Airlia13 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Hi, I just recently acquired a 1040STe. I have tried several ways to connect it to my TV and have only been able to get sound. What kind of connections and cable should I be using to make this work? Do I have to do something special with the Tv? I am in the USA, so I have a NTSC TV. I have tried a composite video cable just for the video and I have tried my Atari 2600 JR. and 7800 compatible direct connect cable, and that is how I got the sound. I am pretty sure (should I be?) the puter is outputing in medium or low res., as otherwise my Time Bandit game would not even start up and produce sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 You just need one of the standard Atari switchboxes that hooks to the TV. And you could probably use one of these instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvas Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Hi, I just recently acquired a 1040STe. I have tried several ways to connect it to my TV and have only been able to get sound. What kind of connections and cable should I be using to make this work? Do I have to do something special with the Tv? I am in the USA, so I have a NTSC TV. I have tried a composite video cable just for the video and I have tried my Atari 2600 JR. and 7800 compatible direct connect cable, and that is how I got the sound. I am pretty sure (should I be?) the puter is outputing in medium or low res., as otherwise my Time Bandit game would not even start up and produce sound. What kind of input does your TV have? Here in europe the SCART is a standard. I used the RGB signals of my ST (http://pinouts.ru/Video/AtariStMonitor_pinout.shtml) to connect to the scart. You can also use the RF cable, but the quality of the picture wont'be so good. It will only work with ST-LOW or ST-MID. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VW Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 I had your same problem, you have to use an old style switchbox or techieallison on this forum can make you a cool cable like she made me that will go from the monitor output of the ST to standard 3 output RCA composite (1 video, 2 audio) that you can plug into about anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniperstorm Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 I had your same problem, you have to use an old style switchbox or techieallison on this forum can make you a cool cable like she made me that will go from the monitor output of the ST to standard 3 output RCA composite (1 video, 2 audio) that you can plug into about anything. Go with techieallison she just made me 2 cables, one with the 3 outputs, and another so I can have mono . My st will soon he hooked up to LCD tv, and a LCD monitor. She is awesome to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 The best option on the market used to be Practical Solution Monitor Master. It has connections for audio and video out and jacks for attaching color and monochrome ST monitors to one computer along with a pushbutton for flipping between color/mono. B&C Computervisions is still listing it for $29.95 new - google 'Atari monitor master' for more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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