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A.V. Repair

Some time last year I started listening to the Every 2600 Game podcast, which prompted me to bring my Ataris down from the loft and play a few levels of Hero. I knew from when I had put them away that the one didn't work correctly, and the other *really* didn't work correctly. I took a punt and purchased a composite A/V mod off Aliexpress in the hope that it might be the easiest way to repair the really broken VCS (no sound, weak image and wrong colours...no matter how much I adjusted the pots). A few weeks later the following tiny (I can't stress that enough) PCB came along with a 3 ply cable, 3 resistors, a transistor and 3 external phono connections (which I'm yet to mount as I'm terrified to break the case).
It required a couple of components to be removed from within the Atari itself (which I wasn't a fan of), a great tutorial can be found at the bottom of this page. And lo and behold when I plugged it in to the TV (modern) I had picture (in the correct colours), and sound! An amazing turn around for £5 I was astonished. ...now time to dust off frogger. Instrucatbles 2600 AV Mod Guide