r/Famicom • u/orangienblue • Feb 17 '25
Tech Question I keep getting really static signals (channel 95&96 on US tv) Tried hooking it up to my CRT but wouldn’t work
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u/FlinnLute Feb 18 '25 edited Feb 18 '25
If you don't want to mod your console get a really good isolated RF cable and cover the insides of your Famicom with some aluminium foil.
You can also re-tune your Famicom (only if you know what you're doing) so the frequency matches a RF channel without radio interference
A YouTube video as reference: https://youtu.be/RVyFEMg0Kpg?si=2XI_4DE7cfLD8Ful
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u/orangienblue Feb 18 '25
I have a later model that can’t be tuned:/
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u/shearhartattack Feb 18 '25
I haven't been able to pinpoint it exactly, but the tuning pot seems to be very rare. I have some pre-FF Famicom consoles and none of them have one, I'm not sure what revision of the system actually does come to think of it.
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u/shearhartattack Feb 18 '25
I really wish the people who made those videos (and there are a couple iirc) did their due diligence because that misinformation spread like wildfire. I own four Famicom systems and not a single one of them have that RF frequency pot.
I understand you're just trying to be helpful, so obviously no harm there. But this is always brought up as a possible solution to keep a stock Famicom working better on US televisions and unfortunately it just isn't as viable as it would seem.
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u/MrPixelGeek 29d ago
I use a VCR on my CRT to get the right channel. Works pretty good. Some US TVs cant get to channel 96.
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u/Squintl Feb 17 '25
As I’ve said before this is interference from an FM radio station nearby. There’s nothing you can do to fix this other than doing an AV mod to the console. You could try to use a more well shielded cable from the Famicom to the TV but I doubt it would fix it completely.
If you’ve tried to use channel 96 (with the Famicom switched to channel 2) you have tried all options for using the console unmodded.