video component cable

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Does anyone else get pure static with trying to view footage from the camera in a video component cable? I set it up properly. Yet when i turn on the television all is get a bunch of static. Do i have to set something special in the camera?
 
I hate to ask the stupid question, but if you're talking about the component cable I think you are, that is for hd output only, is it not? You were trying to view it on an hdtv, right?

Jason
 
i was trying to view it on my broadcast monitor. in the manual it says you can view it on a tv. it didnt specify hd. i connect the cables to the conversion plugs and plug them into the back of the monitor but nothing but static.
 
It looks like I was wrong. I am looking in Barry's book now, and it says that the component cables can be used to output hi def or sd.
so,... I don't know. Maybe you can try it without the conversion plugs? or have you done that already.
Jason
 
tried everything. something is funny about this. i never had this problem with my dvx.
 
In the AV IN/OUT SETUP, make sure you set the output format to 480i if you don't have a HD TV.
 
Ramjet1979 said:
Man, I am retarded tonight. I thought that thoff was you pimp, saying that you figured it out :)
geez

Jason
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NEW PROBLEM

Why is it displaying on BLACK and WHITE?

DAMN!!!!!!!!
 
nope only works with the green. and not only that i tried it on two different sets and both display black and white
 
Does the TV/monitor actually have component inputs, or composite? The plugs can look the same, but they are not interchangeable.
 
Yes they do. If not then i wouldnt be able to view anything on the monitor. It has to be a setting somewhere.
 
OK, here is the deal:

You wrote "nope only works with the green" -- in a component video setup, the green cable carries the Y (luminance) information, which is black and white. You have connected that to the composite input of a TV or broadcast monitor. The other two cables, Pb (blue difference) and Pr (red difference) are likely plugged into the Left and Right stereo inputs.
 
So your saying i have to have all plugged in? I will try it just dont know whats the audio has to do with the picture being black and white
 
Yes, all three must be plugged in at the same time.. Without having the red, green and blue cables plugged into the corresponding inputs of a component TV or monitor, you will not get a color picture.

The green cable is the Y (luminance) signal of a component video system. The luminance ranges from black to white with shades of gray in between -- in other words, a black and white signal. If you plug that into the composite input of a TV, you will see a picture, but there won't be any color information.

If you plug the blue and red cables into a component video system, these two signals are used to describe the difference of the blue and red components, and you'll get color. If you plug them into the other two RCA jacks of a composite TV or or monitor, they are probably plugged into the stereo inputs, so your video signal will not receive the red and blue differences and remain black and white.
 
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