Jaguar will not power up & can CD be tested without Jaguar?

[AtariSociety]

Well, I purchased a new Jaguar last year from B&C, played with it for maybe 15 minutes, and has sat since. I have all sorts of old Ataris and normally a few times a year I break them out for some fun.

 

Was shocked with I plugged the Jaguar in and no power light comes on at all. Just dead as a doornail.

 

Leads to my second question.... purchased a used Atari Jaguar CD unit on eBay and just arrived. That is why the Jaguar came out of the box to be played with. Since the Jaguar will not boot, no way for me to test the CD system.

 

I see no light on the CD that lights up or anything like that.

 

So, first off, any fuse or something silly like that inside the Jaguar that is blown and I need to replace so she powers up?

 

How about a way to confirm the CD powers up without the Jaguar. It was sold to me as working and would hate to wait so long without testing it.

 

Thanks

 

TJ

[Christos]

Did you plug a cartridge on? Jaguar's won't start without a cartridge

[Jag_Slave]

You may have to buy a new Jaguar. But wait til you hear what everyone else thinks as far as possible solutions

[AtariSociety]

Doh! Thought I could use new Jag CD without having to put in a cart. Went back to cart only and she works. Reinstalled Jag CD with Carr and cart worked. Then tried again the CD w/o cart in and this time she worked.

 

Thanks, she is alive.

 

Tj

[Austin]

Probably a connection issue then, the CD unit may not have been pushed down all the way. Glad to see it's working now.