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From: johnc@mt-inc.com (John Crookshank)
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Subject: RE: Re[2]: spliting a signal!
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On 17-Jan-96 08:30:21, Adrian Onsen - ASNG/F94 (aonsen@acs.ryerson.ca) Emailed:
> On Tue, 16 Jan 1996, John Crookshank wrote:
>>
>> I'm sure I'll get the electronic equivalent of tarring and feathering
>> by = the purists out there, but on several occasions in the field and
>> "in a = pinch", where the only available output was Y/C and the only
>> available = input was composite, I simply used a "T" connector to join
>> the two back = together again.
>>
>> The results were quite acceptable. I didn't use this as a recording =
>> signal, just for display on a monitor, which is what I believe the =
>> original poster was wanting to do.
> YES! Tell me more! I guess I better go out and buy a Svhs cable!
> Like John said, I'm only gonna be PREVIEWing this signal on a monitor,
> so the HIGHEST quality isn't necesary... All I needed to know is that
> it can be done...
> John can you send me personally some more Email, on how you did this
> (more specifically)?
> Thanx...
Video cable specialty suppliers will have cables that have the 4-pin SVHS
connector at one end, and 2 separate BNC or RCA connectors at the other,
separating the Y and C channels into two connectors at that end. A BNC "T"
adapter will join those two back together into a single BNC, or if you have
the RCA variety, a RCA<->RCA "Y" cable ala Radio Shack will do the job.
Worked well for me in a pinch in the field, so I ended up making up one or
two to just keep in the "parts bag" for future use. I took a SVHS connector
and joined the two signal lines together, joined the two shields together,
and soldered it to a regular coax cable. I'm sure there are better ways to
do this, with an R/C bridge or something, but it worked so well as a quick
fix in the field, I think one customer just left it as it was, and never