When I was little I was very curious about the extension port on my sega genesis (I was today years old when I found out the intended use of it) and I noticed the pins (size wise) matched my chinese bootleg nes. So 8 old me tried inserting it to my bootleg NES connecting bot system to power. It ended up smoking my bootleg NES and because Sega survived my experiment it became my main console.
Oh no! I bet 8 year old you wad pretty bummed out at losing the bootleg NES, but that's part of experimenting and growing up! 😊 Thanks for watching, happy to hear the video was helpful
Really cool video! I've yet to get a Sega CD, but I've always been interested in it and how it attaches to the different genesis models. Thanks for making a guide that's so concise and informative. I guess I know how to set it up now, for future reference lol
Thank you! I love the Sega CD too and have always been fascinated by it as well 😊 I had been using the RF audio only until I realized the advantage of the AV out with the mixer cable and wanted to share - some of these old "tricks" have been forgotten with time! Thanks for watching, more Sega CD content ahead 👍
@@SvennyMcG I went my entire childhood with only the RF audio lol. So may games I missed certain parts of the sound and just though it was a bad unit. Like in Bram stokers Dracula I couldn’t hear any audio during the FMV cut scenes.
Oh man, that's heartbreaking! I didn't have one but my buddy did, I enjoyed the FMV clips but when he had the same game - like Mortal Kombat on Sega Genesis cartridge and Sega CD - I couldn't understand why we were suddenly sitting through load times 😅 Still don't know why the Sega CD couldn't have included a video out as well though so that sound could be readily used. 🤔 Thanks for watching!
Loved the Sega CD, I remember saving all summer to get it, it came with sewer shark, but my favorite game on it was lunar ( very similar to the FF games at that time). Thanks for reminding me of the great memories.
Awesome to hear from you pal! Thanks for sharing those awesome memories 😊 My chum had one growing up so I had some exposure to the Sega CD and I remember it fondly too 👍 I haven't yet played Lunar but I do have it on Playstation, I've been meaning to check it out
I was lucky enough to receive mine for Xmas? at some point. Sadly I didn't get to play Lunar but Shining Force CD and Vay kept me busy. Ah those were the days - no bills, no worries except to wake up for school. 😄
You can also just run the whole audio out from the headphone jack of the Mega Drive to your TV or stereo, it has the Mega-CD audio mixed through the Mega Drive 3.5 mm headphone jack, that's how I set up mine. Good video and I enjoyed it.
I just picked one up for the first time ever and had no idea it was this much work lol. Got the console with a model 1 genesis with power cables but no av cables
That's awesome! I was in the same situation, power cable but that's it. The audio cable can be picked up anywhere and I grabbed the AV cable from a local game store 👍
You should set the headphone output volume of your model 1 to around 6-7 to prevent the Genesis sound from being distorted when using the mix cable and getting your sound from the stereo outputs on the Sega CD Of course, the model 2 Genesis does not require the mixing cable.
Would all those cables come out of the box if you bought the add-on new at the time? It would be a shame if it didn't considering the difference in the quality and also the fact that the competition (read Super Nintendo) did ship with AV stereo cables (and the SNES was a 1990 release). Nice video by the way! 👍
Great question! My understanding is no, composite cables were not included with the Sega CD (and certainly not with the Sega Genesis, which I unboxed here: th-cam.com/video/0X7fB-ja1xI/w-d-xo.html ). The Sega CD included the power supply and the stereo audio cable but no composite cables. So, to achieve stereo sound you could plug the CD unit directly into an external speaker system (if you had one) or, more likely, you could connect the Sega Genesis RF cable into a VCR (a common device at that time) and demodulate the RF signal into a composite output - essentially use that video from the VCR and stereo sound directly from the Sega CD. Hope that makes sense 😅 Thanks for watching!
@@SvennyMcG But But...think of the FFC regulations!!! 😆 On a side note, you can carefully bend your metal extension bracket straight if you wanted to. I noticed yours was bent which is quite common. Sega really should have had an additional bracket on the top as well!
Looking at this video, my parents did not hook up the sega cd correctly. We had a model 1 geneis, model 2 sega cd. The plate ended up inserted into the sega cd and the genesis was pushed on top. They didn't screw in the screw to the plate. Also, they never hooked up the extender plate on the bottom, so the genesis overhanged past the sega cd.
Just rebought a Sega CD model 2 and forgot how to attach it to the Genesis model 2. Thank you very much for this video. Also would you need to HDMI cables for Sega since you have to power the Sega CD and Genesis?
