genesis issues

Post by **latenitevacancy** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:53 am

so i just recently dug up my genesis, bought some RCA cables and hooked it up. it works okay except the picture is really blurry and i get some annoying buzzing from the speakers. does anyone know whats up with this? or what i can do to fix it? i appreciate anyones help

Post by **Funk, E** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:08 am

Could be your cables.

Post by **ott0bot** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:31 am

Definately clean out the jacks with some canned air and try again. Sometimes the RF adapters go bad, I know you can fix them, but i'd just find some AV cables online. Make sure you get the ones for the right model though. Model 1 is bigger than model two and only has mono audio.

Post by **Boaby Kenobi** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:39 am

The headphone jack on the MK1 Mega Drive allows for stereo output. I never play games on mine without headphones on.

Post by **ott0bot** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:42 am

Boaby Kenobi wrote:The headphone jack on the MK1 Mega Drive allows for stereo output. I never play games on mine without headphones on.

indeed it does. i guess i failed to mention that becasue it wouln't affect the fuzzy picture.

Post by **latenitevacancy** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:58 am

yeah i think i'm going to clean them and see what happens.. i have 2 different sets of AV cables and both are model 2 compatible, so i dont know why this is happening. if worse comes to worse i'll just get a new genesis

Post by **xraydash** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:30 pm

I get that buzzing sound too, but only on some games and not when I play them through the 32X. Not sure what's going on.

Post by **ott0bot** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:41 pm

So it's a model 2. Try it with an RF?

There was another post about this, try to find it in the Sega or Tech Help section. I think it was something to do with some bad capacitors.