Re: Coax

[Bernard Delgado <delgado@nytimes.com>]

>I don't recall using any unweildy coax and/or switchbox to connect my PXl to

>my VCR.  Usually I remember things like that quite well.  I'd swear I used

>a standard stereo cord, but how I'd get the sound and video to go out together

>I have no idea.

>

>Myke



That rca cable output gets connected to a nintendo type RF switchbox. Some

people buy pxls...then think they dont work cuz they plug it in w/o the RF

box. I've bought a couple that way. They swore it was busted & it worked

right away when I hooked it up at home.



I scanned in the Pxl instruction booklet. Kyle Cassidy has it available on

his webpage. The proper cable setup is there.



There is a webpage for modifying the output so the RFbox is not necessary.

Others have offered a more refined circuit buffer for the output.



Its a shame. If only it were a simpler output, you could just tether the

pxl to a small Hi8 camcorder & record directly to the camcorder...which

could be tucked away into a backpack or held in hand & used to monitor the

precise framing of scenes.



Money makes things easier.



Remember..it was a toy camcorder.

& the recent tyco wasnt even a camcorder, nor did the lens have a great

depth of field. But it was an inxpnsv camera.

-bern