i got the slim silver model yesterday and i'm having problems already. i'm thinking i'll just have to exchange it, but i wanted to make sure i wasn't doing something wrong first (this is my first game console ever).

everything is hooked up, power comes on, controller works. but it doesn't seem to recognize that there's a disc inserted (the disc does spin). the manual said that the first time the console is turned on, you get a set up menu to select the language and everything.

i can select a language, but the next screen is to set the time zone. this is where i get stuck. the time zones just keep scrolling by and i can't get out of the screen at all. none of the controller buttons do anything. i've tried resetting, unplugging, moving the console to make sure there was plenty of air circulation. i unplugged it overnight and tried it again this morning and had the same problem. is it just a dud?

thanks for any help.

it works fine on the language selection screen though. it only gets stuck at the time zone screen, every single time.

ok, i feel a little silly. i have guitar hero and i had the controller hooked up to the console, so that's what the problem was. apparently it messes up the initial setup process. so ultimately it was a controller issue, but not what i had in mind when you mentioned it. thanks!!

No need to feel silly, I've done the same thing myself with the SG controller still plugged in. I was viewing a DVD and thought my machine was possessed by the devil (again) damn thing was skipping & fast forwarding.