" cable post to your TV. The VCR won't have to be on when your NES is on as both the Nintendo RF Switch and the VCR's built in RF modulator are passive and can relay signals to your TV without power. Hope this helps!
I don't have a TV antenna or cable at all. I only use my TV for my game consoles and don't watch TV.
EBsessor
You tried tuning the TV to channel 3 not 3.1 or 3.2 with the switch on the back of the NES flipped to Ch 3?
Because there is no channel 3 that turns up on the TV. All it gives me is 3.1 and 3.2, so yeah, of course that's what I tried when it was my only option.
EBsessor
What happens if you press 3 and then Enter on your remote?
What if the adapter die ? It still work its just that the part you scew in the tv is cut.What else to plug it into to make the game work ?
Ok how can you play n64 and what would the chanel be on an old crtv with out av cables
Mine works fine with either the AV cables or RF switch. I use the a Y splitter with the AV cables so the audio comes out of both speakers.
Is there more input lag on the AV hookup over the RF connection into an LED TV ?
Is one method of connecting to the TV superior to the other?
Hey I need help, when I connect my NES to my vizio tv it will only show the picture but not the sound.
What does it mean when I power my system on, the power light just blinks?
Hey I have a fire tv but not sure how to set up since technically I don’t have channel 3
Will the NES 2 work on a Trinitron TV?
Do the cable work with the snes (black red)