Sega Megadrive

[pandoradeus]

I've recently got a little nostalic and aqcuired a sega megadrive. All fine and dandy except I can't get it to work. Yes I have turned it on and even enlisted the help of my husband & kids but so far no success. I don't have a manual for the console and it was sold as working. I have got al the leads etc. I dont seem to remember it being this problematic when I had the original! Any ideas??

[sft42]

It's a pretty straight forward bit of kit really....power adaptor goes in rear and co-ax cable to TV comes out and that's it for wiring really....You should have a small red LED on the front of the console to indicate if it is getting power...You should be booting it up with a game cartridge installed along with at least one controller....If none of this seems to work then I'd be tempted to return it and not fiddle about with it.

[j2buttonsw]

You have to "tune" a channel of yer telly to pick up the signal from console as well.

[pandoradeus]

Thanks for that - the console seems to be getting power but no luck in tuning it in to a channel. Himself got hold of a scart lead but that didn't help. GRRRRR!

[aceizace]

A scart lead for a sega? Thats different. If you're using a scart then it will be 'tuned in' on one of your AV channels. If you are using the standard one it comes with that replaces your normal airel (can't spell :-p) then you will need to fiddle with the tuning of one of your unused channels on the TV, make sure it is on with a game when you try and tune.