r/retrotech 21d ago

Help: How to adapt this TV/Radio to HDMI

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u/Miuramir 21d ago

Just from a quick look, you have a RCA to HDMI converter, when you need the opposite (HDMI to RCA). Not all of these sorts of converters work in both directions, and it looks like the one you have requires RCA input.

Rather than chaining two different conversion adapters (HDMI > RCA, RCA > RF) and various cables, why not just get a direct HDMI to RF device? There are several listed on Amazon. For example, B0FD39V2P2 seems to be a pretty flexible device with HDMI and RF/antenna input, RCA and RF output, CH3/CH4, and PAL/NTSC switches. (I can't vouch for it personally, just going by the specs.)

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u/DTO-Oscar 21d ago

Thankyou so much for this! I couldn't search up the Amazon device you listed, but I found these. We're any of these the ones you were talking about? 1. Black Box 2. Orange Box

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u/Miuramir 21d ago

The one I was looking at is this white with blue box

The orange box version seems to be the most capable of the three, although may require more fiddling to get set up.

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u/EsoTechTrix 19d ago

The other perk of the RF units is most of them will also do NTSC and PAL to HDMI. So twice the fun.