# Select and start not working

**URL:** <https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/select-and-start-not-working/11527>\
**Category:** Picade\
**Created:** [September 2, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/select-and-start-not-working/11527 "2019-09-02T19:07:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Ted99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ted99](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Ted99)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/select-and-start-not-working/11527/1 "2019-09-02T19:07:36Z")

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I have a Picade Console.

When configuring joystick/buttons on first start of a disk image emulation station thinks the picade is a keyboard.

When in ROMs the select button does nothing. The start button starts screen recording (and turns off with another press).

I am at my wits end with this. Please help!

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**Author:** ![mironc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@mironc](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/mironc)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/select-and-start-not-working/11527/2 "2019-09-04T10:57:38Z")

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A little more detail would have been helpful. Which console do you have, presumably a new one? What image have you installed or the miscroSD card, is it the latest version of RetroPie?

The new Picade X HAT emulates a keyboard, so that’s what Emulation Station thinks it is when you start the Controller config wizard. If the arcade buttons aren’t doing what they should do, you may have have assigned them badly in the wizard. Check the last post in this thread for details on the button assignments:

> [@PICADE - X Hat- Buttons + Joystick not detecting](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-x-hat-buttons-joystick-not-detecting/8507/46):
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> Just a wild guess: could there be a short inside the power button, between the led contacts and the button contacts, messing with the power shutdown? You could unplug the led cable from the picade hat and try again. It’s just a guess.

If you’re still having problems, please reply with as much detail as possible.
