"PJ" wrote in message
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Sparks wrote:
"PJ" wrote in message
Okay, I get nigh on +5v (+4.96v) on Black with Red as ground. Still with
Red as ground, I get between +0.75v and +1v on white, fluctuating
between the two values as I put my hand over the lens and then remove
it.

So my video signal is on Red/White? My PC's video card has an RCA
(phono) input for composite video - Red to the ring and White to the
tip?

Yup, sounds good to me!
Slightly odd that the 0v is red - you definatly got the meter's probes in
the correct holes!?

Yup. Appeared odd to me too, so I double-checked. Black probe in the "COM"
socket of the multimeter, to the black wire, and the red probe in the "+"
socket, to the red wire, gave me "-4.96", on the multimeter.

Looks like that's what it is then!
(You could just triple chsck and measure a known source like a battery!)

Any other precautions before hooking it up?

Not really, just dont short the 5v to anything!
The brown has to be audio, so you may as well hook that in too!

Cool. I'm assuming I'm going to end up hacking this cable - the connector
manufacturer is Mogami, but I've yet to find anything retail on either RS,
or Mogani's own website (which doesn't appear to work too well). Ho-hum...

Thanks.

PJ.

Is this connector an 8 pin one, with a notches at...
12 o'clock (Between pin 1 and 8)
5 o'clock (Between pin 3 and 4)
7 o'clock (Between pin 5 and 6)

Do you have a photo of the connector?

Sparks...