Odyssey2 not working...

[pacmanhat]

I just picked up an O2 at an old game store this afternoon, and I'm not having any luck getting it to work. I tried working w/ the RF stuff I already had behind my TV, but I was missing an adapter to get it all to function probably. At that point, I plugged it directly into the back of the TV. Upon turning it on, the screen turned white with the expection of a few random letters scattered around the screen. I tried plugging it into a much older TV, and that yielded the same result. I'm totally at a loss as to how to fix this issue, and I really hope the machine isn't broken (they claimed it was tested, but now I'm not as sure). Can anyone help me out?

[pacmanhat]

Update...it seems to be doing this same thing no matter what game is in the system, or even if nothing's in the system at all. It seems as though it isn't reading when a game's in there. I'm more concerned now that there's nothing I can do, but if someone can fill me in on what might help, I would REALLY appreciate it.

[ozyr]

about the only thing I can say is make sure you clean the game contacts and the cartridge slot really good (or as good as you can). If you still get the same junk on the screen, then the O2 unit sounds like it is shot!

[jonjandran]

I had a unit that did this. And the advice was to leave it on for a few hours to warm it up , and then it would work right .

I never tried it though because a new O2 only cost a few dollars on Ebay. :D

[chadtower]

A few hours? I've never opened an o2, but that really sounds like dried out electrolytics.

[pacmanhat]

A few hours? I've never opened an o2, but that really sounds like dried out electrolytics.

Is there a fix for that sort of thing?

[chadtower]

If that is the issue, usually replacing all capacitors on the board. I don't know if anyone has ever assembled a premade O2 cap kit, though, so that would be a good amount of effort and requires decent soldering skills.