How to play a Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) on a Samsung 4K TV via RF
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Hi, this video shows 2 ways to get a Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) working on a Samsung 4K TV via the RF cable but the same process will apply to any RF games console/device like the older Atari 2600.
If you have the option then always go for A/V out rather than RF as the picture is better. On most retro games consoles (inc. Sega Mega Drive) you can get A/V leads (composite, SCART) very cheaply.
Even though the TV is 4K the picture will look worse than if it was on an old CRT television and there will be more display lag so retro gaming on a CRT TV is normally better.
Many thanks Vince
5 years after posting this video you're still helping people! Auto scan didnt work for me but manually selecting c36 did the trick!
After about 5 months of trying to get it to work this video finally got my megadrive up and running! Me and my friend just completed streets of rage 2 and had an epic battle on micro machines. One of the best nights I've had for ages so thanks for the vid!
You absolute star!! I've been trying this for ages. Bang... chuck rock is up and running. Thank you very much 👍🏻
@scootitupm8 what?! Just read it again!!
Just looked, and my 2018 LG OLED has a similar option!!!! 😳 Never would have crossed my mind. Presumed that TVs of this age had totally done away with an analogue tuner... Every day is a school day.
Cheers once again Vince 👌🍻🍻
This looks terrific! I have to admit that I prefer the looks of RF/Coaxial over Composite, which is nearly always smudgy, edge-enhanced and cursed with that "dot crawl" effect. Back in the days of CRT televisions, we were perfectly happy with the RF cable. More importantly, many classic video game consoles and home computers employed a "dithering" effect to blend colors together. When viewed on S-video or anything sharper, that blending effect reveals a mesh pattern of pixels. As always, it's a matter of personal taste. Great video, much thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the great info :-)
RF/ Composite / S-Video & SCART all look bad in my opinion on a HD/ Flat Screen TV, plus you get lag on the timing which is irritating. Now as far as CRT TV composite is my favorite than RF is second. I don't like S-Video or SCART (RGB) because it makes retro games look to pixelated and flickered. Like for example NBA Action 98 looks the best on Saturn via composite on a CRT TV but looks to pixelated and flickered with S-Video and SCART (even with the sharpness all the way down). For example many people think Sega games ported to the PC around 96-98 look better than the Saturn versions but really they are comparing the flickered pixelated S-Video/ SCART image. When using the official Sega Saturn composite cables on a CRT TV. The image is like the image on the PC version (not pixelated and flickered).
I set this up years ago and was luckily able to use the extra channel without moving the the switch from Antenna to RF but after moving the megadrive to another room it wasn't so easy.
After watching this video and 5 minutes messing about with settings on the TV the megadrive is up and running. Yeh I now have to flick the ant/rf switch from when I want to game or tv but at least I can do both again and still keep my tv channels.
Awesome video, thank you and one very happy partner who can now play his games in another room and I can binge watch rubbish on tv at the same time 😅👍
RF quality on a 4k TV... May God have mercy on your soul...
Hey, you can still see the pixels through the noise and smushing. it's fine.
ZootWorld1
lmfaooooo, I was thinking the same🤣🤣🤣
It's okay for me, the blurriness makes it nostalgic and uses some color bleeding and artifacts to make it look cool in compensation.
@@kazzymiller How many layers of contact lenses do you have!?
@Amiga CD32 Connecting RF to a modern TV is not a great idea,at all,analog TV is very outdated,i don't even know why TVs still come with an analog tuner...Mega Drive and other old consoles work MUCH better on AV,or SCART,than on analog.
YAY!!! Thanks! Thought that was gonna be a nightmare to do! The amount of extra cables I bought for my SNES to get it on my smart tv and then I find this! BRILLIANT! Thank you!
thanks man this really helped me and my dad fix this up
RF video quality is actually better than what I expected.
Am I the only person who think setting up old video games to new generation TV will take time? 😂😂
Ikr
this chanel is so underated
progamer302 #thebest Ikr
Thank you so much for this video, I'm able to enjoy Landstalker once again :).
Thanks! Playing Genesis after like 20 years
Thanks! This made setting up my megadrive on the 4k tv alot easyer 👌👍
SO THATS WHY WHEN I GOT A TV ARIAL MY MEGA DRIVE DIDN'T WORK
that makes alot more sense now
Thank you :)
i remember spending ages tuning in the old consoles on 90's tvs lol would always find the picture but it would skip past it before you had a chance to save or store it
Classic games never die
Just want to say thank you. I got the sega saturn up and running. Legend mate!
