Re: What does the inside of the dv input/output on a camcorder look like? What is the connection mechanism to the firewire cable?

Looking at the DV jack on my Sony Mini DV I really don't think it's
something that can be done. I don't even see how the metal contacts were
bent seeing they are well slotted in the plastic center piece. It's
understandable that the tech wants to replace rather than repair. If you
want to try it, have a big old magnifying glass, a lot of light and some
micro tools. You can remove the camcorder battery but really there's no
voltages there to fry, just clock and serial data.

I don't really have the tiny tool, but I do have the light magnifier.
I was thinking that maybe they are bent and maybe broken, so I was
trying to connect them somehow. I can work fine without the battery,
but at some point I have to test it, and that is what I am worried
about - testing it on my computer (plugged in) and camcordering
(battery) and finding it fries the whole board because the 4 pins of
the cable hit the 4 pins of the camcorder in the wrong way, or hit the
wrong pins-

.

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