Outsmarting Sony (or, Stupid U-Matic Tricks!)

[captain18]

So, part of the reconfiguration of my edit suite/man cave has been to recable everything to use S-Video instead of composite video for the highest quality video I can get from my collection of professional and prosumer gear. This was pretty easy on the S-VHS front since that's where S-Video was developed to begin with, and my Betacam deck does S-

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[gaelqr]

Аноним пешы исчо

[grayjones]

Awesome stuff

[ext_4738327]

I am also "hot-wiring" a VO-9850. Did you have any luck with your machine grayjones?

[captain18]

Absolutely it would be possible. In my case, I didn't want to modify the chassis and at the time making two RG-59 cables was cheaper than buying an S-Video cable. (I was also contemplating trying to make a few adapter sets and selling them on eBay.)

What you'll want to do is get a service manual for the VO-9850. Locate the wiring schematic with the pinouts for the DIN-7 dub connector. Find the line for the luminance and follow it backward to the first test point (marked as TP with a number) you encounter.

Then use the board schematic to locate where the test point is physically on which board.

If you haven't tried to follow a schematic before it can be a bit daunting at first, just take your time. You may want to print out or photocopy the pages and use a highlighter to follow the path.

Good luck!

[kamen555]

Is I.DEN IVT-7 and Fortel CCDY/C a transcoder for U-matic to S-VHS?

[spurgeo]

It looks like your helpful photos of the Sony U-matic BVU-850p tapping points configuration are now expired or missing from your 2011 post ?