Okay, so thanks to Ghandi, I totally felt like playing Sega today. So I whipped out my Sega, complete with games, RF switch, and power adaptor, grabbed the little TV, and hooked it all up. All I got was static like when it's set to channel 4 and you're on channel 3, when I was on channel 3, but I checked and the system was set to channel 3 as well. If I went to channel 4, it just barely changed the static pattern from when the Sega was and wasn't on. I tried switching the Sega to channel 4, and it was the exact same, just reversed.

I tried unplugging everything and plugging it all back in; same thing. I stole the RF switch off my NES and plugged that in; same fucking thing. I unhooked everything and set it up on the big TV, exact same thing.

So... what do I do? The Sega's RF switch worked fine last time I used it, I know for a fact the Ninendo's RF switch works fine, it gets power fine, and the TV can definitely tell when it's turned on or off. The Genesis worked perfectly last time I used it, which was probably a few months ago, and it hasn't been knocked around or anything since then. I tried blowing in it and swapping in a bunch of games, none of that had any effect. When I'm on the proper channel and everything's set up right, the static looks exactly how I remember the static looking if it was set to channel x and you were on channel y, for whatever that's worth. I tried googling around and asking the IRC, no help there. What's up?

The little TV doesn't have video channels, and I'm absolutely not up to hooking it back up to the big one. I checked all the connections and double-checked them, with both RF switches, and no luck. The Sega's RF switch's pin thingy is fine, the Nintendo's is bent a little, but that one works great, I know. So... new Sega, then?