Stupid question of the day.....

[nesfanatic]

I want to use my atari 2600 on my cable ready tv and therefore need the piece that connects the game switch to the cable in line on the tv. I have had these units in the past but I do not know what they are called. I would like to buy a lot of them but I can't search any sights such as MCM Electronics without the name. Thanks in advance for your help.

[jonjandran]

This is probably what you're thinking about.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=41008

But this one is 100 times better. Much better picture and clarity.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=41008

I highly reccommend the rf adapter over the switch box.

[Flack]

I just bought one of those RF/Cable adapters and it works great. They're about the same price at Radio Shack, if you're in a hurry for it.

[Charlesaway]

Also, you can probably pick up that RF adapter (the gold one) at a radio shack for a couple bucks less then that ebay auction, if there is one local. I bought one for 3.99.

[Lady Jaye]

Another stupid question (although I could just try this at home....): does the NES/SNES RF work directly on the pre-crash consoles? If so, which console(s) does it work with? I have all three main consoles from the early 80s (Atari 2600, Coleco and Intellivision II)...

[Schenley]

Also, you can probably pick up that RF adapter (the gold one) at a radio shack for a couple bucks less then that ebay auction, if there is one local. I bought one for 3.99.

Do you happen to have the part # for that? I searched at www.radioshack.com and couldn't find anything...

[jonjandran]

For some reason it's not on their website, but they have them in every RadioShack I've been in.

They are in the section with the different rca y-cables and mini-headphone adapterts.

[Schenley]

For some reason it's not on their website, but they have them in every RadioShack I've been in.

They are in the section with the different rca y-cables and mini-headphone adapterts.

Cool, I'll have to look next time.

I bought a bunch of the cheap-o switches off Ebay, and they are not worth it! Stay away from them!

I got two of the ones from Radio Shack, and these give a MUCH better signal. You can also daisy chain them together...

With the gold adapter, I'll have to get a switchbox or something...

[Evil E]

For some reason it's not on their website, but they have them in every RadioShack I've been in.

They are in the section with the different rca y-cables and mini-headphone adapterts.

Yup--I just recently bought an Atari 2600 from Jonjandran, and he told me to buy one of those gold connectors, and it made the picture look WAY better than the switchbox! I went right over to my local Radioshack, and they had them in the TV cable section for 3 or 4 bucks!
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