Re: stripping the camcorder for parts question


"newsdude" <sb2004@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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i dug an old RCa camcorder out of a trash pile hoping to get a nice
pictire from the video portion but it wont power up..

i'm thinking it would be great if i could just remove the barrel that
house the lens and hopefully enough electronics to feed to a VCR or
capture card?

does that sound logical?

i dont have a deep electronics background but experience tells me i
should be able
tap in to the probably small board attached to the inside of that lens
barrel with some DC and
get some composite video out to feed a vcr input.
can someone tell me if thats right or the supply i need to power it ?

thanks for helping.

You will not likely be able to use just the ccd image cell to get video out
directly. The ccd chip feeds to a digitizing processor and then is converted
to an analog signal. You will need more of the camera electronics to work.
If you can find a service manual for it, maybe a ( Sams ) manual, then you
may have better luck. Maybe even repair the camera in whole. Do a google
search for the model of camera + manual + sams , you might get lucky.


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