Nes and Master System 2 power ratings

DjB · Post by **DjB** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 1:04 am

A mate of mine has given me a Nes and a MS2 he found at one of the regular council curb side pick ups. I know your all saying theyre probably stuffed but there is no harm im trying. I was wondering the power input ratings on these things as Im planning on buying one of those plugs with about 7 differents jacks on it, all with different ratings.

Also if anyone knows what different RF adaptors I can use on the Master System that would be great as well.

Many thanks.

arrowhead · Post by **arrowhead** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 1:21 am

the NES takes 9v 1.3A, and the sms is also 9v 1A

Hawq · Post by **Hawq** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 1:06 pm

A regular rf lead will do for both of them, the good thing about those days was all consoels & somputers used the same rf lead, hell one taken from a vcr would work

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 1:09 pm

Im planning on buying one of those plugs with about 7 differents jacks on it, all with different ratings.

Good idea, they come in handy. I've got about 5

NES also has phono, which is quite useful if you only get it out a few times a year and your TV has front Phono connectors

MKE · Post by **MKE** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 2:48 pm

i just bought a new 72 pin connector for my nes, it barely worked/played games anymore and when it did, they wouldnt work for long so im hopeing it will fix it.
(just paid for it, waiting for it to get to me now)

has anybody else bought one and if so, did it help any?

and the nes sais 9v, but on my older one that i sold i used a 7v adapter that the plug fit off of and it never gave me a problem.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 4:45 pm

From what i've heard the new connectors are a godsend and work perfectly. Easy to install too, sometimes the old connector is hard to get off though

MKE · Post by **MKE** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:05 pm

yeah it can be. ive taken it off to try and clean it (with no luck) so hopefully this will do the trick, if it does i may buy a couple more just in case....

Lartrak · Post by **Lartrak** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:13 pm

The pin connector's either work perfectly or not at all. I replaced mine, it worked great for about 2 days, then broke and never worked again. I probably should have had it replaced, but oh well.

arrowhead · Post by **arrowhead** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:24 pm

MKE wrote:i just bought a new 72 pin connector for my nes, it barely worked/played games anymore and when it did, they wouldnt work for long so im hopeing it will fix it.
(just paid for it, waiting for it to get to me now)

has anybody else bought one and if so, did it help any?

They rule. Make sure when you are installing the new one that you dont get any pins caught up on the cart slot. If you bend a pin when you are shoving it in you are screwed

DjB · Post by **DjB** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:10 am

Hawq wrote:A regular rf lead will do for both of them, the good thing about those days was all consoels & somputers used the same rf lead, hell one taken from a vcr would work

Sorry for the late reply. Doesent it need the proper MS2 one? Or did you mean that any Master System or Mega Drive one will work?

BlackAura · Post by **BlackAura** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:45 am

The SMS2 I have doesn't have any kind of adapter. It simply plugs directly into a TV using the same standard-ish cable (RCA on one end, standard RF antenna socket on the other) cable that a lot of other systems used. The SNES uses the same connector.