Posted By
JledStev61
on 2020-09-07
18:44:01
|  TV Connection Box
Hello.
Can anyone help me with my TV connection?
My Plus4 didn't come with the original TV antenna adaptor.
Inside it came with a slightly different box:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/7taGR9Q.jpg[/img]
https://i.imgur.com/7taGR9Q.jpg
Sorry about the picture quality.
There are three ports I believe connect to the TV.
But I am unsure which to choose from.
I'd rather convert the video output to s-video,
but I am waiting for a din to arrive in the mail.
Until then I have this box.
It has three ports.
2 of which has the screws.
One for TV and the other port says 300 ohm.
There is the standard antenna jack for today’s TVs which says 75ohms.
Does this mean that the resisters are already built into the this box?
And which port is more appropriate to connect to a modern TV?
If anyone knows I would really appreciate any info about it.
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Posted By
SVS
on 2020-09-08
02:18:59
 | Re: TV Connection Box
The TV antenna impedance is 75 Ohms here in Europe.
You should connect with a 75 Ohms cable the antenna output plug in the Plus4 with the antenna input plug in a standard TV. Then set the TV to channel 36.
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Posted By
retroscener
on 2020-09-08
21:42:16
 | Re: TV Connection Box
You say you have a modern TV?
Perhaps either of these will fit your needs instead.
Scart cable.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321494296321
RCA cable
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390257910632
Both give a crystal clear picture unlike the old Rf cables. But this is a matter of preference. The new leads will show all the sharp pixels crystal clear which some don’t like, personally I do.
With a standard Rf cable, it gives off a slight blur, but can also seemingly blend colours giving new different shades, which is more useful for the C64 given its limited colour palette which some coders used as an advantage back in the day.
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Posted By
JledStev61
on 2020-09-09
01:59:46
| Re: TV Connection Box
Thank you Baz and SVS for the replies.
I bought an older TV from the pawn shop,
it has most everything I thought would receive some of the options.
It has RCA and an S-Video jack also the screw on antenna port.
My Din arrived but it is a circle and not the horse shoe shape for the video port in the plus4.
But still can't connect until I get a better power supply.
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