Quote Originally Posted by kobunheatforum
You will be able to use an AV new style Famicom in the US. You will NOT be able to use an older style one, because it has no AV plugs and the RF signal output will not display right on a US NTSC television set, period.
Oddly enough, my Famicom - an older style one - is viewable on channel 96 through the RF switch. It works just fine. A spare Genesis adapter substitutes for an original Fami power supply, and does a good job at that.