Hooking a converter box up to an old TV?

[seijun]

I need some help connecting a modern converter box up to a 1980 Sears television. The instructions for the converter box want me to connect an RF coax cable and a set of AV cables to the back of my television. My TV has none of those things. All it has are a set of screws for a UHF antenna, and a set of screws for a VHF antenna. The VHF screws have a switchbox attached to them that we use for the Atari 2600. What adapters, if they exist, do I need to make this work?

 

[s31463221]

Take your Nintendo/Atari box off the VHF connector

And add you one of these, OR if there are two screws on the TV side of the box, add it there: I have the same setup on my 1982 GE TV and it works just fine. The converter box works on either Channel 3 or 4 I believe, so you will want it on the VHF side, not the UHF side. Hope this helps:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Wideskal...66001f5-f8638535-ed39bf2fcaf424bf&athena=true

 

[seijun]

Thank you!

 

[huskyvacs]

Yep, he beat me to it. I was doing this back in 2011. It works for the PS3 too if you have a PS1 RF cable.

 

[seijun]

Well.. My "transformer cable" arrived today, lol

 

[s31463221]

What the?!?!

Someone didn't pay too much attention to what the bag label said before they sent it to you did they? GEEZ!