Sony 1080i Operating Instructions Manual page 26

Playback
Connecting the unit to a monitor without
an i.LINK jack
You can connect this unit to video monitor without an
i.LINK jack. Use this unit as follows.
Monitor
Notes
• To playback the picture recorded in the HDV format
when you connect the monitor using a component
video cable, set [COMPONENT] on the [IN/OUT
REC] menu according to your monitor (p. 49). When
the picture recorded in the DVCAM/DV format is
play back, only a picture with a quality equivalent
with the DVCAM/DV format is output regardless of
the [COMPONENT] setting.
• The output level of the COMPONENT OUT jack is
as follows:
Y: 1 Vp-p (480i NTSC/576i PAL: 0.3 V sync
negative)
Pb/Cb, Pr/Cr: 700 mVp-p (100% color bar), output
impedance 75 Ω (ohms)
To connect the unit to the other equipment,
conversion may be required in some cases.
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Chapter 2 Playback and Recording
Audio input
Component video input
Video input
S-video input
Audio cable (Phono jack) (not supplied)
Component video cable (not supplied)
Video cable (not supplied)
S-video cable (not supplied)
• There are some restrictions on using EE pictures
output from the COMPONENT OUT jack of the unit.
Refer to 4COMPONENT OUT (OUTPUT) jack in
"Location and Function of Parts" on page 15.
• If you connect the input connectors of this unit to the
output connectors of a monitor, a humming noise
may be generated or the image may be distorted. If
these phenomena occur, use the INPUT SELECT
switch to select a signal that is not being input or
disconnect the cables.
• You cannot output the DVCAM/DV formatted
signals including copyright control signals through
the COMPONENT OUT jacks.
• This unit cannot output images recorded in the
DVCAM/DV format after up-converting the tape to
HDV.
Rear view of the player
(this unit)
: Signal flow