I find shorting the rf cable to be very important for clarity on the nes the genesis is fine without having to do do that. Sir have you had a chance to disassemble a RF switch to replace any components to improve its analogue signal?
What an absolute legend you are thank you so much vince 👏 👍
This tutorial is the f*cking best mate!
You really made it super easy to understand and explain how to do it with the RF. Even a monkey with a shotgun (this example being myself) could understand this and do it correctly without problem.
THANK YOU SO SO F*CKING MUCH!!!!!!
You are a genius, this worked a treat. Thank you. You saved me from breaking a promise to my little lad! Lol
yeah thanks to this i found a way! got myself a drive 2 and had trouble hooking it up. THanks!
your rf looks soooo clean !
Thanks so much for the huge help!
Thanks man, been dying to hook mine up to my smart TV for a while now.
Thank you, this helped me a lot!
This is a very good video and can't be bettered.
I understand now why you used RF in the cart fix video =D
If you had a 60hz modded Sega Megadrive the screen wouldn't be squashed and slow and definitely better with a scart.
The Muffin Man where can I get a modded Sega
That's correct pixel aspect ratio as resolution is 320x224, NOT 320x240. This is especially noticeable on circular objects which are ovals in NTSC region.
Bro you are the biggest saviour ever!!!!
have you tried a mono RCA adaptor (Genesis model 1) with a Composite to HDMI converter output to your TV?
Where can I get one of these please and what model or make?
Still got my mega drive series 1 just need a power lead still have all my games as well
P
when you say a samsung 4K TV, do you mean an external monitor, the type we use for our macbook pro laptops as a secondary display?
Great video mate! Really helped and saved me a lot of time. Thanks a lot man :)
I've done everything and couldn't find a channel. Maybe my console doesn't work? Or the rf port is damaged?
i dont have a channel initialisation option, anything i can do so i dont have to re scan for channels when i switch back over
Worked a treat thanks mate - BiG Thumbs up!!
You sir...are a fooking legend!!!
Thank you so much. I hope it works when I get back home.
Ive had such a difficult time understanding what to do. My new 4k tv doesnt have that in the back of the tv. It doesnt even have an area for the AV cords. Only hdmi and optical. How do i use this rf cord that originally came with the sega Genesis?
Helped me very much thankyou
What about AV to HDMI converters? I was thinking of running that and hooking it up to my HDMI laptop port and recording through the laptop haha. Idk if that will even work. Not sure how to get the Sega screen up on my laptop.
Gives back memories
If a modern TV doesn't have an analogue scanning feature then what?
Awesome tips - best on yt. Thanks.
Thanks man gonna get my sega set up
Legend, thanks for this!
Vince I love you man!
oh....got it now, thank you very much!!
Hi have followed your guide its searching through the channels but wont find the mega drive channel please help.
@ My Mate VINCE This video helped me set up my sega megadrive again, after 17 years in the attic it is still going, there's one thing I never asked myself and that is, do you know if you can save your game progress as you go on, the saga megadrive because I don't see any option please help
Black screen when I do it. I can find the 59k mhz and store it but when I exit. I just get a blank screen. If I turn the megadrive off I get the static noise. I turn it on and it goes but I have no picture or game on my screen. Any suggestions?
Running megadrive 2 on Samsung smart tv. I have tried both manual and auto tuning.
Its really helping
Hi, I have my snes plugged into the other side if the rf unit, so I do not have the ability to plug in the aerial, us there another alternative to playing both
Hey. In my settings on Samsung tv it’s saying that tuning is not available. Any suggestions how to change this?
Can you please do how to record gameplay on sega genesis and send on youtube
Mines all connected with the rf and the Shea comes on, however I have no sound. Am i missing something
Thing is, old systems usually look awful on hd tv’s
It looks decent on my lg lcd from 2009.
Unless you go to full RGB SCART. That way they should look better, if the tv scaler is good enough on its own to scale it good and not add any input lag.
My t.v. doesn't have an anolgue tuner, nor does it have red white and yellow . It has HDMI and usb and no scart ? How can I connect my megadrive and achieve the same resolution as (r.w.y) cables or similar? Cheers
You're the best! Thanks
Thank You! Your Very Smart I Dont Have Av Cable With My Model 1 Mega Drive I Got Yesterday From Cash Coverters
I Capitalise Every Word Because Every Word Is Important
It works thanks, I am very happy
I’ve had a problem. I bought a game for my mega drive. (The console I bought had 80 games built into it) and when I put in the game, nothing worked. I tried everything.
wrong region, perhaps?
