all I have is the vic 20 modulator..

[gnomencandle]

So I recently purchased my vic 20 and got it home. I tried to use it yesterday but cannot get it to work. I have a modulator coming out of the back of the vic 20 (plugged into the proper port). From the modulator, I have another cable that has a splitter on the end of it which have the same ends as the cable (fits into the video/audio ports on the tv or vcr)

I remember when I had my old vic 20, we used to have a computer/tv switch which screwed into the back of the tv. (I've seen an attachment on ebay also that lets you screw into an adapter which then plugs into the tv's cable input.

What else do I need to get in order to get my vic to work on a modern tv?

[Boray]

From the modulator, I have another cable that has a splitter on the end of it which have the same ends as the cable (fits into the video/audio ports on the tv or vcr)

That sounds strange. From the modulator, there should only be one cable, a rf/antenna cable.

But most people skip the rf modulator these days and use just a cable from the vic to the video/audio inputs of a monitor or TV.

[gnomencandle]

I think I tried putting the cable that plugs into the modulator into a video input and also tried an audio input on my tv and nothing...

Anyone in Ottawa that could help me test this?

[Vic20-Ian]

The back of the vic connects to the modulator with a DIN plug.

The modulator should have a phono female connector on it.

A cable with Phono male plug and Coax aerial connector on the other end connects the modulator to the AERIAL IN Socket on the TV, note this is NOT the Video inputs.

You then need to turn the Vic on and tune the TV to pick up the signal from the modulator usually channel 35-37.

Alternatively go to ebay and buy a commodore DIN to Scart lead.

[ummdorian]

If you can solder or twist some wires together try this out...
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[Ihavenousername]

The back of the vic connects to the modulator with a DIN plug.

The modulator should have a phono female connector on it.

A cable with Phono male plug and Coax aerial connector on the other end connects the modulator to the AERIAL IN Socket on the TV, note this is NOT the Video inputs.

You then need to turn the Vic on and tune the TV to pick up the signal from the modulator usually channel 35-37.

This is probably the answer you're looking for.

It can be pretty confusing since we're used to RCA/Phono cables being used for composite video on modern TV's, but the same yellow colored jack on TV's now used to be a black colored jack for connecting antenna's and things with modulated signals to older TV's.

All you have to do to get your VIC working with a newer television is grab a coaxial cable, exactly the same kind you'd use for cable TV or an antenna, and attach an adapter to the end of it. The adapter goes into the VIC's modulator, and the other end of the cable goes into your TV's antenna input. Then just tune your TV to channel 3 or channel 4, if you're in the U.S. or Canada.

I can't remember the technical name for the adapter, but they're pretty easy to find, and only cost a few dollars at the most. The one most stores carry is usually small and gold colored, and has a space to screw a coaxial cable on one end, then something on the other end that looks exactly like the cable you already have attached to the modulator.

[moijk]

So I recently purchased my vic 20 and got it home. I tried to use it yesterday but cannot get it to work. I have a modulator coming out of the back of the vic 20 (plugged into the proper port).
...
What else do I need to get in order to get my vic to work on a modern tv?

Get a typical vic 20 -> composite cable off ebay and use that. Should connect to virtually any TV from the late 80s/early 90s and up. Better signal than going through RF.

[ken]

I did away with my rf box and got a composite cable ......1000 times better picture and sound