Happy to hear this was helpful 👍 I've used AV cables to connect to a CRT TV; if you're connecting to a newer TV then there are HDMI options or else you could use composite cables if your TV accepts them
Thank you! This JVC is probably my favourite, more than my Sony Trinitron. The picture just seems so stable and clear, I love it👍 It's actually a 32" set, model AV-32432
@@SvennyMcG thats a big boy. There was a time maybe a few years back where you could pick these fancy second hand CRTs up (even HD CRTs with Svideo and component out) for free all the time, at least in my area where i live (central florida). My favorite is a 27” philips set with component out and svideo out. It was stored away for many years and looks like it just came out of a box. Got that set on offerup for only $5 , practically giving it away
My experience has been much the same, I occasionally see CRTs sold as "retro" here but mostly they are inexpensive. This JVC was indeed a free pickup about 10 years ago (though it nearly cost me my back 😅). It supports S-Video and component as well 👍
I don't have a Model 1 CD to test but I believe it works 🤔 the connection port on the Genesis models 1 & 2 are the same so I believe it would work but you're right, you don't often see this configuration
Ok so I have been trying to figure this out and wowo what a diff!!! I have a question now. First I have a sega cd and genesis model 1. I am using a scart cable with a stero breakout cable. Do I connect that to the front mixer? Or does that cable go in the TV or a sound system? Do I then separately connect a mixer cable? Do I not touch the red and white cords at that point? I might be overthinkong this but I'm confused. Also if I'm using a model 2 genesis and sega cd how does it work? Same thing I have a scart. Help!! LOL
I have a Megadrive 1 with stereo scart support, I just got a Mega Cd 2, how do i go about getting ideal picture and audio from this combination? I plug the headphone jack from the scart in the front of the megadrive but that would obviously prevent me from using a mixer and the rca cables arent on my crt tv, just scart sockets. Im so confused.
@@SvennyMcG Thanks haha, he had a lot of old games but everything else seemed to be priced accordingly. Maybe he looked up the price of a stock Genesis and maybe thought the CD unit was part of it. No idea
@@SvennyMcG Yes, it works!!! It was extremely dirty but it looks and works great after I cleaned it. The same guy had a bunch of Commodore equipment too which I got some of that also. Probably the best yard sale I’ve ever seen. Some of the commodore stuff had issues but I was able to fix them
I would think so, I'm not familiar with it but I'm guessing that it's carrying video only. You can look for an adapter to convert the red & white to a stereo cable, if that helps any
Weird. Wonder if it's a capacitor issue or something of the like 🤔 Are you using a compatible power supply? The first time I plugged in my Sega CD I accidentally used an AC adapter instead of DC and it would start and stop similar as you described
@@SvennyMcG I got it working. I overlooked a small spot of corrosion on the board. Cleaned it up, and a little pass through hole was damaged. I scratched a little of the trace off on both sides, and soldered a small strand of wire on either side. It turned right on!
Are you sure, my friend? Every source I've reviewed (eBay, PriceCharting, Amazon, GiantBomb, Wikipedia, iFixit, ConsoleVariations) shows the stacker as Sega CD Model 1 and the side unit as Model 2
Your gears on your Sega CD are slipping. That's what the startup noise is when you say "it's just checking for a disc". My Sega CD was serviced and doesn't have that issue. Please get yours looked at by a professional. Thankyou for the video. I was wondering how to hookup my Mega SG, DAC, and Sega CD properly to get correct audio.
This makes a lot of sense, I've heard it on other systems but it makes sense that it's an internal gearing concern. I'll look into it for sure, thanks for the heads-up 👍 Happy to know the video was helpful 😊 Thanks for watching!
i think it was a port of an earlier game from elsewhere, either way great animation and was my first introduction to the game at a young age thanks to my dad who didn’t see ageing consoles as “old junk” rather something to be enjoyed instead 😃
I wish I would have known about this 30 years ago. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
It's funny how these cables didn't seem to be as common back then. Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching 🙌
4:00 the boot screen theme music is forever etched into my mind...
Isn't it amazing! Could listen on repeat 😊
When I was little I was very curious about the extension port on my sega genesis (I was today years old when I found out the intended use of it) and I noticed the pins (size wise) matched my chinese bootleg nes. So 8 old me tried inserting it to my bootleg NES connecting bot system to power. It ended up smoking my bootleg NES and because Sega survived my experiment it became my main console.
