Sony HVR-HD1000E

HD OK

These are the main HD camera's currently used in YSTV. There were at one time four of these, only two of these now function but none record to tape.

Power

These camera's are picky in that they need 8.7V through a propriety connector. There is an adapter cable-tied to each camera to allow the use of 4-pin XLR to provide power. However, care must be taken to avoid plugging a 12V supply into the camera's. Doing this turns the camera into a tape muncher, among other problems.

Current condition

Due to the use of incompatible power supplies (see above), two of YSTV's three HVRs are currently 'tape munchers'. A somewhat reliable extremely unreliable solid-state recorder can be used with these cameras.

The other camera records to tape fine. It used to have issues with sound due to a damaged microphone jack, but that has been fixed using spare parts from an older non-functioning HVR (again due to incorrect power supply). This camera also suffers from occasional optical issues, producing a distorted image.The former working HVR ceased functioning for reasons unknown on 25/11/13, leaving YSTV with no method to record from a HVR.

Both cameras can be used for live shows, both in HD and SD. The composite output appears to be damaged on all of them - so use the S-Video connection instead when using an SD setup. The exception to this is the one 'non-tape-muncher', that has a BNC mounted to it. HD requires the use of battery converters to work with BNC cabling.