No wonder it didn't work..probably was one of those AtGames crappy consoles.
Thanks!
Many thanks for making Christmas Day 2022 special. Our two adult sons were with us for Christmas and in a fit of nostalgia they retrieved the old Sega from the attic. After some failed attempts to get it going they succeeded using your video. We're we're all transported back to their childhood and the excitement of getting a Sega from Santa. Thank you👍
That's great. Really glad they got it up and running and relived some childhood memories. Thanks so much for the kind donation 👌👍
RF doesn't work on all 4k tvs, Samsung tvs work fine. Panasonic DOES NOT as anything plugged in via RF in those TVs automatically try to tune a free view box.
Thanks about to finally beat streets of rage 2
What if your areale doesn't work ?
My new Toshiba only has hdmi ports what do I do ? Just been given a brand new megadrive
Fantastic!
Hello. can you tell me if this system works on a sega megadrive rgb? we can't see how to connect this switch to the megadrive on the video. thank you
My samsund wouldnt auto scan it and i couldnt find out how to cruise the analog channels tonfond 36 so i had to do a manual tune. Got to 590000 khz but still nothing. Turns out you have to set your sound option to "I" or it throws the picure
hey vince, why not just get a rf splitter and connect both to that?
Trying this with Mega Drive 2. Channel is found but no display. Trying fine tune can blip and see channel for a nano second then lost.
Can't get channel to Display even though TV says found it.
Could you share a link to the adapter please.
Trying this with the sega mega 2 and got c36 but was only getting static sound no display
Please help me I connect my console and the pictures showed once on my smart tv and that’s all it can been seen again .. any help why?
How does this work with model 2
Trouble is modern lcd televisions are horrible through RF and most dont have an analog RF modulator anyway, youre better off with a crt set
Probably not worse than those overpriced RF->HDMI boxes. Biggest problem is the size, these games were made for 14-21 inch screens on average. Just got a 14 inch Trinitron and it is awesome, but in way the content looks even better on my 1080p CCFL Bravia from 2010. There is lot to argue for a lighter, 1080p TV with swesome even backlight and stellar inputs (3xRGB SCART, composite, VGA, 4x HDMI, RF). Same goes for 2010ish plasma's. They are also much cheaper than CRTS, like 20-40 bucks for a great condition one.
Is there a link on ebay where I can buy the rf thing?
When u plug it in their no signal on a jvc tv as their are no analog chanels any more so how do you get the megadrive to work then ?
My sega tv connector it says I & G and i get nothing tho both ?
fantastic
What do you do if your TV doesn't have yellow and white ports??
there will be no sound coming out of a game right?
do you need the antenna or can you do it without?
Once I hit Broadcasting>AutoTuning>Start, it just prompts me with Air, or Cable. No channel options with analog. I've tried doing both individually with no success.
So all the upscaling hdmi retro tink stuff isn't required to get the console working on a flatscreen TV?
No, it is overpriced rubbish. Either hook up a 25€ MacMini and emulate the heck for HDMI output, or just plug that original thing in and go gaming. I have to say, I pick up those replaced models for peanuts now. 25€ Plasma 1080p with all analog inputs is hard to beat, even by 4K OLED.
Samsung is weird on this. On my Sony Analogue and Digital are separate, so they don't share the same list. There's a button to switch between them. This two Channel 1 business is a bit messy (obviously one of them is digital 1, and the other is analog 1, even though they're not labelled). But I guess it doesn't really matter now that there's no analog broadcast.
Hey does anyone know how to unplug the switch cable from the TV. Afraid it'll break
Also it isn't this one. It was another version that might be the first one.
tried this too mine but the pic quality for me is not playable, so I just went back to using my raspberry pi box and they look way better
Depending on your telly inputs and model of MD it's worth getting a proper AV cable to get RGB picture. RF was crap even in 1990!
I have a huge hatred for RF just because they fail so often. But good idea anyway especially if your tv like a lot more modern tvs is without AV or Scart then it's the only choice I guess. I personally would rather buy a small form factor crt rather than play it on a 4k via RF it would look pretty ugly and a lot nicer on a small crt.
Do i need to have anttena? Without anttena nothing happens
I’m trying to get RF signal to work on my 4K LG TV. Is it possible?
It still works with a new Samsung Smart TV. Just try.
Bro thanks
Good job you deserve so many more subs!
Now try this with a 1973 B&W Pong machine...
instantly in my trending. ok youtube.
Can't get the sound working. Any advice?