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[Super Luigi 64]

Over a decade after I lost the power cord to my Sega Genesis, my darling sister gave me a great Christmas gift... a new one! No longer did I have to play Sonic 2 with a *shudder* Gamecube Controller.

Naturally, the first thing I did was hook up the old girl (the Genesis, that is) to my flat-sceen TV.

It didn't work.

So I tried hooking it up to my old TV and it worked fine!

Anyone know a way to get a Genesis (model 2) to work on my modern TV? Or, am I going to have to be one of those guys with multiple TV's in my game room (not that there's anything wrong with that)?
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[BearSuit]

What kind of jack are you sticking into the TV? Coax? You might try messing around with your TV's settings and make sure you have it on the right channel before giving up...however it WILL look better on your old TV with it's lovely scan lines.
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[Super Luigi 64]

It's coax, the original RF Switch. I'll try messing around with it some more, but I'm not sure what settings I could change. Cable TV works fine through the port and even through the RF Switch, just the Sega's not coming through...
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In the land of Hyrule, there echos a Legend...
of a Hero, a Villain, a Maiden
and the Golden Power that binds them all...

[sinistermoon]

That's really odd that it doesn't work on both tvs. I'm one of those guys with both types of tvs in his game room lol. Since you have a model 2 I suggest you just get a cable like this.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/AV-Cable-for-Sega-Genesis-2-3-Nomad-MK-1631-1461_W0QQitemZ270513331351QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games_Accessories?hash=item3efbd9dc97#ht_1759wt_1165


I have one and it is for sure a step above the RF. But it is my firm option that the model 1 Genesis is the way to go since it outputs stereo. The original cable that was put out by Sega for the model 2 is mono and Mark from Classic Game Room recently reviewed it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_KF-Rcfzoo

The one from ebay just puts both the left and right on the same pin of the mini din. I was pretty mad to find out it was 2 channel mono. But like I said, the model 1 is the way to go.

Personally I think the stereo sound is one of the main things that makes the Genesis cool.
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[Super Luigi 64]

If I were a more serious collector (at least as far as Sega is concerned) I might think about buying a model 1, but I just wanna get the model 2 that I've had since I was a kid, but couldn't play for a decade to work.

I'll probably end up buying the AV cable, since nothing else seems to work. Four bucks is a good deal, anyway!
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In the land of Hyrule, there echos a Legend...
of a Hero, a Villain, a Maiden
and the Golden Power that binds them all...

[BearSuit]

If the new cable doesn't work, it's time to replace the pins. Z had her NES cleaned and the pins replaced by the awesome people at Digital Press, but there are DIY guides on YouTube.
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Genesis does what NintenDON'T.