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"PS2 won't plug in!!!"

A slightly mis-leading title there.

Basically, I got my PS2 today and I can't get a picture.

Now I'm not usually too good with electrical items but not being able to plug in a games console is just embarassing.

I have a DVD and a VCR and I have tried plugging it in through both of those as well as just staright to the TV and I can't get it to work.

It's getting very annoying.

I don't have any games but I have ordered Devil May Cry and Gran Turismo 3 and I am heading down to comet tomorrow morning to pick up a copy of Tekken Tag Tournament.

I'M VERY ANNOYED THOUGH!!!

I have 2 demo discs to play at the moment but I can't bloody play them!!!

I hate to laugh at anothers pain, but seeing as the pain of no PS2 is gone and has been replaced by the pain of embarrasment...... HaHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You fool!

LOL to the power of LOL!

All I needed to do was go onto an AV channel.

My DVD automatically goes onto AV2 when I turn it on (probably due to it being a proper scart cable or whatever).

Boy do I feel stupid now. :-D

Thanks for the help people. I'm off to buy Tekken Tag in an hour or so.

Until then, my 2 demo discs will have to do. World Rally Championship is quality.

But the free SR wheel is awful. It has a tremendous amount of oversteer. Far too sensitive.

It may be free, but I went through far too much trouble to get it. No reddies indeed. Trying to con me. Tut tut. :-D

or try getting the s-video lead (make sure you've got an s-video socket probably the best picture quality i've seen

Why don't you try tunning it in when it's in and on or try different channels normally works on AV (channel 0)

pb wrote:
> You'll get a better picture by using the scart bit that came in the box (the
> small black thing that the AV leads plug in to. This should go in the back of
> your video if it has a 'video in' Scart connection (basically, if it has two
> scart sockets and one goes to the tv) or plug it in to the Scart on your tv.


That wont give you a better picture, composite connection either way it's plugged in.

Buy a RGB scart cable. SR do one for £12.99. Its much better quality than the cable Sony give you. On my TV when I turn the PS2 on it automatically goes to the correct channel due to it being a proper RGB cable.

I had that problem at first but then i went on to Sky and press a button to get me on to a channel which has a really clear picture.

You'll get a better picture by using the scart bit that came in the box (the small black thing that the AV leads plug in to. This should go in the back of your video if it has a 'video in' Scart connection (basically, if it has two scart sockets and one goes to the tv) or plug it in to the Scart on your tv.

Cheers mate. AV2.

Can't believe I forgot about the AV channels. Anyway, I'm off now to play my....





























..........Demo Discs. WOWEE!!!!

TomUK wrote:
> You don't 'tune in' the red yellow and white wires. On your TV somewhere there
> should be an AV button (or something like that).
On my TV, the scart socket is
> AV1, the red green and white cables are AV2, and the second scart is
> AV3.

Have you tried looking for these channels. You don't just tune it in
> like the TV channels. It should be just a press of one button. If you're not
> sure, look in your TV manual.

Hope this helps.



I feel like an utter idiot. :-D

I completely forgot about my AV channels. AARRGGHH!!!

I'm not usually this incompetant. I'm just...errr....oh hell, I'm no woman! :-D