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In article <135714@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz) writes:
> 
> 	Greetings. I picked up a working SONY VideoCorder (AVC-3400) and
> 	I would like to know if the plug has a connection for a video
> 	out - best if it's composite. Anyone?
> 
> 	Oh, I also got the recorder that came with the camera. It works but
> 	the tape guides are not aligned and the tape sticks (stops).

If the standard round screw-on multiway connector is fitted, I would 
expect the pinout to be as follows:

1	Video out
2	Video out ground
3	Vertical Sync In
4	VS ground
5	Horizontal sync In
6	Remote switch
7	Microphone
8	Mic ground
9	Ground
10	+12v

The video out is composite, but I am not sure how the camera will run without
the syncs- I have been told it will work without, but not sure if mods
may be required. Also, I speak in relation to the European AVC 3420, the
3400 _may_ be different in some way?

I would expect the problem with sticking tape to be due to the tape itself,
and not the guides. If you are using Sony High Density tape then the chances
are that it is decomposing and useless. If you have a number of reels then
you may find one or two that are OK, but most are usually scrap. Sony (and some
others) had big problems with the long term life of these tapes.

I am the curator of what may be the UKs(worlds?) most comprehensive collection
of vintage video formats. If you have any more queries then I may well be able
to help. I have examples of virtually all the small formats of open reel
machines from the sixties/seventies, that were sold in the UK.
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