NINTENDO A/V OUT:

This port is used for the Nintendo HDMI Cable. We carry SNES Cables over in the Trog Store!

RF OUT:

This port is used with the Nintendo SNES-003 RF Switch to hook the unit up via your cable/coaxial connection on the TV.

NOTE: You wont use this port when using the HDMI cable.

CH3-CH4:

This switch is used in conjunction with the RF OUT port to pick which channel will display the game.

When you use an RF box to connect your game system, the game will display on either Channel 3 or 4. You should try and use a channel that does not have a local TV station on it for minimum interference, but really either should work just fine.

NOTE: This switch is not needed when using an HDMI cable.

SNES AC ADAPTER:

This is the power supply port for the SNES-002 AC Power Supply unit. We carry SNES Cables over in the Trog Store!

STEP #1 

Plug the Nintendo HDMI cable into your SNES.

STEP #2

Attach the other end of the Nintendo HDMI cable to your TV. You could have multiple options available like on the diagram. You can place it in any one that is not in use.

STEP #3 

Plug the SNES-002 Power Supply into the back of the SNES.

STEP #4

Plug the SNES-002 Power Supply into the wall.

STEP #5

Plug the USB Charger into the wall outlet.

NOTE: This little USB Plug is not included with the HDMI Cable. You can use one that you have laying around the house, or we have them available by themselves and combined in a pack.

STEP #6

Plug the Micro USB cable into the USB Charger plugged into the wall. This is the standard USB sized plug at the other end of the Micro USB cable.

STEP #7

Set the switch on the HDMI box to either 4:3 or 16:9 to set the ratio. Do this before you power on the system. You can find out more about the ratio settings below.

STEP #8

Plug in a game and turn on the Super Nintendo, even if you don’t see it on the TV yet. You should see the power light on the Nintendo light up (a good sign). Check and see if your HDMI cable power light is on also. Doing this first will also help find the right TV settings. When you’re searching for the right channel and you see the game, you’ve got it right!

STEP #9

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

STEP #10

Now go race some F-Zero in HD!

Aspect Ratio

You may have heard about aspect ratio of TV's. 4 by 3 (written 4:3), 16:9, widescreen, standard definition and so on. I wont go to much into it but will give you a quick overview.

At the end of the classic CRT / Tube Television era, widescreen was starting to become the thing. As such there were a few high-definition, widescreen CRT's right before flat screens took over the world. Before that, every TV was in 4:3 ration. The 4 refers to the width of the screen and the 3 to the height. So 4:3 is a little wider than it is tall. For example, for every 1 inch of height you would have 1.33 inches of width. New HDTVs have a ration of 16:9. This works out to 1.79 inches wide for every 1 inch in height.

So why does this matter? Because almost every game system was built to display in a 4:3 ratio until around the original XBOX and Playstation 2. There are a handful of titles for the SEGA Dreamcast and original SONY Playstation that support widescreen, but not many. And when you're talking about the SNES or SEGA Genesis, you can forget about it. When you connect a retro system up via HDMI it will not show you more of the map for instance than you could see before on a 4:3 TV. It will have "black bars" on the left and right of the 4:3 image, which gets centered on your 16:9 TV. This is completely fine and normal, but there are some options if you want it to fill the screen.

Widescreen 16:9 vs. Standard 4:3

Normal - on 16:9 widescreen TV

Full - on 16:9 widescreen TV

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