Oh no! I bet 8 year old you wad pretty bummed out at losing the bootleg NES, but that's part of experimenting and growing up! 😊 Thanks for watching, happy to hear the video was helpful
Really cool video! I've yet to get a Sega CD, but I've always been interested in it and how it attaches to the different genesis models. Thanks for making a guide that's so concise and informative. I guess I know how to set it up now, for future reference lol
Thank you! I love the Sega CD too and have always been fascinated by it as well 😊
I had been using the RF audio only until I realized the advantage of the AV out with the mixer cable and wanted to share - some of these old "tricks" have been forgotten with time! Thanks for watching, more Sega CD content ahead 👍
@@SvennyMcG I went my entire childhood with only the RF audio lol. So may games I missed certain parts of the sound and just though it was a bad unit. Like in Bram stokers Dracula I couldn’t hear any audio during the FMV cut scenes.
Oh man, that's heartbreaking! I didn't have one but my buddy did, I enjoyed the FMV clips but when he had the same game - like Mortal Kombat on Sega Genesis cartridge and Sega CD - I couldn't understand why we were suddenly sitting through load times 😅
Still don't know why the Sega CD couldn't have included a video out as well though so that sound could be readily used. 🤔
Thanks for watching!
He has the top load model. The original was a front load CD.
Loved the Sega CD, I remember saving all summer to get it, it came with sewer shark, but my favorite game on it was lunar ( very similar to the FF games at that time). Thanks for reminding me of the great memories.
Awesome to hear from you pal! Thanks for sharing those awesome memories 😊 My chum had one growing up so I had some exposure to the Sega CD and I remember it fondly too 👍
I haven't yet played Lunar but I do have it on Playstation, I've been meaning to check it out
I was lucky enough to receive mine for Xmas? at some point. Sadly I didn't get to play Lunar but Shining Force CD and Vay kept me busy.
Ah those were the days - no bills, no worries except to wake up for school. 😄
Whoa still some awesome titles you had!
Haha sign me up for those simpler times 😁
You can also just run the whole audio out from the headphone jack of the Mega Drive to your TV or stereo, it has the Mega-CD audio mixed through the Mega Drive 3.5 mm headphone jack, that's how I set up mine. Good video and I enjoyed it.
Awesome, thanks for watching! 🙌
Thanks!
Wow, thank YOU! 🙏 I'm happy to know you found the video helpful and truly appreciate your support! ❤
My favorite game was demolition man. I'd love to play that some day again. Awesome vid!
Fantastic movie! I think my favourite is The Adventures of Batman & Robin, fun gameplay and awesome cut scenes 👍
I just picked one up for the first time ever and had no idea it was this much work lol. Got the console with a model 1 genesis with power cables but no av cables
That's awesome! I was in the same situation, power cable but that's it. The audio cable can be picked up anywhere and I grabbed the AV cable from a local game store 👍
Thank you so much for this video! This is the best example of the Sega cd part
Happy you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching 😊
You should set the headphone output volume of your model 1 to around 6-7 to prevent the Genesis sound from being distorted when using the mix cable and getting your sound from the stereo outputs on the Sega CD
Of course, the model 2 Genesis does not require the mixing cable.
Thank you for the advice 👍 I'll try out those levels and see how it goes. Thanks for watching 😊
If you have a VA4 mega drive you can set the audio to maximum or if you have the 3BP.
Keep doing what you do!
Thank you, appreciate your support! New Sega CD video later debuting later today 😊🙌
I forgot how to do it and had to watch this
Hope you found it helpful! 😊
Would all those cables come out of the box if you bought the add-on new at the time? It would be a shame if it didn't considering the difference in the quality and also the fact that the competition (read Super Nintendo) did ship with AV stereo cables (and the SNES was a 1990 release). Nice video by the way! 👍
Great question! My understanding is no, composite cables were not included with the Sega CD (and certainly not with the Sega Genesis, which I unboxed here: th-cam.com/video/0X7fB-ja1xI/w-d-xo.html ).
The Sega CD included the power supply and the stereo audio cable but no composite cables. So, to achieve stereo sound you could plug the CD unit directly into an external speaker system (if you had one) or, more likely, you could connect the Sega Genesis RF cable into a VCR (a common device at that time) and demodulate the RF signal into a composite output - essentially use that video from the VCR and stereo sound directly from the Sega CD. Hope that makes sense 😅 Thanks for watching!
