Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!greg_labrec@interactive.sony.com From: mperdue@hrtc.net (Mario Perdue) Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.problems,scea.yaroze.beginners Subject: Re: Newbie having trouble getting setup Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 17:31:41 GMT Organization: SCEA News Server Lines: 35 Message-ID: <3448f0f3.9584297@205.149.189.29> References: <3448A9EC.96D20B1A@nombas.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: firewall.hrtc.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 On Sat, 18 Oct 1997 08:22:04 -0400, Mark Clayton wrote: >I'm a little late getting started here since I've been real busy >with other projects. I've finally got around to hooking of the >playstation to my TV (after is sitting in the box for 4 months). >It appears that I'm not getting any output. I've tried attaching >the NY to either the TV and the VCR video and audio inputs. For >the TV, I need one of those Game/TV switches (circa 1985 Atari). >What's the likelihood I've a) broken the NY b) received a busted >NY or c) my TV and VCR are not compatible with the NY? >I've never hooked up a PS/NY, it can't be this difficult, right? >(heck, I haven't even played a video game since the Atari died >back in the '80's). All I can get is static. Just to make sure >I'm not being stupid, here are a few assumption I made, a) I don't >need the NY to be hooked up to a computer just to see if the NY >boots, b) the boot CD and access card are all I need to install >(besides hooking to a TV ofcourse) or c) even a 20 year old TV >should work (or a 2 year old VCR). What do you think? >Mark >mark@nombas.com Hey, I think I've seen this message before. The PlayStation is pretty much plug and play. You just hook it to the TV (or VCR) and set the TV to receive input from the video in connections instead of the antenna. If this doesn't work, you may have a bad unit and you would need to contact someone at Sony about getting a replacement. As an alternative, you can purchase an RF converter to connect the PS to an older TV that doesn't have video input jacks. Of course, if the PlayStation is defective it still won't work. Mario