Rf cable give Rainbow Snow on Colecovision only.

[tripletopper]

I tried to start by making my RF equipment as simple as possible.  No splits no switches one RG6 cable connected to various systems using various direct connectors, and every system I test works well except the ColecoVision.

 

The funny thing is that the ColecoVision did work well with an MTV box RF to VGA adapter but the problem was it had a frame of ping.  Due to that fact I know there's nothing wrong with my ColecoVision just or at least something that might be specific to RF issues.

 

I'm getting small amounts of rainbow snow and little crackle.  All my other RF consoles were perfectly fine with the RF connectors provided.  What could be the reason for the crackle in the rainbow snow on The clique of vision exclusively?

 

Is there anything I could do to help it get work better.  I remember a couple of times it was tightening the screws that connected two plates together or something that fixed it and another time just isopropylholling the insides of the Colecovision did it.

 

Any suggested operations I could do that don't involve soldering?  Is there a place where I could buy guaranteed working RF cables and connectors that work with this finicky click collision because it did work in a snowless manner with an MTVBox, an RF to VGA converter that had one frame of ping.

[christo930]

On 1/20/2024 at 4:35 PM, tripletopper said:

I tried to start by making my RF equipment as simple as possible.  No splits no switches one RG6 cable connected to various systems using various direct connectors, and every system I test works well except the ColecoVision.

 

The funny thing is that the ColecoVision did work well with an MTV box RF to VGA adapter but the problem was it had a frame of ping.  Due to that fact I know there's nothing wrong with my ColecoVision just or at least something that might be specific to RF issues.

 

I'm getting small amounts of rainbow snow and little crackle.  All my other RF consoles were perfectly fine with the RF connectors provided.  What could be the reason for the crackle in the rainbow snow on The clique of vision exclusively?

 

Is there anything I could do to help it get work better.  I remember a couple of times it was tightening the screws that connected two plates together or something that fixed it and another time just isopropylholling the insides of the Colecovision did it.

 

Any suggested operations I could do that don't involve soldering?  Is there a place where I could buy guaranteed working RF cables and connectors that work with this finicky click collision because it did work in a snowless manner with an MTVBox, an RF to VGA converter that had one frame of ping.

Spray some deoxit (the WD40 people make a cleaner too and it is much cheaper) in the channel selector switch.  Also, the power supply switch. 

I had a terrible snowy picture years ago and cleaning the power switch fixed the problem.  But it can also do it from a dirty channel select switch.