I feel this is incomplete without the addition little RF shield attachments. Those two little metal pieces tend to confuse people the most.
Haha unfortunately I didn't get those two pieces - I'm still happy to have the extension piece in addition to the steel connector
@@SvennyMcG But But...think of the FFC regulations!!! 😆
On a side note, you can carefully bend your metal extension bracket straight if you wanted to. I noticed yours was bent which is quite common. Sega really should have had an additional bracket on the top as well!
Haha I'm just broadcasting Sega CD into the airwaves 😅 And you're right, I'll have to straighten it out but it's not so bad on a shelf 👍
Lore of How to Properly Hook Up a Sega CD momentum 100
When the system is set up and that audio is pumping you're guaranteed a great time 😊 Thanks for watching
Looking at this video, my parents did not hook up the sega cd correctly. We had a model 1 geneis, model 2 sega cd. The plate ended up inserted into the sega cd and the genesis was pushed on top. They didn't screw in the screw to the plate. Also, they never hooked up the extender plate on the bottom, so the genesis overhanged past the sega cd.
Well, if it worked it worked! Hard to blame parents, pretty awesome you had both the Sega Genesis and the Sega CD 😊👍
This is making scrounge through my box of cables i have just for better audio
It's so worth it! More than any graphical output changes having this audio set up correctly makes a huge difference 🙌
Note with the model 2 genesis you wouldn't have to do all that with the sound. as with the model 2 has stereo out of the back.
That's true! The model 2 doesn't have the headphone jack to mix the audio, good point 👍 Worth mentioning the model 3 isn't compatible at all!
Just rebought a Sega CD model 2 and forgot how to attach it to the Genesis model 2. Thank you very much for this video.
Also would you need to HDMI cables for Sega since you have to power the Sega CD and Genesis?
Happy to hear this was helpful 👍 I've used AV cables to connect to a CRT TV; if you're connecting to a newer TV then there are HDMI options or else you could use composite cables if your TV accepts them
Your 27” JVC CRT tv looks incredible. Amazing picture! Is that your best set?
Thank you! This JVC is probably my favourite, more than my Sony Trinitron. The picture just seems so stable and clear, I love it👍 It's actually a 32" set, model AV-32432
@@SvennyMcG thats a big boy. There was a time maybe a few years back where you could pick these fancy second hand CRTs up (even HD CRTs with Svideo and component out) for free all the time, at least in my area where i live (central florida). My favorite is a 27” philips set with component out and svideo out. It was stored away for many years and looks like it just came out of a box. Got that set on offerup for only $5 , practically giving it away
My experience has been much the same, I occasionally see CRTs sold as "retro" here but mostly they are inexpensive. This JVC was indeed a free pickup about 10 years ago (though it nearly cost me my back 😅). It supports S-Video and component as well 👍
The model 1 is the best to hook a sega cd to because you can use the volume slider to get the sfx and music at the same volume.
I have Model 2s available but I absolutely use Model 1 for this reason 😊👍
What happens when you connect a genesis 2 to a cd 1???
I don't have a Model 1 CD to test but I believe it works 🤔 the connection port on the Genesis models 1 & 2 are the same so I believe it would work but you're right, you don't often see this configuration
Ok so I have been trying to figure this out and wowo what a diff!!! I have a question now.
First I have a sega cd and genesis model 1. I am using a scart cable with a stero breakout cable. Do I connect that to the front mixer? Or does that cable go in the TV or a sound system? Do I then separately connect a mixer cable? Do I not touch the red and white cords at that point? I might be overthinkong this but I'm confused.
Also if I'm using a model 2 genesis and sega cd how does it work? Same thing I have a scart. Help!! LOL
I rented one from Blockbuster video to try it out. Got a Super NES instead and also had the OG Altered Beast Genesis.
I never owned a sega cd until today. Thanks for the video for people like me too embarrassed to ask
Happy to hear! My experience with one back in the 90s was minimal so I'm still learning too 😊 No gatekeeping here, we all learn and game together 🙌🎮
@@SvennyMcG 🤜🤛
Hey is the Sega cd model 2 able to plate Sega Saturn games ?
Unfortunately no, this will only play Sega CD games 💿
I have a Megadrive 1 with stereo scart support, I just got a Mega Cd 2, how do i go about getting ideal picture and audio from this combination? I plug the headphone jack from the scart in the front of the megadrive but that would obviously prevent me from using a mixer and the rca cables arent on my crt tv, just scart sockets. Im so confused.
