Hello All! 
I finally got around to getting my old Amiga from the loft and need some help getting it up and running please, then I can get into a load of old music and art stuff I used to do.
Amiga 1200, with 4mb expansion and 400mb IDE HDD is my setup. I've got a Toshiba LCD TV and cannot get a clear picture:
1) Option 1 - Scart - Was my original choice, goes from the 'video' slot on the Amiga to my TV's scar however the image is incredibly dark. Not sure what is wrong here.
2) Option 2 - RF Lead - Get a very dodgy BW picture when tuned, not really useable.
3) Option 3 - Component - The yellow video out port was the most successful in that I got a clear but black and white picture. No sound however from the audio ports.
What's next? Need a bit of advice really.
The Amiga seems sound enough considering it was last used 8-9 years ago, I booted up Frontier and that seemed to work ok and the various files/folders on the HDD were accessible.
I do have a VGA monitor that is unused so could try that perhaps? Ideally want to use this TV though as it will be becoming my second TV upstairs for a whole bunch of retro goodness.
Cheers All, hope to enjoy many happy postings and memories with you as I declare 2014 to be the year of retro and I finally get around to getting my old kit back/working again!
I finally got around to getting my old Amiga from the loft and need some help getting it up and running please, then I can get into a load of old music and art stuff I used to do.
Amiga 1200, with 4mb expansion and 400mb IDE HDD is my setup. I've got a Toshiba LCD TV and cannot get a clear picture:
1) Option 1 - Scart - Was my original choice, goes from the 'video' slot on the Amiga to my TV's scar however the image is incredibly dark. Not sure what is wrong here.
2) Option 2 - RF Lead - Get a very dodgy BW picture when tuned, not really useable.
3) Option 3 - Component - The yellow video out port was the most successful in that I got a clear but black and white picture. No sound however from the audio ports.
What's next? Need a bit of advice really.
The Amiga seems sound enough considering it was last used 8-9 years ago, I booted up Frontier and that seemed to work ok and the various files/folders on the HDD were accessible.
I do have a VGA monitor that is unused so could try that perhaps? Ideally want to use this TV though as it will be becoming my second TV upstairs for a whole bunch of retro goodness.
Cheers All, hope to enjoy many happy postings and memories with you as I declare 2014 to be the year of retro and I finally get around to getting my old kit back/working again!