You can change the wifi country code in the recalbox.conf file to enable more wifi channels for your country.
Some channels are disabled in some countries:
| Channel | Frequency (Mhz) | North America | Japan | Majority of the world |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2412 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 2 | 2417 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 3 | 2422 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 4 | 2427 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 5 | 2432 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 6 | 2437 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 7 | 2442 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 8 | 2447 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 9 | 2452 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 10 | 2457 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 11 | 2462 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 12 | 2467 | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 13 | 2472 | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 14 | 2484 | ❌ | ✅ (11b only) | ❌ |
This setting can be changed in the recalbox.conf file:
## Set Wifi region
wifi.region=JP
Change the JP value in the example to the value of your choice.
The default value is
JPbecause this country is the most permissive for wifi.
Here is a list of wifi callsigns that you may find useful:
| Country | Code |
|---|---|
| Austria | AT |
| Australia | AU |
| Belgium | BE |
| Brazil | BR |
| Canada | CA |
| Switzerland and Liechtenstein | CH |
| China | CN |
| Cyprus | |
| Czech Republic | CZ |
| Germany | DE |
| Denmark | DK |
| Estonia | EE |
| Spain | ES |
| Finland | FI |
| France | FR |
| United Kingdom | GB |
| Greece | GR |
| Hong Kong | |
| Hungary | HU |
| Indonesia | ID |
| Ireland | IE |
| Israel | IL |
| India | IN |
| Iceland | IS |
| Italy | IT |
| Japan | JP |
| Republic of Korea | KR |
| Lithuania | LT |
| Luxembourg | LU |
| Latvia | LV |
| Malaysia | MY |
| Netherlands | NL |
| Norway | NO |
| New Zealand | NZ |
| Philippines | |
| Poland | PL |
| Portugal | PT |
| Sweden | SE |
| Singapore | SG |
| Slovenia | SI |
| Slovakia | SK |
| Thailand | TH |
| Taiwan | TW |
| United States | |
| South Africa | ZA |
You can find more country codes on this page.