Very helpful, thanks.
Awesome, happy to help 😊
Thanks for watching
Found the stackable model with a Genesis at a yard sale for $40. I didn’t have the guts to tell the man how much it was really worth. 😂 I bought it
Fantastic! Great find, well done 👏
@@SvennyMcG Thanks haha, he had a lot of old games but everything else seemed to be priced accordingly. Maybe he looked up the price of a stock Genesis and maybe thought the CD unit was part of it. No idea
Oh that could be, saw a Sega Genesis price and applied it. Have you tested it?
@@SvennyMcG Yes, it works!!! It was extremely dirty but it looks and works great after I cleaned it. The same guy had a bunch of Commodore equipment too which I got some of that also. Probably the best yard sale I’ve ever seen. Some of the commodore stuff had issues but I was able to fix them
Wow that's amazing! C64 stuff, Vic-20 or others?
btw I'm pretty sure the Sega CD only has audio out. Not AV
Also what if I'm using a rad 2x hdmi cable? Then how to I get stereo? Still need that red and white plus mixer cable?
I would think so, I'm not familiar with it but I'm guessing that it's carrying video only. You can look for an adapter to convert the red & white to a stereo cable, if that helps any
Great Video. Thanks
Thanks for watching! Appreciate your support 😊🙌
This is exactly why I got a JVC X'eye.
Nice and easy! I haven't yet come across a JVC X'Eye or a Sega CDX but definitely nice, sleek options 👍
@@SvennyMcG yeah I had to get it on eBay, got so tired of the Sega CD hooking up process every time I wanted to play a new game.
Great pick up! Hoping I'll come across either one in the future. I recently grabbed a Sega Genesis 3 though not sure why 😅
Just picked one up and all I see is the space pic on the tv
Awesome you got one! Are you using AV cables or the RF adapter? You see the title screen but is it not loading discs?
@@SvennyMcG av cables. The space pic starts and then nothing. No power light blinks on the cd.
Never even says sega cd or do I hear any audio
Weird. Wonder if it's a capacitor issue or something of the like 🤔 Are you using a compatible power supply? The first time I plugged in my Sega CD I accidentally used an AC adapter instead of DC and it would start and stop similar as you described
@@SvennyMcG I got it working. I overlooked a small spot of corrosion on the board. Cleaned it up, and a little pass through hole was damaged. I scratched a little of the trace off on both sides, and soldered a small strand of wire on either side. It turned right on!
actually what you have there is v1 sega cd the v.2 was the stacker
Are you sure, my friend? Every source I've reviewed (eBay, PriceCharting, Amazon, GiantBomb, Wikipedia, iFixit, ConsoleVariations) shows the stacker as Sega CD Model 1 and the side unit as Model 2
@@SvennyMcG i believe there 2 models of the sideby side 1 made for the model 1 and 1 made for the model 2 16 bit
@@jasonhowe1697 not sure, I do know mine has the extension for the Genesis Model 1 to fit
Your gears on your Sega CD are slipping. That's what the startup noise is when you say "it's just checking for a disc". My Sega CD was serviced and doesn't have that issue. Please get yours looked at by a professional.
Thankyou for the video. I was wondering how to hookup my Mega SG, DAC, and Sega CD properly to get correct audio.
This makes a lot of sense, I've heard it on other systems but it makes sense that it's an internal gearing concern. I'll look into it for sure, thanks for the heads-up 👍
Happy to know the video was helpful 😊
Thanks for watching!
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That clicking definitely isn't normal bud
Yeah, it appears that I need to go in there and reset some gears. May be a future video ahead 👍
Why does the sega cd sound like machine gun shooting lol
Keeps you awake during late night gaming sessions 😅
Who else is here because of Road Avenger? 😅
I still haven't yet played that title but from what I've seen the animation is great!
i think it was a port of an earlier game from elsewhere, either way great animation and was my first introduction to the game at a young age thanks to my dad who didn’t see ageing consoles as “old junk” rather something to be enjoyed instead 😃
Awesome, shout out to dad 🙌 I definitely want to pick this one up, the footage looks great
Lmao almost nobody has the metal attachment
Haha I believe you're right, whenever I see one for sale it tends to be missing
They are junk
The Sega Genesis, the Sega CD or both? 😅
@@SvennyMcG both bro plus the 32x is a joke
What don't you like? Games? Graphics?
So don't buy one... cheaper prices for the rest of us !
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What happens if i have a cardtridge and cd at the same time?