Famicom on an American T.V.?

[Nes Man]

I know both the U.S. and Japan Tv's use NTSC but, I thought I read on the web somewhere that Famicom (the original the only outputs RF ) will not work right on U.S. Tv's is this true? (Some people also say it may work on another channel?) I also neeed mod a Famicom to output video to work with the psone screen. Can it be done? (By the nature of this question, you have probably figured out that I'm getting a Famicom! )

[SNESguy]

As far as the frequency goes there should be no problem. However, since RF relies on a certain channel selection, Japanese televisions may have a different channel range.

That's all I know; its best to let Mirauken(probably misspelled) answer this one.

[Jakq]

From what I remember reading, the signals are different, so on one channel, you will get video, and on another, you will get sound.

I would just find the video lead and mod the console. Don't ask me how, because I am not to smart at this kind of thing.

[MM007]

Hmm....well, you can always get the newer A/V Famicom. It looks like the NES-2, and has A/V jacks. ^^

[dooda]

Hmm....well, you can always get the newer A/V Famicom. It looks like the NES-2, and has A/V jacks. ^^

guess that would be a little expensive...

[SgtBowhack]

Yeah, the rumors are true. Also is a problem for first-gen PC Engines (RF-only). You can play it fine through a PC's TV card if you're desperate.
Yes, AV Famicoms are expensive.
Hooking it up to a PSone screen will be no problem once you get AV-out from it, which is probably trivial- the NES and Famicom used the same hardware, so if you could get your hands on an NES and trace the AV-out from it, you can figure out where to hook it up on your Famicom. Probably just some pins on the PPU.
NOACs have even more going for them if you're doing stuff with Famicom, since they are designed more around the Famicom architecture than NES (and 60-pin connectors are often included in their implementation). Poor Famicoms being destroyed

[Guest]

NOACs have even more going for them if you're doing stuff with Famicom, since they are designed more around the Famicom architecture than NES (and 60-pin connectors are often included in their implementation). Poor Famicoms being destroyed

If you consider that the only real difference between a NES and a Famicom is the pin connector, an NOAC does equally well with either. However, as all the demand for these things is overseas, they use a 60 pin connector and design their machine around such a controller. This often makes using 72 pin cartridges impractical if not impossible (Super Joys).

You have an NOAC, you need three sets of pinouts. First you need the cartridge pinouts, second the controller pinouts and third the A/V pinouts. Cartridge pinouts are: +5V, GND, PRG A0-A14 , PRG D0-D7, CHR A0-A13, CHR D0-D7, M2, PRG R/W, /IRQ, PRG /CE, CHR /WR, CHR /RD, CHR /A13 CIRAM /CE, CIRAM A10. Controller pinouts are +5V, GND, CLK, Latch, D0, D3-D4 (Second controller only). Finally, there is one audio out and one video out.