The Nintendo 64 has several different ways to connect to your television. 

S-VIDEO: this provides the best picture quality available from the SNES on most old CRT or Tube TV’s.

HDMI: this has only recently become available and is the best option for new flat-screen TV’s

METHOD #1 – RCA Connection

What you will need:

This method will give you good picture quality out of your N64.  So let’s get started!

STEP #3 

Plug the N64 Power Supply into the back of the N64.

STEP #4

Plug the N64 Power Supply into the wall.

STEP #5

Plug in a game and turn on the Nintendo 64, even if you don’t see it on the TV yet. You should see the power light on the N64 light up (a good sign) and you should hear the disc spin-up. Doing this first will help in finding the right TV settings, when you’re searching for the right channel or input and you see the game, you got it right!

STEP #6

Turn your TV to the appropriate VIDEO SOURCE. You probably have several INPUTS available from COMPONENT, VIDEO 1 2 & 3 and so on. In the diagram above you would need to change your TV to VIDEO 1. To change to these different video signal options, you usually have an INPUT button on your remote or television.

STEP #7

Now go play some Star Wars Rouge Squadron!

METHOD #2 – S-Video Connection

What you will need:

This method will give you the best picture quality out of your N64. It is the method you should use whenever possible as the improved image quality over RCA is very noticeable. So let’s get started!

STEP #3 

Plug the N64 Power Supply into the back of the N64.

STEP #4

Plug the N64 Power Supply into the wall.

STEP #5

Plug in a game and turn on the Nintendo 64, even if you don’t see it on the TV yet. You should see the power light on the Nintendo 64 light up (a good sign) and you should hear the disc spin-up. Doing this first will help in finding the right TV settings, when you’re searching for the right channel or input and you see the game, you got it right!

STEP #6

Turn your TV to the appropriate VIDEO SOURCE. You probably have several INPUTS available from COMPONENT, VIDEO 1 2 & 3 and so on. In the diagram above you would need to change your TV to VIDEO 1. To change to these different video signal options, you usually have an INPUT button on your remote or television.

STEP #7

Now go play some 007 – Golden Eye!

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