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what kind of connectort is this?

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:22:03 +0100, "tg" put finger to keyboard and composed:

It's expensive ($48.95).

Canon D-Terminal to Component Video Cable for XL-H1 HDV Camcorder:

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If you want to make your own, and if you can't find the pinout, then I'd remove the battery from your camera and use a multimeter to determine the ground pins. These will probably show continuity with the battery negative terminal. If the layout is logical, then I'd expect to find three signal grounds in a row. Opposite each of these would be your RGB pins. But that's only a wild guess.

When powered up, I expect that the signal pins would measure 2Vpp unloaded and 1Vpp into a 75 ohm termination.

- Franc Zabkar

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You may already be aware of this, but although the cables have color codes of red/blue/green, that is NOT what's coming down the wires, the HD component format it is NOT the old RGB format.

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ManhattanMan

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thanks for your response. It's hard to tell exactly but the gender on that D-Terminal at bhphotovideo looks the same as mine, thus it won't connect unless I can find a gender changer somewhere. It also looks like the same cable as this:

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which also won't fit. Page 101 of the manual for the XL-H1 HDV Camcorder shows the camera to have a socket for the D-Terminal, thus the cable to connect to it would have to have a plug. Thanks also for your advice on establishing the pin-outs.

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I'd email B&H Photo, send your pic, and they could verify it in no time. They're a great company, have delt with them for decades! Since the ad specifically states it's for the XL-H1 Canon, and the picture isn't big enough to get a good look, I'm sure they'd be happy to eyeball it for you.

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thanks I tried B&H Photo but I was not lucky. I got a reply from a complete bonehead who didn't seem to have a clue what he was talking about. He said this might work for me:

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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ....

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tg

Maybe you got a reply from someone who didn't understand the question. You can email me and I'll hand-carry your question to one of our senior sales associates and post his reply for your edification.

Henry Posner B&H Photo-Video, Inc.

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okay Henry my original email to B&H is copied and pasted here:

'I want to connect my DTC-100 cable to your Canon D Terminal cable (&H# CADTC1000) but I need a gender changer because both cables have the same plug on the end. This plug is an mini centronics MDR 14 pin. Do you have a gender changer for it?'

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tg

The 36 pin in this series is IEEE 1284C, or "Mini Centronics". That family of connectors is availible in 20 to 68 contact.

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