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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 160.2 | No Problems | SALEM::DWATKINS | You're the NRA? | Wed Nov 30 1988 16:54 | 6 |
| If you have a VCR hooked up, I assume you have 75 ohm coax cable
going into your TV, right? If you have coax cable going into the
TV, you will have no problems, everything is included.
Don
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| 160.3 | easy hookup even without cable | DONVAN::T_THEO | ALBATROS...AL-BA-TROS | Wed Nov 30 1988 17:07 | 7 |
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I tried this a second ago and mussed up.
If you have cable: Outside cable to VCR, VCR coax out to NES, NES
to TV...No problem AND you can record your game.
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| 160.4 | Mainline it!!! | USHS11::MOFFITT | | Wed Nov 30 1988 18:10 | 7 |
| Most likely your VCR has RCA connectors for video and audio in,
separate from the 75-ohm antenna tap. Then a standard stereo cable
will connect the two and you'll have as pure sound and video as
you can get. You can, of course, tape too!
Otherwise you go through an encode to rf followed by a decode from
rf, and each costs a little quality.
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| 160.5 | | COBRA::VAVRUSKA | | Thu Dec 01 1988 05:11 | 6 |
| I have both my NES and SEGA system hooked up to the same tv (along
with cable & VCR) and all works fine. Sorry guys, when both games
are powered on SEGA overpowers NES.
Chris
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| 160.6 | | BEING::POSTPISCHIL | Always mount a scratch monkey. | Thu Dec 01 1988 12:06 | 29 |
| Re .5:
When both of mine are on, the Nintendo takes precedence. It is not a
matter of "power", but simply of in what order you place the switches.
My system looks like this:
Sega Nintendo
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V V
antenna -> Fisher VCR -> Sears VCR -> Sega switch -> Nin switch -> TV
V ^ V ^
| L_________| |
L_______________________________________________________|
The bottom two lines are audio-video cable which come from and go to
the auxiliary inputs and outputs on my VCRs and television. (Many VCRs
have these; some televisions do.) Everything else is regular co-axial
cable or the Sega and Nintendo cables.
The result is: I can play either video game while both VCRs are
recording broadcast programs, or I can play the Nintendo even though
the Sega is on (to retain a game state). With the games off, I can
watch either VCR while recording a program with the other. I can copy
from either VCR to the other. With one or both games on, I can still
watch either VCR. All of this is controlled from one remote control,
the two video game power switches, and one switch on the Fisher VCR.
-- edp
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| 160.7 | ???? | PAR5::K_CIOFFI | | Thu Dec 01 1988 13:11 | 8 |
| RE. 6 WOW!!!!!! You're a busy person!
Thanks for the responses. I guess I'm all set with connections.
But, why would you want to record your game? So, you know what
you did so far and don't have to go through it all again? Keep
in mind you are talking to a Nintendo illiterate.....BUT, do you
really believe I bought the system for my daughter?
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| 160.8 | | BEING::POSTPISCHIL | Always mount a scratch monkey. | Thu Dec 01 1988 15:58 | 12 |
| Re .7:
At one time, I recorded several minutes of a bunch of games to make a
demonstration tape for other people. Sometimes a person might want to
record a game to figure out why they are or are not getting a certain
bonus or other effect.
I so rarely desire this that my system is not set up for recording
games.
-- edp
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| 160.9 | | VIDEO::TASSINARI | Bob | Thu Dec 08 1988 12:01 | 10 |
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Since our Nintendo gets so much use, we have connections on 2
televisions so it can be moved.
I have a VCR with an auxiliary inputs ( video and audio) and have
used that to hook up the system.
As previously noted, it is very easy to hook up and start playing
almost immediately.
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