5200 2 port / 4 port RF question

[Charlie_]

Im looking for a 4 port RF on ebay. I see a lot of them that do not have the "2 screw" flat wire hookup. Thats OK, I don't need that but I saw one auction that confussed me. It claims to be for a 2 port system but it looks just like a 4 port RF. Here it is:

 

2 port RF

 

Question is, did the 2 port have a similar RF with the difference being you don't need to plug the power in to it?

 

Also, when I (i hope) someday get a 2 port system can you use a standard "slide switch" RF with it that you would use with a 2600?

Charlie

 

[ 10-19-2001: Message edited by: Chazbeenhad ]

[Tempest]

The one in the picture labeled 2 port RF is really a 4 port RF box. The 2 port model used a regular switch box, although it did come with an "offical Atari" version. The 4 Port RF came in two styles, one with the two screws and one without.

 

If you need one I have two extra's. e-mail me if your interested.

 

Tempest

[Gunstar]

I know the 4port rf won't work with any other systems (at least not my 7800, XE, C64, pong, video pinball), but I do have a regular manual tv switch box hooked up to the 4port rf and have all my rf systems hooked up that way. Don't worry guys, I did not attempt to test it with the 5200 powerpack plugged in.

[NoahsMyBro]

Tempest, correct me if I'm wrong, but I assume he meant has the standard RF swtichbox connected to the Antenna input on the 4-port automatic switchbox. If the 4-port system is turned off, the 4-port switchbox will channel the antenna input to the TV. In this case, the traditional RF switchbox will not come into play and determine what is displayed on the screen.

[+-^CrossBow^-]

Doesn't matter as the auction has been pulled...and doesn't appear to be there anymore.

 

I suspect it was a 2 port 5200 being auctioned with a 4 port switchbox...simply because the seller was unaware. I am sure you could attach a 4 port switchbox to a standard console of that era using RF. But then how would the switch over occur?

 

I know that I am using the cable in on my 4 port switchbox to connect my Intv through. That way...when the 5200 is off...I get INTV...when I turn the 5200 on...I get Atari Fuji...

[Room 34]

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Originally posted by Gunstar:

But I do have a regular manual tv switch box hooked up to the 4port rf and have all my rf systems hooked up that way.

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So what you're saying is that a 4-port 5200 CAN use a regular manual RF switchbox? I am currently bidding on a 5200 on eBay that looks to be a 4-port that's missing the switchbox, because the seller says they couldn't figure out how to hook it up. Am I going to need to get a special cable, or does the 5200 have a built-in cable like the 2600, that I could just connect to one of my existing RF switchboxes?