# Picade Console - Cannot config

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**Category:** Picade\
**Created:** [September 16, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-console-cannot-config/28327 "2025-09-16T21:32:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darty17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Darty17](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Darty17)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-console-cannot-config/28327/1 "2025-09-16T21:32:06Z")

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Hello,

I am following the guide here : [Assembling your Picade Console](https://learn.pimoroni.com/article/assembling-your-picade-console). I have installed RetroPie for my RP4B using the Raspberry Pi Imager.

When I get to the point of booting up and configuring, it boots, then goes into a config for controls (RetroPie). I do not have the chance to press F4 to get to a terminal, so I cannot connect to WiFi, download the Picade software, etc.

Is there a step that I am missing or an updated guide?

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**Author:** ![hel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/hel/32/6075_2.png) [@hel](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/hel)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-console-cannot-config/28327/2 "2025-09-17T08:51:05Z")

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I think that guide assumes you’ve got a USB keyboard plugged in to do the setup steps, but you might want to check out this more recent one:

> **[Setting Up Picade](https://learn.pimoroni.com/article/setting-up-picade)**
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> Learn how to set up the software side of Picade. – Pimoroni Learning Portal

It covers how to set things up connecting to the Pi ‘headlessly’ using SSH also.

The installation process should be exactly the same on Picade Console - you can just ignore anything to do with the display :)

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**Author:** ![Darty17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Darty17](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Darty17)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-console-cannot-config/28327/3 "2025-09-17T17:31:52Z")

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Thank you. Between this new guide and teh SSH instructions on the RetroPie website itself, I got through!

Now, it’s not detecting 3 of the 4 directions on my joystick itself when configuring inputs on Emulation Station. I am wondering if I have a defective part :(. Any ideas for how to properly test/diagnose this?

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**Author:** ![hel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/hel/32/6075_2.png) [@hel](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/hel)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-console-cannot-config/28327/4 "2025-09-18T08:04:03Z")

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Good stuff!

That sounds like the joystick might be plugged in the wrong way round - try rotating the connector 180 at the Picade X HAT end :)