mikeftrevino Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 I just got a 600 XL at a thrift store for 3.50 (US). When I turn it on I get a picture that is reminiscent of the old Cable blocks with the wavey screen, and a buzzing sound. Is this fixable or am I screwed. (out of 3.50? no biggie.) BTW I think the previous owner was a big Pot head. the whole thing smells like the inside of a pot pipe. (maybe they used it as a bong? "Hey that's a water pipe mister.") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 It sure sounds like the television is having a hard time picking up the signal (tuning). Did you try rescanning the channel on the television? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Protocol Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 I have the smae problem on my g/f's tv when I tried to use a 600xl and a 130xl... I tried the switchbox, and the auxilary channels... and the rca on her vcr... still showed up like the h-hold was off and the screen was skewed... both systems work fine on my commie 1702... so odds are you aren't out 3.50 (for a 600xl you lucky bastard can't find any comps here... just 2600's) I don't know how to remedy this problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 You can't use a 600xl in the A/V jacks found on modern televisions...it lacks a A/V monitor jack. You need to go directly into the antenna jack using a switchbox or F-plug adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Protocol Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 I've done both the switchbox and the adapter... in fact I even tried the switchbox and the adapter at the same time.. problem was still there... adn I didn't notice a difference betweet that problem there and the way it showed up when I used the RCA jacks on the VCR.... what is the difference between those jacks and the jacks on the front of say my Commie 1702? and technical links you could provide? I am very interested in the atari video outputs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeftrevino Posted January 27, 2003 Author Share Posted January 27, 2003 That didn't work nukey. Maybe it is gone. I'm gonna hold on to it untill i'm sure. Do you guys have any more suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Protocol Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 have you tried it on an old monitor? I've found that min e wouldn't work on tv's at all... so I hooked it up to an old Zenith Data Systems monitor (composite input only on it) and it worked great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeftrevino Posted January 28, 2003 Author Share Posted January 28, 2003 Give me a bit and I'll try that. sounds like a good idea. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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