Attention Odyssey Owners: I need help

[Zadoc]

I post this topic in the tech forum: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=62252&sid=dd9146bcbc4869f99abdd69a3e95e174


But I think I wll get a better response if I post up here. )Mods, please don't close or move.)

Anyways, I have always wanted an Odyssey, since it's the grandfather of them all. I've been eager to play this 1972 system with no CPU, screen overlays, and tons of game cards and boards.

So, I finally get one and it arrives. Guess what? I can't get it to work. I am not sure what is wrong.

Here is what I know:

1. The "pass through" on the game switch works. I have the game switch hooked up to a coverter, and have it plugged into the coax cable input in my TV, (like a normal RF unit). I have my cable TV plugged into that. When the switch is set to "TV" the cable works. When it's set to "game" I get nothing. I have tried this on channel 3 and 4, and it works on neither. I have even tried flipping the switch in the Odyssey, and nothing.

2. I have tested the unit with both a standard 9 volt power adaptor and with 6 C batteries. I ran a current test and there is power from the batteries going to the motherboard.

Now, my big question is this:

Is there something else that I have to check to make sure that the Odyssey is compatible with my TV? I read that the "signal" that they Odyssey sends may not be recgonized by a 90's NTSC TV. Is this actually true?

I don't know what to do.

My next stop will be to find an electronics store if Phoenix to see of anyone can work on this thing.

Anyone in Phoenix know of a good place?

By the way... PLEASE HELP! :)

Thanks.

[y-bot]

Is the screen black or snow? Try moving the knobs on the controller. One says "english" I think and if it is not in the right position the "ball" will not appear on the screen.

y-bot

[Zadoc]

It's all just snow. NOTHING happens at all. :(

[Zadoc]

New development!!!


Okay, I was frusterated so I began to insert the game cards in and out of the Odyssey, hoping that just the pins were dirty.

When I insert a game card, any game card...

When I insert a game card diagonally, so that just the bottom left corner of the game card is inserted, the screen will turn black and I can use the controller to move a white square around the screen.

If I insert the game card all of the way, back to snow.

I am wondering...

Does this mean:

A) The pin contacts are really dirty

B) Current isn't getting to all of the pin contacts, time to bust out with the sodering gun!

C) Neither A nor B.

[Videogamerdaryll]

A) The pin contacts are really dirty

First off I'd give them a good cleaning and the carts contacts ..

[Zadoc]

A) The pin contacts are really dirty

First off I'd give them a good cleaning and the carts contacts ..


Now it's back to doing nothing.

[dreams]

The thing is, you will probably have better luck by pulling all of the resources together instead of having some people help you in this topic and others help you in the other - that way everyone has the same information.

Aside from that, cross-posting is against the rules.


Avoid cross-posting
Do not post an identical message/thread in every forum just so you've covered all of the bases, hoping someone will read it. You'll only anger the forum moderator... and you wouldn't like them when they're angry.

Please continue this discussion in the other thread.
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=62252