dudeguy Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 My 5200 came with the little adapter that has the two metal "Y" looking things on the end. I connected everything but cant get a screen. System gives me a red light. Everything is firmly connected. Not sure which channel or settings my TV needs to be on. I feel like I tried every combination. The screws on the back of my TV are labeled UHF but the converter box is labeled VHF. See pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudeguy Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 nevermind i figured it out. i had to use a little adapter i got out of my Sega Genesis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 22 minutes ago, dudeguy said: My 5200 came with the little adapter that has the two metal "Y" looking things on the end. I connected everything but cant get a screen. System gives me a red light. Everything is firmly connected. Not sure which channel or settings my TV needs to be on. I feel like I tried every combination. The screws on the back of my TV are labeled UHF but the converter box is labeled VHF. See pics Yep, won't work. Your 5200 is outputting video on VHF channel 3 or 4; neither of those can be received on UHF. What you need is a coax to RCA adapter. Screw one end into the VHF antenna connector, plug the 5200's RF output into the other end. It'll eliminate the switchbox completely. https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=42 https://console5.com/store/rca-to-f-type-converter.html https://www.amazon.com/s?k=rf+to+coax+adapter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 1 hour ago, dudeguy said: nevermind i figured it out. i had to use a little adapter i got out of my Sega Genesis What genesis adapter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudeguy Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 3 hours ago, 0078265317 said: What genesis adapter? its basically female RCA on one side going to female coax on the other. same thing as what the previous guy linked to but its encase in black plastic and has the Sega logo on it. it came with the Genesis that came with Altered Beast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 6 hours ago, dudeguy said: its basically female RCA on one side going to female coax on the other. same thing as what the previous guy linked to but its encase in black plastic and has the Sega logo on it. it came with the Genesis that came with Altered Beast Somebody correct me if I am wrong but that genesis adapter wont work. Its auto switching or something I read here once and not compatible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 On 9/18/2022 at 10:25 AM, x=usr(1536) said: Yep, won't work. Your 5200 is outputting video on VHF channel 3 or 4; neither of those can be received on UHF. What you need is a coax to RCA adapter. Screw one end into the VHF antenna connector, plug the 5200's RF output into the other end. It'll eliminate the switchbox completely. https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=42 https://console5.com/store/rca-to-f-type-converter.html https://www.amazon.com/s?k=rf+to+coax+adapter Actually the 5200 (and pretty much all Atari consoles) outputs on channels 2 or 3, not 3 and 4 (proud 5200 owner since 1983, my third one, my first being a 4-port with that automatic switch-box, the second being an a/v-modded one, my current one being a 2-port unit with a 4-port BIOS.), 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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