Learn how to connect your Nintendo NES to a TV from www.retro-video-game-repair.com using either av cables or an rf switch. NES RF Switch: www.retro-video-game-repair.co...
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!
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?
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!
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.
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
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
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?
Cody Chalmers-We same dude my dads was at my grandmas and I was curious and I tried too hook it up but at first I didn’t have audio and video cords but then I got them the NES worked fine but had to reset a few times when there were random colorful shapes covering the screen
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.
We do sell them on our site (search for nintendo repair shop) for $69.99. That is for a system that has been cleaned and refurbished (including a 72 pin connector replacement).
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.
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?
Well this is damning! I only have the RF switch and a pair of red and white double end cables lol. I really want to play super Mario Bros and Mario Bros 2 haha
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
+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.
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
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
Please do check your 72 pin connector. It might needs cleaning. We would suggest to clean your system. We offer the cleaning kit on our website. Thanks for viewing!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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?
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 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 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?
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.
Any recommendations on connecting a NES to a HDMI only tv? I've researched AV to HDMI boxes and up scalers but have seen mixed reviews. One of my primary concerns is maintaining 4:3 aspect ratio too and now it being stretched to 16:9. I have a receiver but it only acts as a switcher so I can't convert through it.
I think someone did something like this before but they had to use multiple boxes like the red and yellow to red yellow and white. Then that to scart. Then that to hdmi or something like that
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?
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?
I figured it out now, it was cuz I have a big bad HD tv, and I was trying to use the av cables, then I relized all I have to do is plug the RF cord into the actual cable port. thought if I did that I would need to unplug the cable whenever I wanna play then back when I watch tv. then I found out that I can have it all hooked up at the same time and I just need to change the channel for 4 to 3.
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
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 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
