Question about the Sega Genesis

[Shadowknight]

I have a model 1601 Sega Genesis (the original model) and recently bought and received the a/v-out cord from a seller on e-bay, so I can play games in glorious composit instead of through coaxial. The port on my genesis shows eight holes (not including the slot for the "tab" on the connecting cord), while the a/v cord only has five prongs in the plug. When trying to use this cord, I get a bunch of gray snow and flickering on the screen, and nothing else. The console works; using the coaxial input and everything's fine, but I don't know if the A/V port is bad, the cable I got is bad, or the seller screwed up and sold me the wrong cable.

Anyone got any experience using the a/v cable, and can tell me if the cord's only supposed to have five prongs, even if the console has eight holes?

 

[bearxor]

IIRC, the Genesis doesn't have any kind of S-Video output on any model. I think there's an aftermarket company that can do it for you but I don't think it can do it stock.

 

[Shadowknight]

Oops, I meant composit. Anyway, fixed the OP.

Even still, the bloody cord isn't working.

 

[RaiderJ]

I would imagine it's the cord itself causing the problem, as I'd assume the same hardware on the Genesis outputs the video signal on coax as composite.