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Turn on?

shmukshmuk
edited June 2010 in Sinclair Miscellaneous
Heya,

I just got a ZX Spectrum+, but I have no idea how to turn it on >.> The instruction booklet only says how to program stuff, not how to get the thing to work. Also, is there any frequency in particular at which it works? My telly only adjusts frequencies manually, so it's a real bummer having to find it v.v

Thanks,
Shmuk L.

[EDIT]

There's a small button to the side, but I don't know if it does anything
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited May 2010
    shmuk wrote: »
    Heya,

    I just got a ZX Spectrum+, but I have no idea how to turn it on >.> The instruction booklet only says how to program stuff, not how to get the thing to work. Also, is there any frequency in particular at which it works? My telly only adjusts frequencies manually, so it's a real bummer having to find it v.v

    Thanks,
    Shmuk L.

    [EDIT]

    There's a small button to the side, but I don't know if it does anything



    you dont turn it on you just plug it in and start tuning yer telly, should pop up a white screen with black text at the bottom
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited May 2010
    shmuk wrote: »
    There's a small button to the side, but I don't know if it does anything

    bugger, you added this bit after i posted my reply.

    thats a small reset switch, there wasnt a reset on the original 48ks, you just had to unplug the power lead, with the + they added a small reset switch
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  • shmukshmuk
    edited May 2010
    Ah thank you very much! This must be from the time before they invented power buttons =P

    I found it around frequency 587
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited May 2010
    shmuk wrote: »
    Ah thank you very much! This must be from the time before they invented power buttons =P

    I found it around frequency 587

    happy playing

    dont forget to type
    10 print"shmuk"
    20 print
    30 goto 10
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • milemile
    edited May 2010
    mel the bell wrote: »
    happy playing

    dont forget to type
    10 print"shmuk"
    20 print
    30 goto 10

    hey!! don't have a go at him, we all have to learn somewhere!!!



    edit - oh its his username. :p
  • shmukshmuk
    edited June 2010
    >.>

    Anyways, I'm afraid I have run into another problem v.v

    I've been using my Spectrum to play some games, and they all work fine. However, I bought a copy of Tetris (Mirrorsoft, 1987), and it doesn't work. The other games I got from the same seller (Jet set willy and Manic Miner) work just fine, and they assure me that it was working before I bought it. Anyways, here are the symptoms:

    After typing LOAD "" and pressing play on my cassette player, I get the white square on an alternating red and cyan background, and occasionally, it gives that hypnotic barred background like this:

    #############################
    #############################
    #############################
    #############################
    #############################
    #############################
    #############################
    #############################
    #############################
    #############################
    #############################
    #############################
    #############################
    #############################
    #############################
    #############################

    And occasionaly, after that display, I get the blue and yellow hypnotic screen as with other loading screens, but it seems to disappear after a fraction of a second.

    Thanks!
  • MrCheeseMrCheese
    edited June 2010
    Sounds like tape head azimuth needs adjusting.
  • shmukshmuk
    edited June 2010
    And how do I do that?
  • LCDLCD
    edited June 2010
    shmuk wrote: »
    And how do I do that?
    figure1.gif
  • shmukshmuk
    edited June 2010
    Tried that, and it only managed to screw up the games that worked =\

    Luckily, I managed to put it back in place.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited June 2010
    shmuk wrote: »
    Tried that, and it only managed to screw up the games that worked =\

    Luckily, I managed to put it back in place.

    yeah thats what normally happens :P

    you didnt disrupt the chuntey did you?
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  • shmukshmuk
    edited June 2010
    I don't think I did... And even if I did, the other games still load fine.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited June 2010
    mel the bell wrote: »
    yeah thats what normally happens :P

    you didnt disrupt the chuntey did you?

    Oh Mel you should know better :p :lol:
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  • fogfog
    edited June 2010
    what version of tetris is it?

    it might just be a none standard loader.. hence the bars.. you did let the tape run thru?
  • shmukshmuk
    edited June 2010
    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005212

    ^ That tetris. And I also don't get the loading screen shown on that page either >_<

    [edit]

    And yeah, I let the tape run through all the way a few times, but then it just alternated cyan and red after the flashy bars appeared a couple of times
  • guesserguesser
    edited June 2010
    I assume you have tried adjusting the volume?

    is it just that one tape that doesn't work?

    can you load tzx files from your PC okay?
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  • shmukshmuk
    edited June 2010
    Never tried that... Only old-fashioned cassettes. Sorry I'm a complete zx noob, are there tutorials on this site? =P
  • shmukshmuk
    edited June 2010
    Okay, so I managed to get my hands on another copy, and now, the title screen appeared, but it gives a high-pitched SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE and then it gets stuck =\

    Oh, and sorry for the double post.
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