[Coco] Coco 2 RF

[Jeremy Michea]

“As for your problem, I have never seen it, but since I am a CET, my best 
guess would be a dried out capacitor in your coco's video circuitry, 
causing the modulation to be much less than the 90% or so it was designed 
for, which in turn gives a very low contrast, and likely hard to sync to, 
image on a tv.”

Thanks Gene. That was kind of what I was looking for. I guess I still wasn’t wording the question properly as some assumed I didn’t know if Composite was simply better. It was more of wondering if it was simply a matter of the poor RF or if there was a deeper issue. 
For the record, I’m more than aware that composite is better quality than RF. I didn’t fall off the coco turnip truck yesterday 

Sadly though I don’t have an oscilloscope. Assuming the problem is the one you describe would it simply be a matter of desoldering the old capacitor and soldering in a new one? Unfortunately I don’t have the soldering skills. I’ve never done it before although I have been wanting to learn, just not enough hours in the day at the moment. Thanks Gene for the answer though I appreciate it.
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