dreamcast display problem

fried sock · 08-22-2009, 11:23 AM

I recently bought this dreamcast, and I scanned for a signal on my lcd tv and all of the 'white' colours had been replaced with black, and there was a loud buzzing whenever text appeared on the screen. I then tried the dreamcast on a crt tv and the picture was surprisingly fine for about five minutes, before reverting to the black-ish screen found on my lcd.
I have done a lot of searching for this kind of problem on the internet and found only one, which didnt have a solution, so please help.
thanks.

**5NIPER_WOLF** · 08-23-2009, 07:39 AM

Hello and welcome to TSF.

What kind of cable did you use to connect to the TV? You most likely need an RGB (Red White Yellow) cable to connect to a picturetube television.
I think just the sheer age of the Dreamcast meant that you bought an already dead system.

fried sock · 08-24-2009, 02:20 AM

I am using the original rf cable, but after doing even more research on the internet, I found that the problem is very likley to be the cable at fault, so I sent off for an av cable and Ill let you know how it goes....

fried sock · 08-26-2009, 11:17 AM

yep that new cable I got works a treat.

08-22-2009, 11:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
fried sock Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 7 OS: vista 32bit sp1	dreamcast display problem I recently bought this dreamcast, and I scanned for a signal on my lcd tv and all of the 'white' colours had been replaced with black, and there was a loud buzzing whenever text appeared on the screen. I then tried the dreamcast on a crt tv and the picture was surprisingly fine for about five minutes, before reverting to the black-ish screen found on my lcd. I have done a lot of searching for this kind of problem on the internet and found only one, which didnt have a solution, so please help. thanks.

08-23-2009, 07:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
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08-24-2009, 02:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
fried sock Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 7 OS: vista 32bit sp1	Re: dreamcast display problem I am using the original rf cable, but after doing even more research on the internet, I found that the problem is very likley to be the cable at fault, so I sent off for an av cable and Ill let you know how it goes....

08-26-2009, 11:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
fried sock Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 7 OS: vista 32bit sp1	Re: dreamcast display problem yep that new cable I got works a treat.