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Old 02-08-2007, 14:26   #1
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Connecting Mega Drive to Freeview LCD TV
I'm trying to set up my Mega Drive for the first time in about 10 years.

It was easy to do on my 14" CRT TV but I've now got a 26" Freeview LCD TV.

How do I find the channel for the Mega Drive?

My TV's got a digital and analogue () tuner.

The analogue tuner only seems to go up to channel 5.
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Old 02-08-2007, 15:22   #2
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You will have to manually tune it into another channel. The Megadrive will be on UHF36.
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Old 02-08-2007, 15:28   #3
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I tried channel 36 (by pressing 36) but I just got the black and white dots on the screen.
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Old 02-08-2007, 15:35   #4
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The same thing happens with my dreamcast if I try to connect it to the LCD in the bedroom, the scart I have for it won't work either on that TV.
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Old 02-08-2007, 15:40   #5
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If your area is like ours here then Channel5 will now be broadcasting on the same frequency that the Megadrive uses, you may have to remove the aerial when tuning in the TV. You will need to manually tune the channel using the menus on the TV rather than just turning over to channel 36.
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Old 02-08-2007, 16:03   #6
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I tried channel 36 (by pressing 36) but I just got the black and white dots on the screen.
I meant you have to tune it into that frequency, choose a blank channel, Menu, then something like set up, choose Manual Set Up, and for that channel, tune it into UHF36, then store the channel, then the Megadrive should work on that channel.
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Old 02-08-2007, 16:33   #7
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You could try tuning to channel 8? Segas/Nintendos in my area always seem to auto tune on Channel8. Worth a shot
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Old 02-08-2007, 17:40   #8
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I tried channel 36 (by pressing 36) but I just got the black and white dots on the screen.


GET ONE OF THESE!

Or find an S-Video to Scart cable. It'll work.
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Old 02-08-2007, 17:45   #9
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Manually tuned it into channel 36 from an unused channel and just got a blank screen and no sound.

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Old 02-08-2007, 17:47   #10
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I'll try that.



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GET ONE OF THESE!

Or find an S-Video to Scart cable. It'll work.
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Old 02-08-2007, 17:59   #11
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On the lead coming out of the megadrive there should be a little screw turn that a bit and it will change the number which the mega drive tunes to that might help
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Old 02-08-2007, 18:13   #12
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On which lead?

I've got the original Mega Drive.

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On the lead coming out of the megadrive there should be a little screw turn that a bit and it will change the number which the mega drive tunes to that might help
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Old 02-08-2007, 21:18   #13
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Connect the RF lead to the back of the Mega Drive. Then plug the lead from the adapter thing into the TV, then plug the aerial into the adapter.

Make sure the adapter/switch is set to 'RF' not 'ANT'.

Put a game in the Mega Drive (blow any dirt out of it first) then switch the console on. Set the TV to an unused channel, go into manual tuning and then search for the output, which is usually on UHF 36.
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Old 02-08-2007, 21:29   #14
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I've tried that but all I got was a blank screen and no sound.

When I turned the console off, the screen went back to being fuzzy, so it looks like something's not coming though.

I think I'll do what someone else suggested and buy a Mega Drive SCART lead.

It's supposed to give you a better picture, anyway.


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Connect the RF lead to the back of the Mega Drive. Then plug the lead from the adapter thing into the TV, then plug the aerial into the adapter.

Make sure the adapter/switch is set to 'RF' not 'ANT'.

Put a game in the Mega Drive (blow any dirt out of it first) then switch the console on. Set the TV to an unused channel, go into manual tuning and then search for the output, which is usually on UHF 36.
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Old 02-08-2007, 21:37   #15
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all I got was a blank screen and no sound.

When I turned the console off, the screen went back to being fuzzy, so it looks like something's not coming though.
Plug some headphones into the headphone port on the front and see if you get sound through that, it could be that the megadrive isnt working properly any more.
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I tried that but there wasn't any sound.

The power light comes on but it's been in the shed for about 5 years, so it's probably got really dirty or damp.

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Plug some headphones into the headphone port on the front and see if you get sound through that, it could be that the megadrive isnt working properly any more.
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I've tried that but all I got was a blank screen and no sound.

When I turned the console off, the screen went back to being fuzzy, so it looks like something's not coming though.

I think I'll do what someone else suggested and buy a Mega Drive SCART lead.

It's supposed to give you a better picture, anyway.
Try more than one game.
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