Connect Nintendo 64 to a modern flat-screen TV

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I bought a Nintendo 64 system and I have a 55' Vizio Smart TV.

I tried to connect the Red and White cord to my TV. There are two reds you can try on the back with the white green and blue option and one red and white for Audio on the side of the tv. I did not have any luck.

I went to Target and bought a RF Video Converter Box. You screw the black code to the antenna part on the back of the tv. On the RF box you put in the Red White and Yellow cord. I tried Comp with the three dots as an option on my tv and I tried Antenna. I searched for channels but I can not get 3 or 4.

I tried to add the 3&4 channel still no luck can someone help me please.

Best Answer

Coincidentally, I also have a 55" Vizio TV and a Nintendo 64, my favorite console of them all, in my room. For whatever reason, I was able to get my GameCube to work with the TV, but I never could get the N64 to. I just tried it again, and went through every setting I could find on the TV, but still nothing. There's no picture, but I can hear music for not even a second before it goes silent. My Nintendo 64 definitely works, as I was playing Super Smash Bros. on it just a couple of hours ago with a different TV.

All I can tell you is make sure the N64, games, and cords work by testing with another TV and then ensure that the composite cables are connected to the Vizio TV like this:

and the input is set to "Composite". If it still doesn't work, then it's your TV. You can either return it and get another brand, get another TV for your game consoles (like I have), or mod (or pay someone to mod) your N64 to output in HDMI (however, this still isn't guaranteed to fix the problem).