SNES video controller

I don't know about you, but when a commercial comes on, I like to play on my old Super Nintendo. The thing is to check if the commercial I would have to go behind the snes and pull the RF out plug. To solve this I made a video on/off switch and but in a spongebob tin.

Step 1 Parts & Holes

Here are the parts you will need

1. A double pole double throw switch (DPDT).
2. One male RF connector
3. One female RF connector
4. some sort of tin.



First thing you will want to do is to make a hole for the switch and the two RF connectors

Comments

[BadPrenup]

I just picked up a super nintendo at a garage sale for 5 bucks and it came with a multi out cord. You'd be better off grabbing one of these for 5 bucks off ebay or Amazon. That way you can Picture in Picture the show if your tv supports it.

[ReCreate]

Hey also,its not RF,its RCA,Digital Video data is sent through there,RF would be coaxial.

[team_nes_1986]

Nice work. Looks to me like you've made what is known as an RF A/B switch. We used to have one on our old GTE Sylvania TV, and it was used for switching between our VCR and our analog cable box. And for us, all of this happened in like 1990, and I was just four years old then. Hey, if you had a GameCube, you could share its A/V cable with your Super Nintendo.

[bigt4616]

when isnt there a stray knex here and there. you take them out. and for months your still picking all them up. theres one. heres one. what, in my dvd drive wtf?!? rofl

[Derin]

You could also use a DPST for the switch.It will still switch both poles but it is only on-off.Its main use is safely switching loads that run on mains.That way both poles get switched and no change of the device energizing arises.

[Self-Serving Martyr]

I'm not sure I see the point in this Instructable, why don't you just use your TV remote?

[edison142]

The SNES (mine at least) goes through the main cable. there is this little grey box that comes with snes, you plug your TV, cable,snes into it and it shuts off the cable as soon as you turn on the snes, and reconnects it when you shut it off. There is no 3 colored AV jacks. you can see the box in this picture
http://atariace.com/images/atariace.com/nintendo-snes/systems/images/nintendo-snes-for-sale-101606.jpg

[lifelong-newbie]

Same here, my SNES ran through a normal co axial cable. Like your terrestrial TV signal would do. Nintendo shipped a little slide switch module with the SNES with an output plug (TO TV), a "Spielen" input (SNES) and a "Sehen" input (TV signal), then a switch on the gizmo that swapped between the two.

[nickstewartroc]

Go super mario world!!!!

[APHawkes]

I like this, but I'm cheap and have a "hack" of sorts that's free. If you're lucky enough to have a TV with Picture-In-Picture (PIP) you can easily plug the game console into one input and the "regular" TV signal into the other input. When a commercial comes on, bring up the PIP, do a "swap" so that the game is full-screen while the show is in the mini-screen. That way I can see when the commercials end to do the "swap" to bring the regular program back and hide the PIP. Darn, I should have made my own instructable for that!

[hondagofast]

Yay for PIP! I'd rather play Gran Turismo 2 on my Play station though.

[edison142]

Ya, but them I would need to switch for the video and both stereo out puts, or I could have one switch turn on three relays.

[knexboi]

my bad.retarded pc

[knexboi]

awesome instructable.im making one for my ps3

[knexboi]

awesome instructable.im making one for my ps3 YEAH!

[snipegoat]

i like it i tend to have this problem also

[edison142]

My first instructable!!!!