[Coco] Technical question

[Bill]

Hello, Arthur, long time no chat...

#1
The cable I am using is the one that has been working perfectly on the
Coco2, before it went "toes up"

#2
Tried all that. Changed channels, tried another cable, tried another TV in
another room. Still too snowy and too much static to see.

#3
I was hoping that would work, however my TVs are too old for that feature.
They do fine watching cable TV and DVDs, but they don't have a monitor input

#4
I haven't been able to come up with a disk drive yet, so cassette is my only
option.

I do appreciate your input, however. 

Now, search your "memory banks" and see if you can remember me :)

Take care....

> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-
> bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Flexser
> Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 2:43 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Technical question

#1 
> Quite likely, both problems are due to their respective cables, the
> cassette cable in the MOTORON/OFF case

#2
> and the notoriously bad RF cable for connecting to the TV,
> which is poorly shielded.  You might try switching the output from
> Channel 3 to Channel 4 to see if that helps any, though I doubt that
> would make much difference.  Another thing to try with the CoCo turned
> on and outputting to the TV is changing the TV channel to and from the
> CoCo's output channel, to let the TV's automatic tuning
> adjust to the CoCo's signal.  Plugging the TV and the CoCo into
> different electrical outlets might also reduce the interference.

#3 
> Most CoCo users use a monitor of some sort rather than a TV, which
> generally gives a far better picture, especially if it is an RGB one.
> You might check if your TV has video and audio RCA-type inputs, and
> connect them to the composite output and audio output jacks of the
> CoCo instead of using the RF output.  That should help a great deal.

#4 
> Most CoCo users also use disk systems rather than cassette, so
> MOTORON/OFF wouldn't be needed.  The cassette can be started and
> stopped manually in any case. (The cassette's PLAY button must be 
> down for MOTORON and MOTOROFF to have any effect, by the way.)