Connecting an External
Monitor
Note
Production of some of the peripherals and related devices
described in this chapter has been discontinued.
For advice about choosing devices, please contact your
Sony dealer or a Sony sales representative.
You can connect a video monitor to this unit's video output
connectors or to the MONITOR AUDIO connector. The
following figure shows an example using a Sony LCD
monitor.
You can also superimpose character information such as
timecode and the unit's operating status on output video.
For details, see "Superimposed Text Information" (page
29).
To View Video
Make the connections shown in the following figure.
VIDEO
IN Y/S-Y/CPST
R-Y/S-C
B-Y
REF.VIDEO
VIDEO OUT
IN(SD/HD)
Y/CPST
Pr/R-Y/S-C
IN
OUT1
OUT2
OUT1
SDI
MONITOR
TC
IN
OUT
AUDIO
MONITOR
AUDIO
LMD-9030 LCD monitor
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Connecting an External Monitor
HVR-1500 (this unit)
AC IN
AUDIO
IN
1/3
2/4
(SUPER)
AUDIO
OUT
Pb/B-Y/S-Y
CPST
1/3
2/4
OUT2 HD-SDI
IN
AUDIO I/O (AES/EBU)
OUT
1/2
3/4 1/2
3/4
HDV/DV
REMOTE
(SUPER)
CPST
AUDIO IN
LINE A/B
Connection method and cables
Connection
Connection cables (not supplied)
method
75 Ω coaxial cable, phono plug -
Composite
((SUPER) CPST)
stereo mini-plug cable
Audio
(MONITOR AUDIO)
Note
Video in HDV format is down-converted to an SD signal.
To View HD Video
Connect an HD video monitor using method 1 or 2 in
the following figure.
When you connect a monitor with method 2, set the
INTERFACE SELECT >VIDEO OUTPUT menu item to
COMPONENT(HD) (see page 83).
VIDEO
IN Y/S-Y/CPST
R-Y/S-C
REF.VIDEO
IN(SD/HD)
Y/CPST
IN
OUT1
OUT2
SDI
TC
IN
OUT
MONITOR
AUDIO
Y/CPST
MONITOR
Pr/R-Y/S-C
AUDIO
Pb/B-Y/S-Y
2
RGB/
COMPONENT
LMD-9050 LCD monitor
Connection method and cables
Connection method Connection cables (not
1 HD-SDI
2 Component
(Y/CPST, Pr/R-Y/S-C,
Pb/B-Y/S-Y)
Audio
(MONITOR AUDIO)
HVR-1500 (this unit)
AC IN
AUDIO
IN
B-Y
1/3
2/4
AUDIO
VIDEO OUT
(SUPER)
OUT
Pr/R-Y/S-C
Pb/B-Y/S-Y
CPST
1/3
2/4
OUT1
OUT2 HD-SDI
IN
AUDIO I/O (AES/EBU)
OUT
1/2
3/4 1/2
3/4
HDV/DV
REMOTE
HD-SDI
OUT1, OUT2
1
2
AUDIO IN
SDI
(HD/D1-SDI)
supplied)
75Ω coaxial cable
75Ω coaxial cable
Phono plug – miniplug cable