_             _
    /\  | |           (_)         ____________________
   /  \ | |_ __ _ _ __ _         | I I I [____] I I I |
  / /\ \| __/ _` | '__| |       /======================\
 / ____ \ || (_| | |  | |      /========================\
/_/_   \_\__\__,_|_|_ |_|     /==========================\
|__ \ / /  / _ \ / _ \        l__________________________j
   ) / /_ | | | | | | |
  / / '_ \| | | | | | |
 / /| (_) | |_| | |_| |
|____\___/ \___/ \___/                 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).

 .--------------------------------------------------.
 |                _____                        OUT  |
 |           Q1  /     \                            |
 |  ( )V        | O O O |            ( )     V ( )  |
 |  IN           \_____/              I             |
 |  ( )5V                       3.3k [ ]            |
 |          ( )--[2.2k ]--( )         I      G ( )  |
 |  ( )G                             ( )            |
 |          ( )--[ 75R ]--( )                       |
 |                                           Atari  |
 '--------------------------------------------------'

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:
https://www.instructables.com/ATARI-2600-Video-Composite-mod/

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