Re: //c Questions

[mmettler@ttmath.ttu.edu (Michael J. Mettler)]

shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford) writes:
> Jeff Brielmaier (jeff.brielmaier@yob.com) wrote:
>: To: mmettler@ttmath.ttu.edu
> 
>: MJ>1) I have the original (?) small monochrome monitor with the stand.
>: MJ>This works fine, but I read in one of the //c books in the local
>: MJ>library that it is possible to hook up the //c to a color TV -- and
>: MJ>color would be nice.  Feeding the video signal into a TV VHF input
>: MJ>didn't work (on any channel, though 3 was close).  Do I need some sort
>: MJ>of adaptor or special hardware to do this?  How do I get it to work?
> 
>: You need an RF-modulator in order to hook it up to the TV set.  There where 
>: several available back in the "good-old-days" including one that just plugged 
>: into the back of the computer w/ no "loose" wires, but I'm not sure if they 
>: are still available....
> 
> This is only necessary if you have an old dinosaur TV with no RCA jacks for
> A/V input and output. If you have a newer one with a video in jack, just run
> an RCA from the //c video output to the jack on the TV.

Ok -- I've tried this (on a friend's TV from 1988, with a 'Video In'
jack).  However, I still do not get any clear picture on the TV.
What channel do I need to set the TV to?  (Channel 3 did give a
VERY fuzzy view of the Apple // boot up screen, but I couldn't clarify
it.  Other channels gave nothing but static.)  Would there be some
reason I'd need a newer TV to do this?  

Thanks to everyone who has answered this (and to those who will
answer later).

Michael Mettler