It turns out the metal switchbox that came with it was quite faulty and i needed a direct conversion from phono input to coaxial cable (from those yellow white red cable shaped plug converting to a cable tv type plug)
Atari pretty much blows but it's still fun to have one in general.
WAKE UP? YEAH, WAKE UP FUCKING MAKES SENSE CONSIDERING YOU NEED TO WAKE UP AND...COME BACK--I DUNNO HOW TO ALUDE YOUR ID TO YOUR CURRENT STATUS ON SHEEZYART BUT WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU
BTW WERZ CHEAS 2 I SAW DAT MOVIE ON EN JEE AN WUS WUNDERIN WUT HAPPEN TO DAT BRUIEHIU GUY