New owner need's help.

[Xbox_Man]

Hey guy's i just bought my dreamcast today and when i got it homw pluged everything in and powered it up and the light on the top of the console came on but there was no picture on the screen, btw im using rgb.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Xbox_Man]

Any one?? Please.

[PLZKLLME0080]

were the cords plugged into both the system and T.V.? its happend to me before. with my PS2, i have to juggle the part of the cord connected to it to get it to work. try that to.

[Xbox_Man]

what do you mean by that and yeah they are connected and before i even got sound for a short period of time.

[beetroot bertie]

When you say RGB, do you mean a scart cable or the standard RF cable?

If it's the RF cable, have you tried moving the switch on it? The 'I' setting is for the UK, the 'G' for all other countries. That might help.

I can't remember exactly how it works as I use a scart cable but you may need to tune the TV too.

[PLZKLLME0080]

what do you mean by that and yeah they are connected and before i even got sound for a short period of time.

when i say i have to jiggle the cord around, i mean the part that connects into the system. DIRECTLY plugging into the system. i guess the output on my PS2 got damaged and the picture and sound wont come out right sometimes.

[Xbox_Man]

When you say RGB, do you mean a scart cable or the standard RF cable?

If it's the RF cable, have you tried moving the switch on it? The 'I' setting is for the UK, the 'G' for all other countries. That might help.

I can't remember exactly how it works as I use a scart cable but you may need to tune the TV too.

yeah its a normal scart and i cant tune my tv.

[Christuserloeser]

Unplug the scart lead from your Dreamcast and put it back in as deep as it goes.

Also switch through the AV channels of your TV (usually AV1, AV2, RGB, etc.). Select RGB and don't forget to turn your Dreamcast off and on again.

On my TV, the Dreamcast sets its channel automatically, no matter what channel I've been watching before.

[beetroot bertie]

Mine too. I turn on the DC and the channel automatically switches over. I wish my 360 would do the same.

If you got an RF cable as well (?) maybe you could try that instead as the scart cable may be faulty.

[Xbox_Man]

Unplug the scart lead from your Dreamcast and put it back in as deep as it goes.

Also switch through the AV channels of your TV (usually AV1, AV2, RGB, etc.). Select RGB and don't forget to turn your Dreamcast off and on again.

On my TV, the Dreamcast sets its channel automatically, no matter what channel I've been watching before.

when i push it in as far as it goes, the console doesnt show the power on light.