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Title: If the original Famicom doesn't work on a US TV.
Post by mikeroach113 on 20. Nov 2007 at 20:41

Then why does it have the same kind of outputs in the back???

http://www.vidgame.net/NINTENDO/Nintendo/famicom/famicom_back.jpg

Title: Re: If the original Famicom doesn't work on a US T
Post by JC on 21. Nov 2007 at 03:28

The original Famicom does work on a US TV. It's just that the channel settings of the original correspond to different channels than you're used to when using a US TV. You have to set the TV to channel 96 or something. Now, why channel 96? I don't know...

Oh, and on some US TV, I think the AUX or whatever setting works for original. I have an AV Famicom but never tried it. From what I've heard, it works fine, like an AV NES.

Title: Re: If the original Famicom doesn't work on a US T
Post by mikeroach113 on 21. Nov 2007 at 18:39

wrote on 21. Nov 2007 at 03:28:

96? It says 1 and 2 on the back.

Title: Re: If the original Famicom doesn't work on a US T
Post by NationalGameDepot on 21. Nov 2007 at 18:42

It is probably just a conversion thing. Try it on 96 and see if it it works.
~~NGD

Title: Re: If the original Famicom doesn't work on a US T
Post by JC on 22. Nov 2007 at 18:38

RF should work on 96. If it doesn't, something's wrong with the Famicom. AV Famicoms (either the one like NES 2 or a modded RF) work on AUX and channel 3. I know it says channel 1 and 2 on the back of the Famicom, but again, US TVs are different from Japanese ones.

Title: Re: If the original Famicom doesn't work on a US T
Post by Michael the Great on 13. Dec 2007 at 10:41

While both Japan and the US use ntsc, the frequencies for the channels are different which affects rf video but not RCA.

The jp channels 1 and 2 are frequencies which are commonly in the 90-100 range on most TV's. Most commonly, they're 95 and 96. If you're having trouble, try 90-100 on both the 1&2 setting on back of the famicom. If it still doesn't work, try a different TV. If it still doesn't work, send the famicom to me as a birthday present! :D