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From: roths@dg-rtp.dg.com (Robert Rothschild)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Connecting Atari 800 to a video input
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Date: 12 Feb 90 19:28:12 GMT
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I just bought a new television.  It has a jack for direct video input.  I
would like to connect my Atari 800 to the television using that input.

I have a cable that I used for that purpose years ago.  One one end, the
cable plugs into the Atari 800 monitor jack.  The other end has 4 outputs
that look like standard audio/video connectors.  They are yellow, black,
white, and red.

The only two which give any results are the yellow and black ones.  The black
one works perfectly, it sends an audio signal to whichever audio input I attach
it to.  The yellow one does send a video signal to the television.  But the
picture is in black and white and appears to have other problems as well.
I know it worked perfectly, years ago.

Any ideas?

      -Bob Rothschild     roths@dg-rtp.dg.com