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I'm here working in Massachusetts and I brought my GameCube so I might possibly beat out some boredom on the controller for a few hours...

Guess I thought wrong, because I can't get the stupid TV to go to channel 3/4 so my RF modulator can work.

Is there another kind of modulator you can buy so you can choose whatever channel you want other than 3 or 4 to run the game system on? Or am I just screwed until I check into a motel that doesn't lock their TV's into only whatever they have on programming?

It's a motel 6, btw, if that matters at all.


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there's isn't just a video input button on the remote?or did you gay the gamecube up by doing the cable adapter sh*t

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EpicNightMayor wrote:there's isn't just a video input button on the remote?
No. Its just a regular TV, or so it seems until you call the front desk up and they tell you it's programmed only to the channels they offer.
EpicNightMayor wrote:or did you gay the gamecube up by doing the cable adapter sh*t
And WTF does "gay it up" mean? No, I did not fit it with a strap on and anal lube...

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do you have this?http://www.ztnetstore.com/images/n64av.JPG

if so, does the tv have inputs for those in the back?

or do you have the cable tv input wire like thishttp://www1.istockphoto.com/fi...e.jpg

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or! you can re-program it unless they set a password. what kind of TV is it?

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If they have the TV's channels, inputs restricted, the only way to get it to play your gamecube is to run the cube through something ELSE that is taking that channel 3/4 input and outputting to a channel the TV WILL turn to. Like a VCR or cable box.

Or, alternatively, if you can find the input/game/source button, you can just try using RCA cables instead of that ****ty R/F modulator. Unless the TV doesn't have RCA inputs...


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