C64 sound problems

[Dan Gahlinger]

are you using the correct cable plugged into the correct place?
this is usually the biggest cause.
sound was mono, and you need the proper wiring, and your tv/etc may only accept
mono sound on a specific input

> From: dbetz at xlisper.com
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
> Subject: C64 sound problems
> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:31:30 -0400
> 
> I just inherited a Commodore 64, 1541 disk drive, some joysticks and  
> various other related stuff. I've tried the C64 and 1541 by attempting  
> to boot a couple of games that came with the package and it seems that  
> the computer and drive work okay. The games come up and display their  
> start screen. My problem is that the sound doesn't seem to work. The  
> games came up silent when I suspect that they have some sort of music  
> associated with their start screens and a simple Basic program that I  
> typed in to test the sound also fails to produce any output. I know  
> that the SID chips in these machines are prone to failure but I was  
> wondering if there were any other likely causes of a lack of sound.  
> The main reason I was interested in this machine was to play around  
> with the SID so it will be very disappointing to find that it is bad.  
> Is there anything other than a dead SID that can cause sound problems  
> on a C64?
> 
> Thanks
> David

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