VHS old Video Camera 10 pin CCJ pinout and wiring @ old.pinouts.ru

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There seems to be no clear standard for VHS Video Cameras.

The pinout should fit 6 device(s)/model(s). Click to list>

Pin	N1. Common black and white portapak camera	N2. Common colour portapak camera	N3. 1980s/1990s Panasonic colour portapak camera wiring	N4. JVC colour portapak camera	CCJ cable wires
1	Camera Video out				Video coax core (largest coax)
2	Video gnd				Shield for pin 1
3	Vertical sync	often unused	Serial data	Line view/ tape playback	Shielded wire
4	Shield for pins 3 and 5	Shield for pins 3 and 5	Serial clock	Shield for pins 3 and 5	Shield for pins 3 and 5
5	Horizontal sync	Right channel audio (if stereo)	standby out (steady +5v or 0v)	Audio return / tape playback / standby voltage	Coax core (thinner coax)
6	Record stop/start	Record stop/start	Record stop/start (momentary +9v/0v)	Record stop/start	Unshielded wire
7	Audio out	Camera audio (left channel if stereo)	Camera audio	Camera audio	Shielded wire
8	Audio gnd				Shield for pin 7
9	Power gnd				Ground wire
10	+12V DC power				Unshielded wire

Notes for pinouts sets:

N1. A 1970s B&W Panasonic WV-85, and many others, used this wiring. Although there's plenty of other variations.

N1.-N4.: The microphone is usually amplified, but still at the usual microphone levels. VTR playback re-uses pin 1, with a few volts DC on top (as a mode switching signal).

This pinout, with option N1 works for the Canon VS-30. The pinouts are for the MALE end of the cable that is permanently installed in the camcorder.

Note for CCJ cable: All shields are isolated from each other, other than the two that join on pin 4. There may be a shield around all the wiring in the cable, this may be joined to the pin 9 ground.

Some device-specific pinouts:

Panasonic WV-341N B&W camera wiring, 1970s vintage

Camera video
Shield for pin 1
Vertical sync
Shield for pins 3 and 5
Horizontal sync
Tally lamp
Intercom audio (tip)
Intercom audio (ring)
Line view video
Tally lamp

Two 24 volt tally lamps are directly wired across pins 6 & 10, the top and rear tally lamps, in parallel. The intercom line is wired directly to the tip and ring of the ¼ inch TRS jack, with a 3 volt (if I recall correctly) baristor from tip to sleeve. The intercom is totally isolated from the rest of the camera, ground, and the chassis. The intercom headset has a 35Ω carbon mike between tip and sleeve, and a 160Ω earpiece between ring and sleeve. The camera is separately mains powered.