In message <m1BUTpF-000JCGC@p850ug1>
ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
Normally you can get JVC service manuals...
I
didn't feel like spending ?30 to ?90 on a manual when all I wanted was the
finder pinouts. The camera lens was smashed to bits.
All my video cameras have the
old-fashioned CRT-based viewfinders, and it's generally easy to see where
to feed video into those.
Same with the family camcorder. It's a fairly big
black Sony Handycam that
takes a Video8 tape, has the standard array of controls (including
focus-lock and zoom). TTBOMK a fair bit of the tape mechanism is metal,
aside from a few plastic bits "here and there". Nice camera, except the
batteries are truly shot and a bit difficult to get. I think Sony still make
the batteries, but they're more expensive than the InfoLithium batteries for
the newer camcorders. Ah well, such is life.
Any markings on it at all?
The chip is missing.
Looks like it's a case of "fit this chip and the video
connector and drill a hole in the case" - the firmware has all the Video Out
options enabled.
I guess the chip is probably a video buffer. SunPlus don't seem to want to
tell anyone just what signals the "integrated video output" on the camera
controller IC produces.
Later.
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Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB,
philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice,
http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI
... A phaser on stun is like a day without orange juice.