www.retroelectronik.comAtari 2600 Woody and Darth Vader PAL AV mod

installation instructions

Thank you for your interest in our AV mod,it will permit you to play on about any modern Tvs with brighter images and better sound.

Prerequisites :

This job is pretty easy, you'll only have to do 4 soldering points on your motherboard.However a small skilled in soldering iron is needed or you could damage your Video system.

WARNING : risk of electrical shock Please also keep in mind that for your safety, you must unplug power cord and wait at least 5 minutes to discharge all capacitors prior to operate your game console.

We couldn't be held as responsible for any harm you could do to yourself or to your properties

What are you going to need ? :

- The most important thing : the av mod-A soldering iron and a some solder wire- A drill with 6mm or 7mm bit (1/4")- Screwdrivers- a cutting pliers- A needle-nose pliers- optionally a hot glue gun or a strong glue

This AV mod can be installed in less than 15mn but please take your time, you should be able to dothe job in less than 30mn.

First ,remove these 4 screws and open the case :

Then remove gently the motherboard from its plastic case.You're going to see a big metal shield present in both side of the motherboard,we're going to need to

remove it.

Fortunately,the metal shield isn't soldered,it'sjust maintained from a side to the other bysome small bended tabs.

You just have to unbend each of these tabs(located in the back of the motherboard)with a needle-nose pliers to remove themetal shield.

Once removed you can forget it,we won'treplace this shield as we're not going to useHF anymore

Our beautiful motherboard is nude,we're going to cut the contact with the RF part.To do that, we're going to remove 4 components and to cut or unsolder RF box pins Optionally we

can also desolder the RF box ;

Concerning the components to remove,you can unsolder them but i've personally simply cutted them using a cutting pliers

Components to remove :

Then we're going to cut orunsolder the 5 pins of the

RF Box :

We can also optionally unsolder and remove completely the RF Box as we're not going to use itanymore. To do that,there is 4 big solder points to desolder, they're linked to the GND so it's easy to

do and there is no major risks.points to unsolder :

To connect your AV mod ,only 4 solder points are needed.See the back of your AV mod to knowwhich wire to solder ( Concerning GND please solder the biggest wire to the motherboard)

Below are the 4 solder points to do :

Open 2 6-7mm (1/4") holes on the case to fix the RCA chassis connectors.

There is much more space than inside a 2600JR and so they is plenty convenient place that you canchoose :

Fix the two RCA connectors on the chassis :

Now solder the Audio-out on the white or red (may vary) RCA connector , solder de Video-out tothe red or black RCA connector. Then connect both RCA GND together and to the GND power

small wire ,just like this :

you can now fix your AV mod with the double sided tape provided. There is a perfect place just nearthe « Game Reset » switch. The result should be something like :

Time to test, place a cartridge, connect the A2600 to your TV and plug the power cord.You should have a noiseless brighter image.

If the image is not good enough, you can adjust it by turning the pot located near the on/off switchbut actually it shouldn't be necessary

So then check everything one last time and you can close the case, place back the 4 screws andplay !

We wich you hours of gaming with your newly improved Atari 2600 !

Please contact us if you have any question