Question about my 5200

RockyRaccoon · February 12, 2018

I got a 5200 recently. When I last owned one it had a special switchbox. The kind where the power and rf output connected to it.

This one however has the rf cord coming out of it and also has its own power connection on the consle itself.

Its also a two port model but has four holes in the front but only two have connectors.

Was this a later model or something?

bikeguychicago · February 12, 2018

The 4-port model uses and needs the special switchbox. The 2-port model uses a standard RF cable and the adapter plugs into the machine vs. the switchbox. I think the 2-port model was introduced in order to cut costs and add 2600 backward compatibility (through the adapter).

There was also a '5100/5200 jr' model that was prototyped and was meant to cut production costs even further but it was never put into production.

Edited February 12, 2018 by bikeguychicago