Jacks To Connect External Devices - Sony HVR-A1E Operating Manual

Jacks to connect external devices

...Open the shoe cover.
 -  ...Open the jack cover.
 Active Interface Shoe
The Active Interface Shoe supplies
power to optional accessories such as
a video light, a flash, or a microphone.
The accessory can be turned on or off
as you operate the POWER switch on
your camcorder. Refer to the operating
instructions supplied with your
accessory for details.
• When you connect an accessory, open the
shoe cover.
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• The Active Interface Shoe has a safety
device for fixing the installed accessory
securely. To connect an accessory, press
down and push it to the end, and then
tighten the screw. To remove an accessory,
loosen the screw, and then press down and
pull out the accessory.
• Connecting with an external device wears
out the battery pack faster.
• When an external microphone (optional)
is connected, it takes precedence over the
internal microphone (p. 27).
 Accessory shoe (p. 19)
  (headphones) jack (green)
• When you use headphones, the speaker on
your camcorder is silent.
 MIC (PLUG IN POWER) jack (red)
This jack works as an input jack for
•
an external microphone as well as a
power-supply jack for a plug-in-power
microphone. When an external microphone
(optional) is connected, it takes precedence
over the internal microphone (p. 27).
 HDV/DV Interface (i.LINK) jack
(p. 68)
 (USB) jack (p. 74, 77)
 COMPONENT OUT jack (p. 33)
 A/V (audio/video) OUT jack (p. 33, 68)
 DC IN jack (p. 10)

LANC jack (blue)
The LANC control jack is used for
•
controlling the tape transport of video
devices and peripherals connected to it.